Delville Wood

[AGardener]

Last year, on a tour of the French WW1 + 2 battlefields, we visited Delville Wood, where 2500 South Africans (and many others) perished in the Great War. I found a small chunk of French Oak (fallen and picked up, I hasten to add), brought it home and have now sawn a blank and made a pen with some significance behind it.

I deliberately left the upper barrel slightly wider than the bottom fitting, with a nod to the shells used in flattening virtually the entire wooded area (now replanted and grown).

 

[pittswood]

Hi Andrew,
what a lovely pen and provenance to the whole of the meaning of history. Very well done.
Kelvin

 

[Phil Dart]

I Love the symbolism Andrew.

 

[Les ELm]

Interesting look.

Les

 

[Penpal]

WAy out shape with purpose Andrew ,neat find and execution.

Peter.

 

[Bill Mooney]

A very nice pen with a lot of meaning.

 

[angelo49]

Great looking pen with a bit of history!!

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen Andrew.

I haven't read much about South Africa contribution to the war effort. I will have to see what I can find next time I am in a book shop.

Every time I hear of the Somme, I think of Lemmy's song "1916"

 

[flexi]

That'll teach me!!....
I always look at the pictures before the post!!....I am not unhappy with the shape, it's very well turned and also has very good meaning too it!
Very nice job, I think that's also harder to do so well done