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  1. 01-08-2009, 4:34 PM #1
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    Pen Blank Giveaway

    Today I was cutting up a hophornbeam burl that I had retrieved from our woods into a few pepper mill and bottle stopper blanks. It has some beautiful contrasting figure. I had a few scraps left over and it seemed like a shame to toss them so I cut them into some pen blanks, sealed them and will mail them out to the first Creeker that wants them (I'm not a pen turner). Just send me a PM - I'll pay for postage. There are four of them and they are 3/4" square by about 6" long.

    Hophornbeam is one of the species that many refer to as "ironwood."

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  3. 01-08-2009, 4:37 PM #2
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    Blanks have been claimed. I'm gald to see them going to a good home.

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    Thank you Jon!
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    I turn a fair amount of Hornbeam but have never come across a burl. I am eagerly waiting to see the finished product.
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    Gordon better post some pics!
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    Quote Originally Posted by James Roberts View Post
    Gordon better post some pics!

    I promise!!!
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    As promised

    The first pen I made from Jon's blanks. Thanks again Jon!!


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    That is an absolutely gorjus (close enough) pen. What kind of finish did you use? A large pen really shows off a beautiful piece of wood like this. Outstanding job!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Charles Bishop View Post
    That is an absolutely gorjus (close enough) pen. What kind of finish did you use? A large pen really shows off a beautiful piece of wood like this. Outstanding job!

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    Man oh man now this is just beautiful!! What a neat concept too, wood passing from creeker to creeker and then the end result, did I mention I love this place!!
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    Wow Gordon, that looks great. Glad you were able to put it to good use.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jon Farley View Post
    Today I was cutting up a hophornbeam burl that I had retrieved from our woods into a few pepper mill and bottle stopper blanks. It has some beautiful contrasting figure. I had a few scraps left over and it seemed like a shame to toss them so I cut them into some pen blanks, sealed them and will mail them out to the first Creeker that wants them (I'm not a pen turner). Just send me a PM - I'll pay for postage. There are four of them and they are 3/4" square by about 6" long.

    Hophornbeam is one of the species that many refer to as "ironwood."

    Jon
    What a generous thing to do!
    I would love to see a picture of what you do with YOUR part too (NICE pen).
    I had the good fortune to get a hophornbeam burl a while ago...
    I turned a pretty nice bark edge bowl out of it.
    My father in law got remarried, his wife to be, on a visit to our home picked it up and carried it around for quite a while...
    It became a wedding gift.
    I lost my hard drive a while ago (no backup) so I don't have a picture at the moment, but as the pin photo shows, it's beautiful wood. I think it turns nicely too!
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