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Follow up to the Ghost gum Ares, now in a Lignum Vitae box. What do you think? Rather a challenging wood to work with, put traditional hinges on this, had to drill and use a self tapper screw to put a thread in the wood so I could get the screws in. mega hard but finished really nice.

TM Ares with a Ghost gum wood blank, one of the blanks I have dug out that wm460 sent me a few years ago now. Ghost gum is part of the Eucalyptus family apparently. (Corymbia aparrerinja) Finished with around 10 coats of Melamine lacquer and then left overnight to harden then finished with...

Letter opener with a wood I can't remember or know what it is. :thinks: Anyone recognise it?

I have mentioned a few times about the challenge of using slim stock, namely vintage cellulose tubes that are very narrow and pre-drilled. In order to use this material for the barrel, section and the cap I went down the route of making a pen where the cap screws onto the end of the section...

Hi pen people. A bit of a one-off this, and I’ll keep this pen. As I continue working on a design to make the most of the thin vintage cellulose I have, I decided to make a pen with a sleeved wooden section. In other words the internals of the section are ebonite (in this case) and the outside...

Hi all thanks for letting me join. My name is Tom and I'm from Northern Ireland and have just started learning wood turning. Unfortunately I don't have my own lathe, but at present I am currently learning the different tools. Trying to get the touch with a roughing gouge but get it started OK...

These pens are made from New Zealand Bog Wood ranging from 600 years plus to 50000 years old.

Pen no.5 and back to wood this is an off cut of teak I had that I cut down to use. Padster

My latest pair or Mistral pens in Elm that came from a storm damaged tree in Hampshire. I just love this wood but sadly we have very little of it left.

A Majestic Skies kit from TM, the wood (if it is actually wood, could be a vine or something) is only what I can call "Lizard Wood" because it came from the Lizard tank that my son had. Finished with a coat of Melamine Lacquer . This is what it came like.

A slim dressed in tree wood.

My new favourite wood (until the next one I make). Kingwood and cellulose acetate. This is the first pen I have made where the cap is fully sleeved. What I mean is that inside the cap is an entire lining made from the cellulose, forming a complete barrier between the wood and the nib, like the...

In a bit of purple patch and enjoying turning out one every couple of days. I'm afraid there are a few technical issues here - finishing, cap threading and photography - but not especially fussed - I think I know where the problems lie and will work them out sooner or later. Not sure what wood...

New pen finished last night. Tried to get the combination of wood and ‘synthetic’ right and think the kirinite works well with the elm. Had a few problems with lacquering the wood so will need to go back and revisit that but pretty happy with this one. An critique would be most welcome.

It has become apparent, after looking at some wonderful pens on here, that choosing the/a correct bit of wood to turn into a pen is one of (if not the) most important things that a pen turner/maker can do. That being said where the heck do you all get it from? I ask this because the only...

It's been a long time since I have turned a pen......so I did... Burr Wych Elm which was a pleasure to turn. A good looking wood....wish I had more of it. Cheers Frederick

So today I've been turning Thuya Burr wood and found it very waxy. the wood is choking up my sanding paper. with the waxy wood to the touch what finish wood you use I'm going to try Melamine but open to other finishes I do want a high gloss finish on my pen this time.

Just experimenting with triangular design. The pine was a mistake, though I'm still practising on scrap wood. Wanted to see how it looks on Phil's new Etesia kit. All comments appreciated. Alan

This one is made from Brown mallee (stabilised) and cellulose acetate (threads and section). The cellulose parts are glued into the wooden pieces using 2 part epoxy. Then the drilling, boring, threading and shaping. This model has a smooth profile when capped (no lip between the cap and the...

All of these are from the same tree. Aint wood good!