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  • durango dude
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2011
    • 934
    • a thousand or so feet above insanity
    • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

    Snakewood Pen

    A friend of mine collects cutoffs from a custom furniture company. He sent me a box of snakewood for Christmas.

    Love this stuff! Click image for larger version

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  • durango dude
    Senior Member
    • Mar 2011
    • 934
    • a thousand or so feet above insanity
    • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

    #2
    Man, this crowd is harder to please than my wife!

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    • Black walnut
      Administrator
      • Aug 2015
      • 5438
      • BT3K

      #3
      It looks great. Is that pattern throughout larger pieces or just in places? Reminds me of fiddleback maple.
      just another brick in the wall...

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      • leehljp
        Just me
        • Dec 2002
        • 8429
        • Tunica, MS
        • BT3000/3100

        #4
        I have been on several times last night and today, I did not see the post. When it comes to SnakeWood in the title, I go for it.

        Very good figure on the wood and Nice pen!

        I'm curious, are you familiar with the fragile-ness of snakewood? It is highly prone to cracking in temperature extreme changes. SnakeWood stock does not crack as much, but in pens, when tubes are glued in - the glue and tube do not let it move as in contracting and expanding with temp and humidity swings, and it cracks. SnakeWood is one of the top two or thee woods for doing this. I said "two or three" because there might be more but I haven't heard of them. That leaves Snake Wood at the top for cracking.

        That said, since I warned you, you probably are safe.

        The way around cracking is not fool proof, but the latest thinking and practice by some (and yours truly) is: Drill with one size bit larger (1/64 or .1mm or .2mm etc), find and use flexible glue to allow it to expand and contract. There are a few flexible CA glues, and flexible epoxy glues too. Hard to find but they can be found, usually on Amazon.
        Last edited by leehljp; 01-24-2021, 10:26 PM.
        Hank Lee

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        • durango dude
          Senior Member
          • Mar 2011
          • 934
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          #5
          I worked around some cracks just to cut the blank!

          Thinking of sending it down to my dad in FL.. thats where the wood had been sitting for a few years.

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          • twistsol
            Veteran Member
            • Dec 2002
            • 2893
            • Cottage Grove, MN, USA.
            • Ridgid R4512, 2x ShopSmith Mark V 520, 1951 Shopsmith 10ER

            #6
            That is a unique and very cool looking wood. I don't think I've ever seen it before. Nice job o n the pen. Your dad should enjoy it.
            Chr's
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            • durango dude
              Senior Member
              • Mar 2011
              • 934
              • a thousand or so feet above insanity
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              #7
              Click image for larger version

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              • LCHIEN
                Internet Fact Checker
                • Dec 2002
                • 20914
                • Katy, TX, USA.
                • BT3000 vintage 1999

                #8
                I like it. Somehow I don't recall seeing that in late January.
                Loring in Katy, TX USA
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                • durango dude
                  Senior Member
                  • Mar 2011
                  • 934
                  • a thousand or so feet above insanity
                  • 50s vintage Craftsman Contractor Saw

                  #9
                  These Wall Street Pens from Woodcraft are so easy to make, it's not funny.

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