PITTSWOOD
Handcrafted Pens & Leather Goods From Wales
Welcome to my 'Special Pens' !
These hand-turned pens are made from wood that have a historic or interesting background.
Listed below are woods I have available with a brief description.
Click on the images or 'Read More' to see their respective pages which contain full details along with a choice of pen styles.
As you can imagine, the wood supply for these pens is very limited indeed, so once they’re gone, they’re gone!
RHONDDA TUNNEL
PENS
Salvaged railway track keys from inside the Rhondda Tunnel in South Wales. Exclusively made by us for the Rhondda Tunnel Society.
SS PEGU
PEN
Salvaged Burmese teak wood from a steam ship called the SS PEGU which was torpedoed during WWI by a German U-boat in 1917.
SS QUEEN OF BERMUDA PEN
New Zealand Tawa wood from the luxury cruise liner the SS Queen of Bermuda which was decommissioned in December 1966.
BLUES AND ROYALS PEN
DUNHAM MASSEY PEN
LITTLE MORETON PEN
Medlar fruitwood from the grounds of the 16th century Little Moreton Hall in Cheshire, England.
ROYAL BROWN OAK PEN
900 year old brown oak wood from an ancient tree that stood in Windsor Great Park, London which had sadly been brought down a bad storm in December 2013.
CHURCH OAK PEN
CARIBBEAN BLUE PEN
Made from very rare Blue Mahoe wood from a tree that was blown down in a hurricane in the Dominican Republic in 1972.
