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[Canuck]

Hi guys, here's a new woodworker pencil in buckeye burl(stabilized)on a brown mallee burl cap;D

[Robert Yarger]

Wonderful pen!!!  The woodstock looks more like coral than wood.  Seems like it would be a very challenging wood to lathe, but you are the expert.

[Canuck]

Thanks Robert, I've been thinking of making a pen and leaving some of the outer 'shell' of a burl, I think it would look cool but probably not something you'd want to use.

[Robert Yarger]

Suppose you left some of the outer burl, but covered it over with a clear plastic to make it smooth, but aslo give it depth.  I suppose you would have to apply the clear polymer prior to lathing.

[Mark McCallum]

Maybe you could try some epoxy resin to cover the outer burl.

Another very nice pencil, John.

[Canuck]

Thanks Mark, I've definitely got something like that in mind...