Two of the £1 pencils

[Woody]

These kits were selling for £1 at T/R over this weekend the tubes are 11/32" the mechanism is perfect a good companion to the round top pen one in Crab apple the other is in Mansonia I like the kit it is easy to assemble I may get some more code number LB660D

 

[ray7]

Look very nice.

Ray

 

[billyb_imp]

They both look very nice Woody

Wish I had picked an handful of them up now

 

[Grump]

You made em look good dad.

 

[Vic Perrin]

Bargain Pencils them Woody. I am showing my ignorance of timber here, I have never heard of Mansonia it looks a lovely colour.

Vic

 

[Buckeye]

They look good, I have just looked at their site, but they don't list them, was it the last of them that they had?

Peter

 

[Neil Lawton]

The kits look good and as expected so does the turning.
Are you sure the second one is Mansonia, it looks a bit dark?
Mansonia is nasty stuff with a list as long as your arm of reactions to the dust including cardiac disorders.
The bark of the tree itself, contains a Digitalis cardiac poison!
I personally wouldn't touch the stuff!

 

[Woody]

The kits look good and as expected so does the turning.
Are you sure the second one is Mansonia, it looks a bit dark?
Mansonia is nasty stuff with a list as long as your arm of reactions to the dust including cardiac disorders.
The bark of the tree itself, contains a Digitalis cardiac poison!
I personally wouldn't touch the stuff!

Hi Neil I am sure it is Mansonia as I got it from lignaterrae and he is one man who knows his wood it was the darkest bit of the lot the rest are a lot lighter it wasn't easy to get a good finish in fact I'm not happy with the finished item thanks for the warning about the wood Neil I will take greater care with the rest of it

 

[Vic Perrin]

Not trying to be a scaremonger but after looking at Neil's post I found this

Vic

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/wis30.pdf

 

[paulm]

Very nice Woody, you've turned them lovely... pity its not a ca finish

 

[Woody]

Very nice Woody, you've turned them lovely... pity its not a ca finish

Bo**aks you ca bum LOL

 

[Terry]

Look good for a quid old timer!!!! lol

 

[Woody]

They look good, I have just looked at their site, but they don't list them, was it the last of them that they had?

Peter

They are some of the old craft supplies stock Peter they had hundreds of them and they are trying to get rid of them you will have to phone 01302 744344 them that's why I posted the order number

 

[lignaterrae]

Yep, deffo Mansonia, cut from a larger board of the material. It can be quite variable in colour from dark straw to a deep purple. This example is very much at the dark end of its range.
Mansonia has been known to cause irritation if the dust is breathed in but I hope no-one here is daft enough not to wear a mask when sanding any wood! Reports are very variable, some people show no reaction, others suffer badly.
Nice timber, the photo doesn't show too well the fine veining in the grain.

Hi Neil I am sure it is Mansonia as I got it from lignaterrae and he is one man who knows his wood it was the darkest bit of the lot the rest are a lot lighter it wasn't easy to get a good finish in fact I'm not happy with the finished item thanks for the warning about the wood Neil I will take greater care with the rest of it

 

[Jim]

They do look good my friend, not bad for a quid ..

 

[chas_41_uk]

A couple of nice looking pencils Woody

 

[wm460]

A pair of good looking pencils.

 

[Buckeye]

They are some of the old craft supplies stock Peter they had hundreds of them and they are trying to get rid of them you will have to phone 01302 744344 them that's why I posted the order number

Thanks for that Woody, I hope nobody else wanted any

Peter