Raffle for Mason Dixon Banquet

very nice,,I've been looking at getting the stuff together to do pens, they look like fun to make..

I wish I could join you at the banquet… maybe next time…
The pens are a wonderful prize… I am partial to the Mango but the Cherry burl is sweet too.
Larry

A great contribution to your raffle. I'm sure they really appreciate such wonder offerings and all your time effort and talent. super job Karson

Beautiful pens, Karson! Jack's candle boxes are really great. Love the splines that look like dovetails!

Lew

Nice job…..I've gotten so that I always keep a few pens around to give out. I used to turn them out by the bundle….Then I quit doin them for a long time….but when I was asked to do something for a friends, youngsters, little league uniform raiser…..I turned out a bunch of small lathe items for grab bags…the pens and pencils always get a good reception and I can always find enough good scraps to make quite a few blanks.

Those turned out great….and that piece of cherry was beautiful….very nice indeed.

Okay, everyone relax, I will have the winning ticket…

Beautiful work Karson… proud that you let me join your club…

Jack's candle box will be please the crowd too.

Looking forward to the event.

Well it will be interesting to see which item gets sellected first.

But everyone's taste varies.

Nice one Karson.

very nice!

Very nice projects , Karson : ) The specie info cards was a great idea to include as well as your BC !

Great job, I am interested in the Mango wood, is it resinous or soft, how did it smell, could it be smoked over? They look great

Karson I have to say the same as Dusty56. But the information about Mango in your card needs modification. Is not Thailand a South East Asian country? The Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia.
The following brief information from Wikipedia may also be worth noting
Area harvested of mangoes as of 200735
Country Hectares
India 2 143 000
China 45 000
Thailand 285 000
Indonesia 266 000
Pakistan 2215 000
Mexico 200 000
Philippines 181 000
Nigeria 126 500
Brazil 89 800
Guinea 82 000
Vietnam 52 000
Bangladesh 51 000

Mangoes have been cultivated in the Indian subcontinent for thousands of years
nearly half of the world's mangoes are cultivated in India alone. Malaysia is not included in the above table. Can you sustantiate that Malaysia has the widest varieties of species of Mango?
If latest information supersedes the above information I may please be pardoned.
Sharad

great work , karson .

and a great way to liven up peoples lives !

thanks for your giving and sharing .

Beautiful bunch of pens Karson. Gorgeous.

Interesting information Sharad…I recently got a shipment of curly mango, chocolate heart mango, curly green mango and spalted mango….all from Hawaii…beautiful woods all of them…..The grains are spectacular and the wood is very nice to turn…...have you had any opportunity to use any? I am very interested in seeing samples of the different kinds. That pen that Karson turned out is beautiful - Some of the mango I received has a very similar appearance to burl wood…without being taken from a cap…I was thinking of making a few pens too if I get enough waste from the bowls I plan to turn….the chocolate heart mango will make a spectacular bowl….I am looking forward to turning it - I need to get with it as it is destined as a Christmas gift.

I appreciate very much the correction on the info. (So much for web experts) The mango that I got was from Hawaii. I believe it was from in the vicinity of Harold's place. He called them local woods.

One of the pieces of mango that I got was about 3" square and 12" long and it had the most beautiful varied colors throughout. I don't have any idea what to make but it might be very nice as a pepper grinder. I'll have to get another one for a salt grinder.

A bowl blank also had the same kind of colors.

karson ,

just want to wish you and the wife ,
a happy birthday for her today .

you both enjoy yourselves !

and thanks for the picaso comment ,
it made me really laugh !

Andrew the wood was not an oily wood, it seemed to be quite porus like red oak. The Bowl blank is a greyish shade color and the 3" square by 12" long piece has red and green streaks in it very beautiful.

I didn't notice any odor when turning the pen blank.

David I'm glad you appreciated the Picasso comment. I'm not sure where that comment came from, deep down in my creative mind I guess.

i read somewhere that eye doctors believe that van gogh had some form of visual eye thing ,
he really saw everything the way he painted !
he didn't make it up .
God knows what picaso was up to ?

Great looking pens Karson.Wish I was one of those lucky winners.