Desert Ironwood Gloat Update

[Seer]

Here are some pics from a piece of the Desert Ironwood haul I got a couple of months ago. I was over at Jasonr's and he said to try out his new carbide blade so we did. It cut like the ironwood was pine and the surface of the wood actually appeared as though it had gone through a planer. I have pictures here with DNA on them to bring out the grain for you to see hope you like them. I am still figuring out what to do with this much ironwood. The first pic is before the dna was applied and the 4th pic is the same piece with dna.
Jerry

 

[Dalecamino]

Congratulations Jerry ! That DIW is pretty , pretty stuff .:good:

 

[Mark]

That's some beautiful grain. Enjoy the bounty while it lasts...

 

[Seer]

Like about 100 blanks thats a lot of pens to turn lol

 

[Mark]

lol. Better get crackin'....

 

[Seer]

I've made about 10 pens from a small piece and sold them all.

 

[Mark]

Nice. I imagine they look awesome, coming from that wood.

 

[RAdams]

WOW! Congrats on the score FOR REAL!!

THAT is an awesome stash of Desert ironwood! I am crazy jealous!

 

[Seer]

Even the sapwood has some very light grain and the cream color is nice

 

[RAdams]

yeah yeah...:biggrin:

Wheres the pics of the pens?? At least one!

 

[Seer]

:biggrin: Your just jealous :biggrin:
But here are 3 of them :biggrin:

 

[RAdams]

:biggrin: Your just jealous :biggrin:
But here are 3 of them :biggrin:

You are totally right!:biggrin: No shame in my game! Those pens are beautiful! Your ironwood looks alot different than mine. Yours looks almost like burl compared to my pieces. I only have two, and they are more straight line grain kinda deal.

 

[bitshird]

That is some beautiful wood, congratulations on a lucky find, there probably won't be a lot left in a few years.

 

[Seer]

Most of the pieces were from a crotch piece and finding this grain was a nice surprise to us. Thanks for the comments

 

[David Keller]

Nice looking stuff. One of my all-time favorite woods.

 

[Texatdurango]

Nice pieces! You're pretty fortunate to live so close to where the wood grows!

When we go out west, we make a point to stay in quartzsite at least a day then do some driving around and have found some really nice pieces there. It amazes me how some people look at it as just junk wood. One fellow had a beautiful log stacked up with other logs next to his chimenia ready to burn!

 

[jason_r]

Like about 100 blanks thats a lot of pens to turn lol

And that piece was one of about 6 around that size.

 

[Mark]

The pen(s) came out looking great. Enjoy the wood.

 

[maxman400]

Great looking wood and PENS.

 

[Rick_G]

Nice haul and pens Jerry. If you are still at a loss as to what to do with it you still have my address. Yes I am jealous as well.