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Olive wood

Gordon

Gordon

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Recently went on a holiday to Rhodes and while visiting the Acropolis in the the old town, I found a fallen branch of Olive wood. Well I couldn't leave it lying there, could I? Managed to break off a smallish bit to fit in my suitcase for the trip home. The plan is to make 2 pens with the Olive wood as a reminder of our holiday, but I decided that I might as well use the off-cuts from trimming the branch to make another pen. So with a little red resin and some off-cuts, here is the first of the extra pens (got some more off-cuts in a blank for when I get time to turn another)

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flexi

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Those colours go so well together, really nice idea too.... A friend of mine brings back Olive wood from Cyprus, but due to its age its extremely dry and hard😕
Well done with yours👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
 
Gordon

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A few more that I made from the Olive wood from Rhodes. The Chrome finished one is up for sale, the antique Bronze one has been claimed by the Mrs and the green resin one has a couple of issues, so I best keep that one for myself.


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