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Zeta for the missus

Chillicamper

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I've been promising to made a nice pen for my wife for a while.

I got hold of a piece of Swamp Kauri. For those that don't know this wood it's from New Zealand and is their version of bog oak. But these are huge trunks that they dig out of the peat - sometimes up to 40ft round and 200 ft long and around 35,000 years old!

It was softer than I expected to turn. It didn't look much when sanded, but when polished and placed in the sunlight, it really glows.

Anyhow, she's delighted with it. :thumbs:



 
Chillicamper

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johnny5 said:
Nice looking pen and well turned , looks a bit like London Plane
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I actually thought that when turning it, but it didn't feel like London plane to turn, it was more fibrous and needed a sharp skew to get a good finish. I think it's also slightly more orangey in colour, more like beech. The lighter flecks really do light up the wood in direct light, but it's difficult to capture in a photo, especially just on my camera phone.
 
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A very well turned pen David, and thanks for introducing this wood to us my friend .. :thumbs:
 
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Very nice and my wood ID must be getting better cos I thought Beech when I first saw it.
it is a wood I have never heard of or used so thanks for the education too.
 
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I bought a few pieces of swamp Kauri from David (lignature) a while back and turned one thinking with all those years behind it, it would fly off the shelves... I've still got it. A lovely looking pen David :thumbs:
 
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