Christmas 2007 in this WoodElf's shop

[DeanZF]

Helena asked for a couple of detail shots. My camera is not very good at focus & close-ups. Of course, it might be more of operator error, but hey.



Here are 8 of the nearly 400 pens that will be sent to the armed forces in the Middle East.



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From top to bottom, these pens were made using purpleheart (South or Central America), spalted maple (US), padauk (generally pronounced pahDUKE, Africa), and wild cherry burl.



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From top to bottom, the top two pens were made using black walnut (US), myrtle burl (US), and Corian (the synthetic counter top material)



The "tree" in the first post was 330 of these 5" pens.