I’m either in a rut, or on a roll, but either way I’m making nothing much but pens lately… here are some recent samples…

As always, if anything catches your fancy, just get in touch. The Etsy store doesn’t have much loaded up at the moment so best thing is just talk to me… hit [...]

A pen I turned, moments ago, from Afzelia burl wood. The plating is “bright copper” and the pen style is called “Sedona”, which is similar to the “Baron” rollerball, but has a Celtic knot-style centre band. I think this is my favourite style pen now. It has 17 parts. I’ve been known to struggle with [...]

Lynda finally unearthed her upholstery stuff, and I found the hinges, and so the walnut footstool from a few months ago is now finished! I love it when a plan comes together, and before the New Year too.

see also:
Walnut Footstool – Dry Fit (posted June 23, 2010)

Merry Christmas! Here are a couple of Christmas presents I made, one for Lynda and one for myself. And stay tuned for a video that’s exactly as exciting as watching icicles hanging from a roof.

Continuing the octagon theme for our household, here is a small pot pourri holder I made for Lynda for Christmas.

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Finally finished the Pen and Letter Opener gift sets. I even sprang for the — let’s call it “leather” — gift case, because they’re just that classy. Like me. Classier, even… These are available for purchase via my Etsy store (links below). Owen Sound locals, just chat me up, obviously no need to pay [...]

Continuing the octagon theme we have going on here at Barkwhistle, and continuing also to look for ways to use up some cedar scraps, I recently mitred together some small boards to make this small planter. Then I decided to try something a little bit different… instead of straight boring old miters, I though [...]

My Dust Collection, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

Call me naive (go ahead, I’ll wait) but I always thought “dust collection” meant having a lovely collection of dust. For woodworkers, this is fairly easy to accomplish. And this particular dust collection is archeologically, or maybe geologically, quite interesting. It’s like examining the strata of an exposed canyon [...]

Ziricote TiVo Remote Holder, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

My wife decided the Ziricote Pencil Holder I made for her birthday would actually make a better TiVo Remote holder. I have to agree.

We have kind of an "Octo" theme going in our house. There is a small octagonal stained glass window above the front door, I built some large octagonal planters a while back, and one of our gardens is octagonally bordered, so here’s a couple more on that theme.

Octo Cheese Board, originally uploaded by rgdaniel.

The octo [...]

I’ve spent some time updating the inventory on my Etsy store, which is now ready to roll with everything I have available for sale, including the recent Big Stripey Board! Lots of pens for the upcoming school and/or holiday seasons…

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