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[glenpen]

At the craft fair yesterday a old man came up to me and started asking questions. One question he asked was were did I get the different woods from and I said from from all over the place. He suddenly said, when I die would you take a bit of the wood from my coffin and make a pen, I didn't know if I should laugh or cry.

Glen

 

[flexi]

Take it as a complement....

Although there mostly MDF....and how's he going to pay??

 

[KevinMc]

At the craft fair yesterday a old man came up to me and started asking questions. One question he asked was were did I get the different woods from and I said from from all over the place. He suddenly said, when I die would you take a bit of the wood from my coffin and make a pen, I didn't know if I should laugh or cry.

Glen

Well having worked in funerals for 38 yrs that may have been a request to leave something very special behind for family...not sure how that would help them going forward mind... looking at it and thinking oh that’s part of XYZ’s coffin..

Mark is right saying that most coffins now are chipboard based but there are still many Oak ones used particularly burial.

Who knows there may be a new market

Kevin

 

[Penpal]

I had visions of you cutting a piece off a coffin, the reaction of the family. Being practical it was an unusual request.

Peter.

 

[wm460]

Bit of the coffin wood and a bit of his bone should make a nice pen.