Cathedral pen

[Bill Mooney]

This is the first of my English oak pens made from the oak from Durham Cathedral kindly donated by Andrew Hall. The oak is at least 1000 years old.
The pen is finished in melamine & is finished ala Phil Dart who kindly gave me advice on using liquid melamine as against spray melamine. Thank you Phil.

 

[Buckeye]

It looks nice, Bill but is a bit small.

Peter

 

[Bill Mooney]

Here's another photo. Hope this is ok.

 

[Penpal]

Hi Bill I do appreciate the second pic it enabled me to really appreciate your beaut pen. The importance of history coupled with very rich grain of the noble Oak, a winner.

Peter.

 

[chas_41_uk]

Great provenance Bill
Has the wood been carbon dated? If so it must be one of the original from the Anglo Saxon part of the Cathedral.

 

[Vic Perrin]

Very nice indeed Bill

 

[Woody]

Another beauty Bill

 

[Buckeye]

Here's another photo. Hope this is ok.
View attachment 29897

Now i can see it properly, it looks even better

Peter

 

[flexi]

Yup you nailed that...i love the shape you get in your slims and with that nice oak....special....

 

[fortress]

A very nice pen with history attached to it, splendid Bill.

 

[angelo49]

You've been pretty busy Bill
I like that, very nice!
I agree with Mark, that shape is your trademark.

 

[edlea]

Lovely job Bill.. I like a bit of historical

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen Bill.

 

[bassethound]

Nice pen, lovely wood and great turning and finishing, well done Bill, love it ..

 

[pittswood]

I like it Bill. And to make it from something with a history, even better. Well done.
Kelvin

 

[Dalboy]

Great looking pen Bill. I bet that was hard on the tools.

I have some Oak from a local church from when they had to replace a beam due to woodworm managed to cut around and get a few blanks but not as prestigious as where your came from

 

[Winemaker]

Very nice well done

 

[AllenN]

Lovely pen Bill and what provenance. One to treasure.

 

[Les ELm]

Nicely done.

Les

 

[yorkshireman]

That's a grand bit of wood and well turned Bill mate