Aussie burr ...

[Jimjam66]

Picked up a bit of Aussie burr at John Davis on Saturday - it was in the bargain bin at £4. Got eight full-size pen blanks and three Sierra-sized blanks out of it. Less than 50p a blank! :pounds: Nowt wrong with that ...

 

[bluntchisel]

Nice buy, David - don't forget to show us the gems you make from them!

Bob.

 

[Doug]

That`s atrocious David, you can get a V shaped wire brush that will fetch all that moss out of your block paving, no excuse.

Bargain on the Burr, well done.

 

[PhillH]

You jammy sod ! That's a nice bargain for sure.

You have to show what you make from those.

 

[Jim]

50p per blank is sure a bargain for burr blanks, now i understand why Alex had a long face in the pictures you put up ... you must have beaten him to the bin ...

 

[bellringer]

i got my ones for 44 p the off cut are very good

 

[Buckeye]

That's a great buy, did it say what kind of aussie burr?

Peter

 

[Grump]

They'll be good when they're pens young David, you got a bargain there mate.
My yew is still rolling around the back of my van, ain't looked at it yet It'll be bruised to buggery when it out the van init?

 

[bellringer]

well my piece was red mallee so not sure what davids was

 

[edlea]

Think of the profit you'd make if you sold them to me for 75p each

 

[bellringer]

if we sold them for £4 each we would make more

 

[edlea]

if we sold them for £4 each we would make more

Quite true Alex; you greedy monkey you.

 

[Jim]

Quite true Alex; you greedy monkey you.

He is our youngest businessman Ed, you should now better ...

 

[Jimjam66]

To my shame I actually gave your offer a thought, Ed! Turned up a couple of purse pens for my old folks tonight and it looks cracking! It didn't say what burr it was, so I'll invite guesses once I post up the finished pens.

 

[Grump]

From what I remember of seeing it I am pretty sure it is Burr Elm David

 

[rowdyyates115]

Myself and Frankie got a few bargins - I got pieces of Aussie Bur ?, Yew, Blackwood, Spalted Beech, Ebony, Red Malle and a 10 Pack of Exotic Blanks (Blackwood, Cocobolo, Indian Rosewood,Olive and Bocotie x2) It was getting addictive, having never seen so many woods in one place. I will be revisiting again thats for sure...

 

[bellringer]

i think Frankie got a piece of brown mallee

 

[turnaround360]

Yes Alex it was Rowdy and i were scavenging through the off cut boxes
and there was some nice stuff in there Rowdy bought most of it lol.

 

[Grump]

I got a few of the Yew logs that were outside for a couple of quid each but don't looked at em yet init?:pray:

 

[yorkshireman]

It looks like collecting as many different types of blanks as possible is catching. I've certainly joined the craze