Thread: On a wood kick

After seeing MikeB52, AKmik, Deeter, Caus24, Tintin, jmercer, BWP1474 and Prodigy posting up their beautiful wood brushes, I figured I'd keep the ball rolling and post some of mine I've been holding out on. Just want to say to those guys that it's great seeing the Brushmakers Alcove come alive with excellent brushes. Keep at it fellas!

First 3 are Olive wood



Old growth Oak, 63 growth rings in this one piece



IPE wood



Spalted Tamarind top & Wenge bottom




Afzelia burl top & bottom, Wenge in the middle



Golden Amboyna burl

Andrew, those are disgusting. Disgustingly beautiful! I swear I'll get that wood to you as soon as I can get off of my fat arse so you can make a few more useless, ugly, poorly constructed and badly finished brush handles.

I've been wanting to try amboyna burl. Gorgeous!

Very nice work Andrew, nice to see some unusual designs.

Originally Posted by Martin103

Very nice work Andrew, nice to see some unusual designs.

The one that has the Afzelia burl and wenge was some scrap I glued together, and intended to turn this shape based on a brush that Pixelfixed had turned a while back. It was a very masculine looking handle that I really loved. I think it was turned from Lignum Vitae, but I couldn't seem to find it anywhere here on the forum. I turned this one based on what I could remember from his post.

Originally Posted by HARRYWALLY

The one that has the Afzelia burl and wenge was some scrap I glued together, and intended to turn this shape based on a brush that Pixelfixed had turned a while back. It was a very masculine looking handle that I really loved. I think it was turned from Lignum Vitae, but I couldn't seem to find it anywhere here on the forum. I turned this one based on what I could remember from his post.

Interesting Andrew, Pixel did some amazing brushes and especially Loom Strops. sure miss his wisdom around here.

Originally Posted by prodigy

I've been wanting to try amboyna burl. Gorgeous!

There's a big difference between Golden Amboyna burl, and Red Amboyna burl. Red is far more expensive. I believe this Golden Amboyna on the right cost me around the same as the red on the left. Big difference in overall size, plus the Red Amboyna has the dark heartwood and the pale sapwood. The red is 1 3/8"x 1 3/8" x 5" at $35, and the Golden is 2" x 2" x 14" and cost $27. BIG price difference.