). I believe it was a simple Walnut wood, but I cherished it.
Thank you so much, Mark, and I agree with your sentiments exactly. I challenge myself all the time. I'm always attempting to turn the new crazy "thing." And then there's just really beautiful hardwoods. Sometimes we can't do better than Mother Nature.I love to attempt new segmenting designs for the challenge...
I admire others efforts for complex castings...
Watch parts blanks are awesome...
BUT, the simplicity of a beautiful wood blank (Burl or otherwise) still thrills me.
I got interested in this hobby (for me it's a hobby) due to being gifted a wooden 'Cross' brand pencil in High School... (47 years ago
Your pens displayed above are wonderful and remind me of why I love this hobby! I also have found 'treasures' in my firewood stack - Very well done.
I love that dark line too. It's not quite spalting but it's certainly a dark line for maple. I thought the window clip drew nice attention to it which is why I placed it that way. And because the end user, my mentor, is a notorious pocket-pen guy so I figured you'd see that bit poking out of his shirt pocket
My only complaint is that the tip doesn't unscrew to replace the refill.
