NOW SOLD
NB Dane Elm and Chrome Ballpoint Twist Pen
(25% of the selling price is donated to the Narrowboat Heritage Foundation who are the owners of NB Dane)
EUROPEAN ELM - Ulmus procera
European Elm has is a light to medium brown, sometimes with a hint of red. With an oil finish, it can turn a beautiful golden brown colour. Unless, of course, it's been kept at the bottom of a canal for an awfully long time.
Narrowboat Dane was built by the Mersey Weaver and Ship Canal Carrying Company and used as part of their fleet. She was built in November 1946 and first registered on January the first 1947. Ade from A P Boatbuilding is currently restoring her on behalf of The Narrowboat Heritage Foundation, the work being done is rebottomed with new chine planks, kelson, stem post and soon to receive two new bow planks, gunwales, decks, new back cabin and engine room. The pens that I will be making from Dane are all from a heavy lump of Elm bottom plate.
This pen was turned on Friday 12th June 2015 whilst moored at the pretty little village of Church Lawton on the Trent and Mersey Canal. We had left our mooring in Westport Lakes and travelled through the Harecastle Tunnel - one of the lower ones which meant I was nearly kneeling down steering at times and quite long at nearly 3000m long. We expected our mooring to be rather quiet but lots of boats had moored up as, unfortunately, a few locks further a narrowboat had sunk in the lock. The steerer had managed to get the rudder of his boat pinched between the two lock gates and as the water level rose the boat stayed on the bottom. That's why narrowboats have the large fender at the back of the boat which should be a couple of inches longer than the rudder. Luckily nobody was hurt this time.
This pen was turned on Friday 12th June 2015 whilst moored at the pretty little village of Church Lawton on the Trent and Mersey Canal. We had left our mooring in Westport Lakes and travelled through the Harecastle Tunnel - one of the lower ones which meant I was nearly kneeling down steering at times and quite long at nearly 3000m long. We expected our mooring to be rather quiet but lots of boats had moored up as, unfortunately, a few locks further a narrowboat had sunk in the lock. The steerer had managed to get the rudder of his boat pinched between the two lock gates and as the water level rose the boat stayed on the bottom. That's why narrowboats have the large fender at the back of the boat which should be a couple of inches longer than the rudder. Luckily nobody was hurt this time.
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