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Royal Brown Oak

pittswood

pittswood

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Two weeks ago, I made a chrome Mistral rollerball pen for a customer. He specified a CA finish to the body and the customer is always right with this type of wood.
So the finished pen he received.
Kelvin
 

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alan morrison

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Lovely, Kelvin.
Really lovely rich colour on the timber.
I had to look 'Brown Oak' up as I thought that it must be a different species from the ordinary paler oak that we see.
Now I realise that it is the same species but the deep colour is due to fungus activity.
 
pittswood

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Alan,
This wood came from the grounds of Windsor Great Park in Berkshire, England. This 900 year old oak tree was sadly blown down by a storm in December 2013. This particular tree showed a very slow growth rate with a 4cm section of wood showing 115 years of growth.
It's a fab wood to turn, but it's grain can be as hard as nails or soft aa a rice pudding. The number of CA coats on this pen was 12 coats. The depth is as you see brilliant.
Kelvin.
 
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