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PENS, PENCILS - Coachwood (Ceratopetalum apetalum)

Learn about this timber

Coachwood, also known as scented satinwood or tarwood, is a medium-sized hardwood tree, straight-growing with smooth, fragrant, greyish bark. It is native to eastern Australia in the central and northern coastal rainforests of New South Wales and southern Queensland, where it is often found on poorer quality soils in gullies and creeks. The name "Coachwood" was given because it was used for building coaches in early settlement times.

Its timber is light and easily worked. It is used for flooring, furniture, and cabinetwork, interior fittings, turnery, gun stocks, wood carving, veneers, as well as spars and masts for boats. Courtroom number three of the High Court of Australia is beautifully and completely furnished with coachwood timber.

These pens are made from a storm felled tree on a friend's property at Martinsville, NSW.

 

#1 Slim shape and brushed brass hardware work together well for the colour of the timber, and give a warmth to this pen.

$45

#2 Sleek shaping slim waist with chrome hardware simply work together well.

$45

#3 Sleek shaping slim waist with chrome hardware simply work together well.

$45

#4 The weight is balanced toward the lower half of the pen by the gentle curved shape, making it easier to grip and use than a more slender instrument.

$45

#5 The chrome hardware with ribbed waistband add a nice contrast to the fairly even tone of the timber. Good weight and comfortable to write with, you'll using this pen.

$45