~\ENDED/~ Looking for Spalted Hackberry Pen Blanks
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What I have right now is crosscut - maybe not best for pens. Bottom two are stabilized, top six aren't. All in the range of 5.5 x 2.625 x 1.1" more or less.
Got anything to trade? I generally go for anything off the beaten path - local / not commercially viable woods, root stock, exotics...
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Not, not really. I don't have the ability to harvest wood so pretty much everything we have is commercially available.
Let me take a look tonight...
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- #9
Just touching bases to see if you might have found anything. Thanks.
I would be willing to cut a few depending how many you want. It is not stabilized so mainly just a cut fee of 50cents each. Large quantity may bring that fee down. all plus shipping since I dont have your quantity yet. How many are you looking for and what is your minimum dimension? I may have nicer blanks in 5/8 inch stock...
Will picture the blanks for your approval before shipping out. Will likely start cutting this evening anyway since I have it pulled.
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Looking for nice figure on the spalted hackberry as it will be used for pens in this case. Usually 5" x 3/4. Don't like to go too much thinner than 3/4 just because often it will show up either not straight or slanted and we tend to make slightly larger pens (to show off the wood). Hadn't given too much thought on quantity, just looking to build stock back up.
No problem. I have some up to 1 inch thick. Will cut the rest of my scraps up and we will take a look/see then. If you dont want em, no harm. They are only good for pen blanks anyway. Just didnt want to cut a bunch of 5 inch and find out you wanted 10 to make kitless... likely will cut the rest up tomorrow. Will set in bunches of 10 to keep it simple. I dont make many pens but I know what grain pattern can do. Will sort accordingly.
Nothing too crazy or primo in this stuff, but there could be some nice pens in there. These are cut into knife blocks right now, but I am happy to rip into pen blanks for you, if interested. Depending on the dimensions you need you could get a hefty two blanks or a slim three blanks out of each. I definitely recommend stabilizing these. Let me know if there is anything else that you're looking for.
Numbered left to right:
1 - 1+ x 2.25 x 5.4
2 - 1+ x 2.5 x 5.4
3 - 1+ x 2.5 x 5.4
4 - 1+ x 2.25 x 5.4
5 - 63/64th x 1.9 x 6+ (crosscut)
Numbered left to right:
1 - 1+ x 2.25 x 5.4
2 - 1+ x 2.5 x 5.4
3 - 1+ x 2.5 x 5.4
4 - 1+ x 2.25 x 5.4
5 - 63/64th x 1.9 x 6+ (crosscut)
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Are these the pictures of the ones you have? Or the ones you cut? I think I got confused on the timing on the posts.
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How much were you asking for them?
63/64th" - Now THAT is precise right there!!!
Haha, I actually misread the ruler... I thought it was in 64ths, it is in 32ths. This is 31/32ths or an inch. I will round down, but I don't round up on measurements.
Ya right,all guys round up!!
