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21st March 2010, 03:37 PM #1
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wilga
i drilled this piece of wilga to 7mm and because it was such a small piece, that was given to me i had very little choice on how to drill it .
the sap wood was starting to let go just slightly so some thin CA fixed that , and i fitted it up with tubes to suit a BT401 kit .
now its finished i love it and wish i had drilled it for a more up market kit.
the finish straight of the skew was good enough to just oil and leave it at that but i gave it a light sand 3 coats of thin CA then buffed it with steel wool and gave it a lick of wax.
it has a real nice silky feel to it and not plasticky ( new word ).
the sap wood on this stuff could pass for crows ash in look and feel .
going to be hard to part with this one ,its one of those pens that just feels good to handle .'If the enemy is in range, so are you.'
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21st March 2010, 04:20 PM #2
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Hey Texx,
Beautiful job, great choice of kit and finish, if you have to let it go I can PM my address
, its a shame that we can't see into the future and see what we are going to get (before we drill a Blank), you have done a great job 
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21st March 2010, 05:24 PM #3
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beautiful timber to work with,and a great looking pen!
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21st March 2010, 06:36 PM #4
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beaut wood-lovely pen! Amos
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22nd March 2010, 12:46 AM #5
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Wilga sure is nice to work with but the smell can be offputting. Nice pen!
Wilga looks great when bias cut at 45*.
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22nd March 2010, 10:58 AM #6
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very nice
the woods looks a little like Black Heart Sassafras at first glance
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22nd March 2010, 05:43 PM #7
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Real feeling in the simple lines of your Wilga Pen, love it, we are so so fortunate to have such lovely timbers.
By the way were you affected by the floods recently.
Will look for more Aussie beaut pens from you.
Regards Peter.
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22nd March 2010, 07:18 PM #8
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thanks very much, and on the floods no they never quite got us they were west of us by about couple of hours drive away
Originally Posted by Penpal
Real feeling in the simple lines of your Wilga Pen, love it, we are so so fortunate to have such lovely timbers.
By the way were you affected by the floods recently.
Will look for more Aussie beaut pens from you.
Regards Peter.'If the enemy is in range, so are you.'
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23rd March 2010, 01:13 PM #9
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That is a good looking pen
Glad to here you did not get effected by the floods
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