James Combs
06-04-2010, 10:34 PM
Here are a few more pens I made today for the craft show I will be attending tomorrow.
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From left to right: (two photos are a left and right view)
Slimlines - Blue Poplar in Black Titanium, Gold with a commercial laminate, Click Pens - Old Oak tobacco stick in Gold, Old (wormy) Hickory tobacco stick in Gold, New Hickory in gold (this one is a pencil)
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I thought the blue poplar was interesting because I had never heard of it. I was at a saw-mill/lumber-yard last fall getting a tour and saw this long cut off in the scrap bin and was told by the tour guide that it was "blue poplar" when I asked what it was. Anything in the scrap bins was free for the taking so I cabbaged it.
The actual color looks to me like a cross between purple and gray. If you notice in the first two photos one side is almost black while the other side is kind of a burgundy. I was surprised that the photo showed it.
The blanks show the range of color that was in the "stick" I cabbaged.
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The dark patches you see on the hickory tobacco stick are worm tracks. I am showing one blank here that shows worm tracks galore.
As always, comments and critiques are welcome and encouraged.
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From left to right: (two photos are a left and right view)
Slimlines - Blue Poplar in Black Titanium, Gold with a commercial laminate, Click Pens - Old Oak tobacco stick in Gold, Old (wormy) Hickory tobacco stick in Gold, New Hickory in gold (this one is a pencil)
152438
I thought the blue poplar was interesting because I had never heard of it. I was at a saw-mill/lumber-yard last fall getting a tour and saw this long cut off in the scrap bin and was told by the tour guide that it was "blue poplar" when I asked what it was. Anything in the scrap bins was free for the taking so I cabbaged it.
The actual color looks to me like a cross between purple and gray. If you notice in the first two photos one side is almost black while the other side is kind of a burgundy. I was surprised that the photo showed it.
The blanks show the range of color that was in the "stick" I cabbaged.
152439
The dark patches you see on the hickory tobacco stick are worm tracks. I am showing one blank here that shows worm tracks galore.
As always, comments and critiques are welcome and encouraged.