Wood Pen Blanks
Pen blanks are frequently made from off-cuts of wood that would otherwise be discarded. In this way, more wood is used to make objects of beauty instead of wasted or burned, and more carbon remains sequestered…wood turning helps the environment. Pen blanks are usually sized somewhere between 3/4 and 1 inch square by about 5 inches long. This size is adequate to make most any style of pen, although some extremely large or complex models may require a special jumbo blank.
As a timber wood, Transvaal Beech is not well known outside of its native Africa, and because of this, it has not been well characterized or studied for such …
I remain fairly confident that the wood was sourced from Australia since it was sold to me as part of a set of Australian woods. Therefore, it could …
Because of the high silica and other mineral content, Rhodesian teak is difficult to saw. These mineral and gum contaminants also tend to severely blunt and gum saw …
Iroko is a wood from tropical western and central Africa which resembles teak in appearance and durability. It is sometimes used, therefore, as a teak substitute due to …
In the absence of published information about these woods, at least under the common names as sold to me, I relay my own, albeit, limited experiences of these woods …
This post discusses Red River Gum, a wood common in Australia but not commonly seen or used by wood turners in the United States except in burl form.
Amazakoue, as some folks call it, might win the contest for highest number of common names. This variety of names makes it potentially difficult to locate in dealer …