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Padouk and Chrome Ballpoint Twist Pen
PADOUK - Pterocarpus soyauxii
Padouk has a very unique reddish orange coloration, and the wood is sometimes referred to by the name Vermillion. Unfortunately, this dramatic color is inevitably darkened to a deep reddish brown color. Heartwood color can vary, ranging from a pale pinkish orange to a deep brownish red. Most pieces tend to start reddish orange when freshly cut, darkening substantially over time to a reddish/purplish brown
Padouk is moderately heavy, strong, and stiff, with exceptional stability. It also has a beautiful aroma when turned and sanded. It is closely related to Amboyna.
Pen #387 was turned on Sunday 25th October 2015 just along from Norbury Junction on the Shropshire Union Canal. After a slow cruise back along the canal from Pelsall we arrived at the top of the Wolverhampton flight of 21 locks ready for the decent and the junction north to the Shropshire Union Canal.
The Shroppie is a favourite of many boaters as it enjoys a particularly rural transit up through Shropshire and Cheshire. It is, however a bit straight for my liking. Rather than following the contours of the land it is made much straighter using cuttings and embankments. Still it is a great engineering feat and it does speed up travelling times a little. It also has an underwater obstacle for most of it's length, the Shroppie Shelf, which makes mooring in rural locations tricky too.
Whilst the weather was definitely much chillier the wind slowed down and I was able to turn some of the pens that I had prepared on the journey from Birmingham. Norbury has a great annual festival that we hope to try and book into for 2016.
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