Nostepinne - Part II and other stuff

So it's been a while since I posted.  I've been working on some gift items so can't publish anything about what it is.  At least not until they have been given to the recipients.

I have been working on some things I can post about though.

There has been a little progress on the nostepinne.  I turned it to something reselbling the shape it will be and let it rest again.  Now that the other project is done I can get back to it.

I originally thought is was a black walnut but am thinking now it is an English walnut.  Not sure how you would tell the difference.  I just know we find a walnut like nut all over the woods.

The other thing I have been playing with is some coasters.  They are simple slabs cut from a branch on a dead tree we dropped but they look pretty nice.  The tree was dead when we moved here so have no idea what the leaves looked like.  I just know it is a very hard wood.  They will be finished with a matte polyurethane.