World Series Cricket

**Penpal** · 1st December 2007, 01:22 PM

For a long time I have had a fascination for competitive Cricket so when Australia having been humiliated by teams like the West Indies had such a fabulous series against the worlds best succeeded so well I felt I will do a series of pens to celebrate

This pen simulates the bales at either end of the pitch that sit between the stumps keeping them apart and together and have become a vital indicator of whether a player is safe or bowled or the stumps hit when bowled or thrown.

Osage Orange is from part of a tree our Wood Guild Special Interest Group felled and cut.The tree was quite old and varied from good to great and sometimes spectacular. The brilliant orange and yellow displays for mine really well cut on the cross.Allen gave me some also I am waiting to dry from Wallan.

Peter

**Dangermouse** · 1st December 2007, 02:53 PM

Wow, that's pretty spectacular!
Well done, Peter!

**PenTurner** · 1st December 2007, 07:40 PM

Ok Peter, I will engrave "PenPal" on them as long as you sell them to Australian Cricket Team to use, But , the metal ends flying off may be hazardous,

Amos

**Allan at Wallan** · 1st December 2007, 08:12 PM

Very, very nice Peter.

Osage orange characteristics shown to
capacity. Well done!

Allan

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I am not at all worried about dying
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**artme** · 1st December 2007, 10:24 PM

Great concept, great blanks, interesting pens.

**Penpal** · 1st December 2007, 11:08 PM

This one goes to the keeper.I am so excited by the prospects of the prepared blanks each one so exciting to me on its own merits.I try to mix pen turning with all those other pleasures of the day.

Thanks all who look and say and those that look,I do a lot of that as well,if I have a little time during the day I browse.

Regards to all. Peter

**Rippa** · 2nd December 2007, 09:15 AM

Very nice pens, really taken with the cross grain. where did you get the black kits from
Rippa

**dai sensei** · 2nd December 2007, 11:58 AM

Got some spectactular grain happening there Peter. How much more of the wood did you score?

**Simomatra** · 2nd December 2007, 01:13 PM

Nice bails Peter

Maybe with your series you should make them with a timber from the winning country and have them engraved accordingly

The cross grain has really shown off the timber

Look forward to more in the series

**Penpal** · 2nd December 2007, 01:22 PM

Kits from Froggie alias Addictive pens the nearest to me in Sydney.

Peter

**Rippa** · 3rd December 2007, 12:02 AM

Thanks Peter will look up his webb site.
Rippa

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