Huon pine burl october 2

[Penpal]

At least 2000 yr old blank of the rarish now Burl form of this tree found only in Tasmania Australia. It grows mm,s a year from a very tall tree.

Kind regards Peter. First in October breaking the drought in the workshop.

 

[wm460]

Absolutely stunning burl Peter superp pen good to see you back in the shed again.

 

[paulm]

Very nice Peter, that wood looks beautiful and you've created a lovely pen with it.

 

[Vic Perrin]

You ain't half got some grand timber down there mate

Vic

 

[Neil]

If anyone else enjoys reading about the social history of wood and trees, then there is a concise story at huonpine.com.

Nice pen, looks good, have turned the wood once but the outcome was not as inspiring as this.

 

[Terry]

Great to see your pens again Peter and some of the beautiful woods that you use and this pen is no exception. Thanks for showing !!!!

 

[Doug]

Beaut Peter, a lovely blank on a smashing pen

Great to see you're back turning.

 

[Zman]

Beautiful....

 

[Grump]

good to see you back in the shed again.

 

[chas_41_uk]

That's a beautiful piece piece of wood Peter
And it's good to see you turning pens again

 

[bassethound]

Lovely pen indeed mate, what a nice bit of timber!

 

[ray7]

Very very nice.

Ray

 

[Bill Mooney]

Beautiful pen. Well done.

 

[donwatson]

Really nice pen and a beautiful piece of wood.

 

[Baldy]

Absolute cracker m8 [emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

 

[Twister]

nice looking pen
stunning bit of wood

is that a change in direction of grain near the nib?

 

[billyb_imp]

Lovely looking pen Peter with a great finish

 

[Penpal]

Rephotographed the pen.

Peter.

 

[Jim]

Just seen this Peter, and what a stunning blank and pen my friend .. Good to see you back in the shed also ..

 

[Gilliandrea]

That looks stunning, the little stand in contrasting colours helps set it off