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This was just an experiment. I wanted to see what Opticast 100 was like to work with, without wasting too much, and without ruining my burl edge. So I made the smallest blank I could using 2 offcuts from previous pen blanks, and some Opticast with opaque red dye (didn't want to risk a 2 colour...

Well after all the bad news that I woke up too today, I decided to get away from it all, and locked myself in the mancave. First I set up my new table saw. Next I made a HDPE 2 blank mould ready for some casting. Next I turned a Tempest using some of Dario's poplar Burl that I had previously...

My first ever Mistral, turned from a piece of Dario's Poplar Burl that I stabilised yesterday, I think I've done them both justice if I may say so myself :winking:

Hi All, I love what this wood turns into. Pen turning - YouTube

Sierra click chrome and Cherry Burl

Hi All, Got some Poplar Burl from forum member Buga (Dario) from Croatia. Great guy to deal with. I stabilised a piece last week and today I wanted to see what this stuff looks like when turned. I am very happy with the results. I will get this turned into a pen one day. Poplar Burl - YouTube

I have several Camo Plastic blanks but prefer this timber. From Tasmania Eucalypt Burl is always sold under this broad classification. Peter. :thumbs:

An exercise in fulfillment for me one of my early loves this timber. In the burl form it is getting rare. Since the tree grows but mm,s a year the pieces came from a weather downed tree of great height the 2000 yrs may be conservative. Huon pine has an indefinable perfume created by the tree to...

Box Elder Burl been hardened thank goodness, I like the red flashes with the black spalting. Peter.

Rare for me Spalted Honduran Burl. A most exciting timber a blessing after the softer/hard spalts. Peter.

Just finished my first Tempest pens. For the first time I was able to realize a click pen without problems. All the parts matches perfectly. Upgrade gold, unknow wood Chrome, locust burl Gunmetal, laminated wood ( hazelnut ) Chrome, Olive and african blackwood

Chrome Jr Gent Rollerball in Buckeye Burl

WEll over twenty years ago I commenced using Burl slices and cups as pen rests etc together with Australian coins inset for significance representing birth years. My dealings with Captn G AKA Garry Nichols and his wife Vicki were to have a profound turn when by a quirk of fate a Pay Pal payment...

Using his favourite Aussie Burl. Peter.

I have so many variations in Brown Mallee and a passion for the timber, managed a couple of hours in the workshop. This Burl came from over a thousand miles away. Peter.

Hi all! I just made a little collection of burl pens. From the left : thuya, jarrah, locust (visiting a friend, I noticed a few bumps on some of his fire wood logs, I jumped on the chain saw...), briar (from an old stock of ebauchon blocks for pipes), and fruited mallee. All of them based on a...

Knurl pen Cherry Burl

Another knurled pen in cherry burl

Gold with Spalted Maple & Chrome with Buckeye Burl The pics were taken one after the other without changing the camera settings. why the blue background on the Buckeye?

The answer is ïn the bush. To be specific the Aussie bush. Those neat and perfect little sticks start life on the other side of the world (in my case) where aussies with big chainsaws and machinery search through logging coupes for that left over piece of wooden treasure. This is just the start...