Snakewood Roman Harvest

[johnny5]

Hi finally arrived fro TB. Roman Harvest in Snake-wood , friction polish and Wax finish

 

[paulm]

That is one gorgeous pen. Lovely kit, wood, turning and finish.

 

[Grump]

Lovely job of that one John, you can see why they call it snakewood in that pen init?

 

[Terry]

Excellent pen Johnny. I really do like the Roman Harvest pens and you have done it justice with the Snakewwod !!!!

 

[Woody]

That is one mighty fine pen Johnny love every thing about it well done

 

[Doug]

Lovely work Johnny, top job

 

[yorkshireman]

Awesome wood Johnny

 

[Jim]

That is one nice looking pen Johnny, great piece of timber that polishes up real good .. Well worth the wait from Timberbits my friend ..

 

[Neil]

John,
Great pen, just hoping the snakewood holds up.

 

[stevenw1963]

John, that is one rather nice looking pen, one to be very proud of.

 

[Jimjam66]

Wow! Gorgeous pen, ALMOST justifies the silly prices they're asking for snakewood these days. Note I say ALMOST ...

 

[Penpal]

Clever combination Johnny Love it.

Peter.

 

[johnny5]

Made this in February, checked it today and it has split along the whole body.
Decided that I will not be making any more pens from snakewood . Expensive mistake but looked the dogs b$$$$$$$s when it was made

 

[Jim]

Sorryto here that Johnny, but sadly Snakewood is notorious for this, i used it once on a barron pen with the same result that you have .. Never bothered with it since ..

 

[silver]

My dad used to say, "the only bit of good snake wood was in the back of the fire"

I can see yours was a really nice piece but had problems myself with splitting.

 

[rayf6604]

lovely pen and the snake wood does look good. note to self not to get any.

 

[chas_41_uk]

Agree with the rest, lovely pen. Real shame about it splitting.
I've got a Snakewood blank. Was told that I have to turn it very carefully and keep cooling the drill bit in water :pray:

 

[Neil]

My sincerest commiserations, it was a lovely pen.

 

[Neil]

Agree with the rest, lovely pen. Real shame about it splitting.
I've got a Snakewood blank. Was told that I have to turn it very carefully and keep cooling the drill bit in water :pray:

Try drilling it by hand? Or going up in steps so you dont cause to much stress. Best of luck.

 

[chas_41_uk]

Try drilling it by hand? Or going up in steps so you dont cause to much stress. Best of luck.

Thanks Neil I was thinking of going up in steps :wink:
And doing a lot of praying :pray::pray::pray: