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AGardener

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Last year, on a tour of the French WW1 + 2 battlefields, we visited Delville Wood, where 2500 South Africans (and many others) perished in the Great War. I found a small chunk of French Oak (fallen and picked up, I hasten to add), brought it home and have now sawn a blank and made a pen with some significance behind it.

I deliberately left the upper barrel slightly wider than the bottom fitting, with a nod to the shells used in flattening virtually the entire wooded area (now replanted and grown).
 

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wm460

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Great looking pen Andrew.:thumbs::thumbs:

I haven't read much about South Africa contribution to the war effort. I will have to see what I can find next time I am in a book shop.

Every time I hear of the Somme, I think of Lemmy's song "1916":thumbs:
 

flexi

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That'll teach me!!....
I always look at the pictures before the post!!....I am not unhappy with the shape, it's very well turned and also has very good meaning too it!
Very nice job, I think that's also harder to do so well done:thumbs::thumbs:
 
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