COLORADO & WESTERN

TURNED WOOD PRODUCTS

Not shown here yet are the wax and oil candle holders.  They will be added.

     We salvage old cedar fence posts from around Battlement Mesa, from fence lines that have been abandoned and for which we have received permission of the owner.  We have no idea how old the posts are or when they were first installed, but we don't want them destroyed, with the advancement of developments.  When a segment of post is put in the lathe, I have no idea what I will turn out.  I just start turning and watching the knots and grain of the wood.  As you can see, when I find a nice firm piece, I may not turn much to save the characteristic of the original post.  Much of the posts are split and fragile and of no value, so there is a significant amount of waste.  When on the lathe, I have had pieces just fly apart.

     We must have a fire wood permit to gather aspen wood on the BLM and Forest Service lands.  We are still learning what Aspen to gather, when in the mountains.  We look for standing dead trees, but we don't want them green.  We have some green wood that we coat the ends of the log so that they do not split while being aged.  It is a beautiful grain when aged just right.

     We are now attempting to find sources of fruit wood.  We have a small amount of peach wood that we got in Palisades, but it is not the best.  We understand that Apricot is the desirable wood.  I have experimented with one piece of apple, which is fair.

     We transported a good supply of Kentucky Black Walnut from our fire wood supply in Versailles.  That works up really nice on a lathe.  We were using that for some of our Bung Hole products before we left Kentucky. 

     Our inventory is low and I do not make a lot of the cedar fence post items or for that matter the Aspen items.  They make good corporate gifts and items for tourists that want a touch of the west.  No two pieces are ever the same and each is unusual. 

BUNG HOLE^© JEWELRY

Bung Hole^©jewelry was created by David Buck after visiting a historic Kentucky bourbon distillery and studying coopering (making wooden barrels and containers). The foundation for the jewelry is a miniature wooden barrel. Each piece is hand crafted by David. There are earrings, pendants, lapel pins, tie tacks, and key chains. He also crafts desk sets using larger versions of the barrels in walnut or other woods. Below are some photographs of the work that is available.

Being handcrafted, our production is limited.
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We'll be adding to these pages and illustrations in the weeks to come. Please email us if you are interested in any of our "Bung Hole" products and we will provide further information.

We can custom make desksets with pens, clocks, pencil holders, document clips or paper clip cups.
Must have an inquiry for custom products.