pen making blanks from the Australian visitor

[devonwoody]

Thank you Funkychicken

Another gift from an Australian forum member.



The piece of ebony, should I retain for making pen ring decorations or a slimline pen?
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[greggy]

ebony is a lovely piece of wood for pens, but it is just like snakewood,, prone to cracking. i would be tempted to use it on a slimline or use it for segmenting your other pens. nice gift too, by the way,

 

[devonwoody]

I have since learnt that the timbers are:-

The reddy timber is Sydney Blue Gum and the yellowy timber is Stringybark and the black timber is probably a rosewood.

 

[shedhead]

Funkychicken was my pen swap partner just before the summer. Members of the Austrailian pen turning forum were paired up to do a pen swap, and i got Funkychicken. He did say that he was coming to UK, but he would not be traveling as far north as Scotland, to visit me.
It's a small world.