Pen Blank Giveaway

[Jon Farley]

Today I was cutting up a hophornbeam burl that I had retrieved from our woods into a few pepper mill and bottle stopper blanks. It has some beautiful contrasting figure. I had a few scraps left over and it seemed like a shame to toss them so I cut them into some pen blanks, sealed them and will mail them out to the first Creeker that wants them (I'm not a pen turner). Just send me a PM - I'll pay for postage. There are four of them and they are 3/4" square by about 6" long.

Hophornbeam is one of the species that many refer to as "ironwood."

Jon

[Gordon Thompson]

pm sent :)

[Jon Farley]

Blanks have been claimed. I'm gald to see them going to a good home.

Jon

[Gordon Thompson]

Thank you Jon!

[Jon Lanier]

4:34 Post
4:37 Pm sent

Stink not that I had a shot at that... but that was quick.

[Jim Koepke]

Gee, if there were forty of them and only one each per reply, they would still likely be gone by now.

It is the thought that counts though...

jim

[Terry Quiram]

I turn a fair amount of Hornbeam but have never come across a burl. I am eagerly waiting to see the finished product.

[James Roberts]

Gordon better post some pics!:D

[Gordon Thompson]

Gordon better post some pics!:D


:D I promise!!!

[Gordon Thompson]

The first pen I made from Jon's blanks. Thanks again Jon!!


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[Charles Bishop]

That is an absolutely gorjus (close enough:p) pen. What kind of finish did you use? A large pen really shows off a beautiful piece of wood like this. Outstanding job!

Charles

[Gordon Thompson]

That is an absolutely gorjus (close enough:p) pen. What kind of finish did you use? A large pen really shows off a beautiful piece of wood like this. Outstanding job!

Charles


Thank you! :) Boiled Linseed Oil and CA glue.

[Jim Kountz]

Man oh man now this is just beautiful!! What a neat concept too, wood passing from creeker to creeker and then the end result, did I mention I love this place!!

[Jon Farley]

Wow Gordon, that looks great. Glad you were able to put it to good use.

Jon

[George Guadiane]

Today I was cutting up a hophornbeam burl that I had retrieved from our woods into a few pepper mill and bottle stopper blanks. It has some beautiful contrasting figure. I had a few scraps left over and it seemed like a shame to toss them so I cut them into some pen blanks, sealed them and will mail them out to the first Creeker that wants them (I'm not a pen turner). Just send me a PM - I'll pay for postage. There are four of them and they are 3/4" square by about 6" long.

Hophornbeam is one of the species that many refer to as "ironwood."

Jon
What a generous thing to do!
I would love to see a picture of what you do with YOUR part too (NICE pen).
I had the good fortune to get a hophornbeam burl a while ago...
I turned a pretty nice bark edge bowl out of it.
My father in law got remarried, his wife to be, on a visit to our home picked it up and carried it around for quite a while...
It became a wedding gift.
I lost my hard drive a while ago (no backup) so I don't have a picture at the moment, but as the pin photo shows, it's beautiful wood. I think it turns nicely too!

[Bernie Weishapl]

That is a beauty Gordon. Wood is beautiful.

[Paul Douglass]

Really nice job on the pen. That is really neat wood. Let's see more..

[Steve Schlumpf]

Jon - glad to see you found someone who could really showcase the leftover pieces of burl! It really is some beautiful wood!

Gordon - that is an amazing pen! Very rich - very classy! I'll have to keep ironwood burl in mind!

[Steve Mawson]

What a nice thing to do with a great piece of wood. Great pen!!

[Jeff Nicol]

Hey all my cousin is having a timber sale and the forester said he needs to remove all the ironwood (hornbeam) from his property because it is an invasive weed tree. I will have to go look around and see what I can find. Some of the trees are 10" at the base so maybe some thing good there. I know it makes nice mallets and things, but sparks sometimes come off the chainsaw when cutting it as it is very hard! Maybe I will have some to get rid of too!

Jeff

[Jon Farley]

Jeff, just FYI, the burl used for Gordon's pen cam from a Hophornbeam tree, which is quite different from a hornbeam, though both species are given the nickname "ironwood" by many folks.

Jon