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who can make me a pen ???

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So fellas who can make me a pen out of snakewood ? I will supply the blank which will be 1x1x5 and just a bog standard pen will do nothing too fancy because I WILL lose it or the kids will break it !!!!!!!!!!

I can pay you in cash or blanks entirely up to yourselves

Prices please ???

Cheers Lee:wink:
 
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No charge just send the blank.

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Lee, a brave man who takes that on, but you will need a pen that leaves a bit of wood meat on the bone, something like an aero or Lucida (same thing). Just consigned a sierra to the bin (or rather the wood element) made of snakewood that split after six months. More than happy to give it a go for you, I'd drill it in 1mm increments to keep the heat down. Three blanks and its yours. PM me if you want to take it up!
 
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billyb_imp said:
What a great deal, just to have a go, no charge with me either :thumbs:
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Billy ...if it's just a go at Snakewood that you want then I have a blank you can have FOC...PM me your address an I'll stick it in the post.
 
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What's all the fuss about this snakewood apart from being rare give me a nice Mallee burr any day come to that any Burr is better looking than snakewood and all the fuss over turning it treat it with respect and job done it is one of the first woods I made pens with when I first started pen turning and I wasn't imprest with it then
 
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I will do it for £9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999.99p now that a good offer
 
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Woody said:
What's all the fuss about this snakewood apart from being rare give me a nice Mallee burr any day come to that any Burr is better looking than snakewood and all the fuss over turning it treat it with respect and job done it is one of the first woods I made pens with when I first started pen turning and I wasn't imprest with it then
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You're sounding just like your mate Brian !!!!! LOL :tongue::tongue::tongue:
 
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Wow cheers fellas had a good response and grump has the honours as he was instant in his reply.It takes a brave man to battle the snakewood as neil said but come on woody this wood is amazing surely ???? :wink:
 
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woodwiseuk said:
Wow cheers fellas had a good response and grump has the honours as he was instant in his reply.It takes a brave man to battle the snakewood as neil said but come on woody this wood is amazing surely ???? :wink:
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Sorry mate it dont impress me one bit some woods are under rated and some over rated but I wish you well in selling it
 
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each to their own hey pal and I agree burrs are just as good and selling the stuff is easy its getting the bloody stuff that's the difficult part
 
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Woody said:
Well do you think it is worth £10 a lump regardless of how rare it is now tell the truth
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£10 a lump, is that £10 a blank, bloody hell its not worth it. I had a piece on the stand and nobody went near it, I sold pens in Bog Oak, yew and loads else over the snake wood. At £3 a blank its worth it, I picked up a lump six months ago from which I could get ten blanks from, cost me £30.
 
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my mate sells 1x1x6 at £17.50 which is obviously a rip off I sell them on ebay at £10 and they sell pretty well I think I posted them on here at 5 quid odd !!!
 
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I agree that Snakewood does look good on a pen, but i can not justify paying such a large sum for it .. :whistling:
 
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woodwiseuk said:
my mate sells 1x1x6 at £17.50 which is obviously a rip off I sell them on ebay at £10 and they sell pretty well I think I posted them on here at 5 quid odd !!!
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You dont have to justify your prices to any of us your obviously running a business to make a profit so what you charge is your business we just have an opinion as to whether they are worth that amount to us for whatever reason good luck
 
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I agree, over rated.not that nice to turn either.

Oh well looks like you missed your chance to have a local guy to yourself turn a class pen for you...:devil:
 
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