Heart Pine Pens

[Allen Neighbors]

I received some Heart Pine Pen Blanks from Bennett Willis. These are two of them, One is a Comfort Pen, the other two Polaris Pens are made from one blank. The pic isn't a good one, but it shows the dents...:o
Forgive the scars, please, because I fumbled, and dropped two of them. :(
The wood was easy to work with. The Heart Pine really has some beautiful grain, and if you've ever restored any really old woodwork, you will remember the smell when you are turning and sanding.
The beauty of the wood is worth the little bit of gumminess of the sap. And a soft bristle brass brush will clean the paper, quite easily.
I ordered two more packages of the blanks.
(I am not connected to Ben in any way, other than being a satisfied customer.)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Allen those are great looking pens. Wood is beautiful.

[Don Carter]

Allen:
I can almost smell the heart pine from here. I had some old heart pine that I made a couple of bottle stoppers during the holidays. They almost looked translucent. And, oh, what a smell!;)
Great looking pens.

All the best.

Don

[Steve Schlumpf]

Great looking pens Allen! Love the grain! They all look like they would be very comfortable to use! Nice work!

[Jim Kountz]

Nice pens, love the shape and that old pine is just beautiful!!

[Billy Tallant]

Allen, very nice looking pens... That wood sure looks good!

[Gary Kvasnicka]

The pens look great, I can smell the pine, I was attempting to turn a pine bowl tonight before the pager beeped:mad:, had to quit and go to work.