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  • Ken Massingale
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2002
    • 3862
    • Liberty, SC, USA.
    • Ridgid TS3650

    #1

    Stratawood Cigar Pen

    Along with some very nice cocobolo blanks I ordered was a nice, but different, little 'bonus' blank.
    Bill, the supplier, says it is stratawood, which apparently he rescued from the jaws of a dumpster.
    Whatever it is, and regardless of where it came from, LOML insisted I turn it before any of the cocobolo. I like this stuff, it turned easy, but was very thirsty from being abandoned in the dumpster, it drank several loads of sealer before getting satisfied.
    It's said to be dyed laminated Birch.
    Anyhow, here's the resulting cigar pen:
    Thanks for looking, Ken
  • BobSch
    Veteran Member
    • Aug 2004
    • 4385
    • Minneapolis, MN, USA.
    • BT3100

    #2
    Interesting looking grain and I don't think I've seen a pen that color before. Nice work, Ken.
    Bob

    Bad decisions make good stories.

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    • Whaler
      Veteran Member
      • Dec 2002
      • 3281
      • Sequim, WA, USA.
      • DW746

      #3
      Very nice Ken. I'm not familier with the wood but I like your results.
      Dick

      http://www.picasaweb.google.com/rgpete2/

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      • Ken Massingale
        Veteran Member
        • Dec 2002
        • 3862
        • Liberty, SC, USA.
        • Ridgid TS3650

        #4
        Thanks for the comments, guys.Here's a better expalnation from the supplier:
        the true orgin of that wood was in the garbage. This came from the last 3/4" cut of the sheets of this production shop that makes the grip section for some compound bows. They use 3" wide sections of the sheets and had no use for the last trimmed section (ala garbage bin).

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        • Ken Weaver
          Veteran Member
          • Feb 2004
          • 2417
          • Clemson, SC, USA
          • Rigid TS3650

          #5
          That is realy impressive grain Ken. Good job!
          Ken Weaver
          Clemson, SC

          "A mistake is absolute proof that someone tried to do something!

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          • gerti
            Veteran Member
            • Dec 2003
            • 2233
            • Minnetonka, MN, USA.
            • BT3100 "Frankensaw"

            #6
            Neat! Kind of like dymond wood?

            Gerd

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            • WoodPirate
              Established Member
              • Jan 2005
              • 312
              • Jacksonville, FL, USA.

              #7

              I'm going dumpster diving in your town!

              --==<< Steve >>==--

              Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.

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