Hairy oak

[Penpal]

Alex had a question re Holm Oak today I realize why Hairy Oak not related to Oak by the way looks like Holm Oak. A few pics of Hairy Oak so as not to clutter up Alexes post. To illustrate the difference when cross cut one old pic of a pen with grain on the bottom cross and top straight.

Peter. PS love this timber.

 

[Les ELm]

That's quite a difference in the grain between the two.

Les

 

[Buckeye]

In the 1st photo what is the item to the left of the pen?

Peter

 

[Vic Perrin]

Great looking grain. I have never heard of Hairy Oak before. You have some lovely looking tmber down there.

Vic

 

[Penpal]

In the 1st photo what is the item to the left of the pen?

Peter

This item was a pen rest made for a mate who had the world of Dental installations, electrical and mechanical instals, chairs everything top of the tree built a light aircraft from scratch in his shed etc. Divorcede chucked this in now working for the Fed Govt as a snr Auditor Battleships, planes etc. He turned over a 7000.00 dollar oilless compressor and dryer fitted to me for 50.00 he won on an upgrade whilst still in the Dental buso. He also specialised in repair and refurb of dental handpieces. The coin is is birth year the object you questioned is the wiper arm out of a hard disk, symbolism cause he is locked solid into computers in his new job at the time the burl is Brown Mallee under is incredible finished dead flat and polished like glass. This sits in his office on the desk he said he had fifty guys request could they have something from the maker, he said Peter only makes them from the heart when he is moved to do so. The guy is precision plus and a beaut bloke into the bargain. Glad you asked.

Peter.
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[Penpal]

Great looking grain. I have never heard of Hairy Oak before. You have some lovely looking tmber down there.

Vic

Yes we do its not easy to find always but lots of spectacular stuff around, this Hairy Oak comes from thousands of miles from where I live up in what I call Tiger country out West up North. I have sourced blank material from around the world for more than twenty years sort of passion I guess. Hairy Oak is named for the up to obne inch hair like bark on the outside totally distinctive can blunt drills as you watch whilst cutting holes in it as in the drill pic it can go almost transparent with incredible detail in there.

Peter.

 

[Jim]

Very nice Peter, i like how you made the dentist pen my friend, it is very unusual and unique ..

 

[Terry Q]

Very unique. The hairy oak is very interesting. Well done.

 

[Buckeye]

This item was a pen rest made for a mate who had the world of Dental installations, electrical and mechanical instals, chairs everything top of the tree built a light aircraft from scratch in his shed etc. Divorcede chucked this in now working for the Fed Govt as a snr Auditor Battleships, planes etc. He turned over a 7000.00 dollar oilless compressor and dryer fitted to me for 50.00 he won on an upgrade whilst still in the Dental buso. He also specialised in repair and refurb of dental handpieces. The coin is is birth year the object you questioned is the wiper arm out of a hard disk, symbolism cause he is locked solid into computers in his new job at the time the burl is Brown Mallee under is incredible finished dead flat and polished like glass. This sits in his office on the desk he said he had fifty guys request could they have something from the maker, he said Peter only makes them from the heart when he is moved to do so. The guy is precision plus and a beaut bloke into the bargain. Glad you asked.

Peter.
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It certainly looks unusual and unique I don't suppose you have any photos of the pen rest in use do you? I have seen the dentist drill pens before although only in photos and they are certainly eye catching and I imagine sought after

Peter

 

[paulm]

That is very interesting wood Peter, I haven't heard of hairy oak before but then you have a LOT of woods I haven't heard of before.

 

[wm460]

Beautifully made Peter stunning pens.

 

[brody2123]

Love the theme mate. Beautifully turned, executed and presented. The timber is quite striking, I like it

 

[Penpal]

It certainly looks unusual and unique I don't suppose you have any photos of the pen rest in use do you? I have seen the dentist drill pens before although only in photos and they are certainly eye catching and I imagine sought after

Peter

In use looks exactly the same when I saw it on his desk at work no magic there mate, I have one definitive one in mind for myself as well not using Dental handpieces please explain your question , reasons.

Peter.

 

[Penpal]

That is very interesting wood Peter, I haven't heard of hairy oak before but then you have a LOT of woods I haven't heard of before.

Small pic of Hairy Oak lost most of its bark around the place beforehand just to get an idea why its called Hairy.

Peter.

 

[Buckeye]

In use looks exactly the same when I saw it on his desk at work no magic there mate, I have one definitive one in mind for myself as well not using Dental handpieces please explain your question , reasons.

Peter.

I didn't know what it was and when you said it was a pen rest I was intrigued as I couldn't figure out how it functions as a pen rest, but that is probably because it is too small a part of the image for me to see it clearly, looking again and again it looks like there may be two parts to it, but I can't really tell.

Peter

 

[Penpal]

I didn't know what it was and when you said it was a pen rest I was intrigued as I couldn't figure out how it functions as a pen rest, but that is probably because it is too small a part of the image for me to see it clearly, looking again and again it looks like there may be two parts to it, but I can't really tell.

Peter

Terms used in my case its a keepsake rest for a unique pen etc for a mate made from one of the items he serviced and gave me, I had to strip the inside out of the drill and remove the tubing and connections shorten the precious metal, insert brass tubes etc to make it easy to replace the biro. The base Burl is one piece the last one I made was for a foot guy and his wife who share/ run their practice I used my SKF 350,000 rpm drill and a dental burr to make an outline of a pair of hands enclosing two baby feet. They are Vietnamese so I scribed the word Love in the base in Vietnamese, mounted a card holder in Pewter with a pair of swans in Vietnam high regard is shown cause swans tend to mate for life, when I gave it to her I said it would be fun to put on the counter she replied no way someone may touch it. Then I had a belly laugh outside afterwards she said that word is it Love I said yes she said we were both born in Australia. When I first went there the guy pulled out a sliver of steel from one big toe then started shoving needle pricks that I did not feel told me I had Neuropathy in both feet and to be careful, check with a close friend often to prevent probs I was grateful.

Keepsake stuff has unknown beforehand effect with receivers the Pen I handcrafted a small wisdom tooth in the top part of the pen I carved and polished using white Corian using a big fat Dremel tool and tiny burr a wisdom tooth inset so it showed the detail on the crown etc and the root system my Dentist framed the pen on his wall I copied Pam Ayers poem Teeth and Comedian Spike Milligans poem called teeth to go with it. When he worked on my mouth my head was ny on the floor tilted back he is very short around five feet and I am 6 feet plus still conversations were in gurgle. I research for ages enjoy it .The Au govt ran a program that gave oldies like me and SWMBO free extra dental stuff to 4000.00 each two yrs he wised us on this I had nearly 8000.00 extra work done by him. The power of a pen and Pen Rests as I call them.

Peter.

 

[Buckeye]

Terms used in my case its a keepsake rest for a unique pen etc for a mate made from one of the items he serviced and gave me, I had to strip the inside out of the drill and remove the tubing and connections shorten the precious metal, insert brass tubes etc to make it easy to replace the biro. The base Burl is one piece the last one I made was for a foot guy and his wife who share/ run their practice I used my SKF 350,000 rpm drill and a dental burr to make an outline of a pair of hands enclosing two baby feet. They are Vietnamese so I scribed the word Love in the base in Vietnamese, mounted a card holder in Pewter with a pair of swans in Vietnam high regard is shown cause swans tend to mate for life, when I gave it to her I said it would be fun to put on the counter she replied no way someone may touch it. Then I had a belly laugh outside afterwards she said that word is it Love I said yes she said we were both born in Australia. When I first went there the guy pulled out a sliver of steel from one big toe then started shoving needle pricks that I did not feel told me I had Neuropathy in both feet and to be careful, check with a close friend often to prevent probs I was grateful.

Keepsake stuff has unknown beforehand effect with receivers the Pen I handcrafted a small wisdom tooth in the top part of the pen I carved and polished using white Corian using a big fat Dremel tool and tiny burr a wisdom tooth inset so it showed the detail on the crown etc and the root system my Dentist framed the pen on his wall I copied Pam Ayers poem Teeth and Comedian Spike Milligans poem called teeth to go with it. When he worked on my mouth my head was ny on the floor tilted back he is very short around five feet and I am 6 feet plus still conversations were in gurgle. I research for ages enjoy it .The Au govt ran a program that gave oldies like me and SWMBO free extra dental stuff to 4000.00 each two yrs he wised us on this I had nearly 8000.00 extra work done by him. The power of a pen and Pen Rests as I call them.

Peter.

If you don't want to talk about the pen rest, just say so.

Peter

 

[Penpal]

If you don't want to talk about the pen rest, just say so.

Peter

Peter.

 

[rowdyyates115]

Thats a lovely looking bit of wood there Peter.....

and a lovely looking pen....