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THE WOODTURNERS KAURI GALLERY AND

 WORKING  STUDIO

Dargaville, Kauri Coast, Northland, New Zealand

home of Rick Taylor, Master Woodturner

 4 Murdoch Street on S.H.12 Dargaville Kauri Coast Northland New Zealand.
Phone: 00 64 9 439 4975

cellphone 0274 489 652

Email: kauri4u@xtra.co.nz Site: www.thewoodturnersstudio.co.nz
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                                       hot turned kauri pens

                                                                     Please note if the pen is a sample photo only then it is sold

                                                            But we can send photos of pens we have in stock now /  just email us

                                                                                                       GREEN AND YELLOW ANCIENT KAURI

                                                  

                                                                           Price NZ$135-00 /  PLUS POSTAGE

 

                                                                THREE GREAT NEW TURNED PENS PHOTO BELOW

                                                                                 sample photos only but we do have more

                                                                 

                       FIDDLEBACK ANCIENT KAURI                                                    FIDDLEBACK ANCIENT KAURI

                     sample photo only but we do have more                                               Sample photo only but we do have more

                          PRICE NZ$135-00 / PLUS POSTAGE                                                            PRICE NZ$135-00 / PLUS POSTAGE

                            

 

                                                                          GREEN ANCIENT KAURI  PENS

                                                                           PRICE NZ$135-00 / PLUS POSTAGE

                                                               

 

                                                         we are cutting a load of golden kauri pen blanks 

                                  these blanks are not swamp kauri  they have been cut from old kauri chuch pews.

                    the wood was cut by kauri cutters around the 1900s

             and is great for making turned pens / take a look go to pen blanks above

                               and scroll down to the bottom of the page.

                                                                                          

 

                     NEW ROOT TOTARA PEN SET

                                                   SEE PHOTOS BELOW / HALF WAY DOWN THE PAGE

  

                            Commercial Hotel  2009

 

                    

           Photos below / Commercial Hotel the morning after the storm 2007

                        

                                      

                    BIG BOY PENS   NZ$45-00 EACH PLUS POSTAGE       SLIMLINE PENS  NZ$30-00 EACH PLUS POSTAGE

Kauri pens crafted from timber salvaged

from the Historic Commercial Hotel at Mangawhare after high winds damaged the hotel in 2007

1km north of Dargaville hearing towards the Waipoua Kauri forest this hotel still stands today looking over the great NortheRn Wairoa River

and was built in 1875 for Sir John logan Campbell

After a storm in 2007 with winds up to 200ks an hour the verandah on the front of the Commercial Hotel was blown off and over the top of the hotel.

The timber verandah posts seen in these photos were retrieved by Woodturner Rick Taylor from the Woodturners Studio & Gallery

He lives right next to the Commercial Hotel.  In 2009 Rick decided to craft some of the kauri post timber into pens. this Kauri timber would have been hand cut

to build this historic hotel and has a great feeling to artist Rick Taylor it is part of New Zealands history.  Rick likes to craft his pen from wood that comes from

historic places in and around the Kauri Coast.

Mangawhare was the largest port on the NortheRn Wairoa river back in the 1800 & 1900's when the Kauri cutters and gum diggers came to the land of the long white cloud

New Zealand Dargaville was not here then so the Commercial hotel was a bank pub and trading post next to the hotel was a black smith and a trading store.

the trading store is still standing today as well.   The black smiths yard and sheds have all gone but what was left to remind us is lots of horse shoes in the ground at Rick Taylors home.

Over the road from the hotel and Ricks home there is the site of the sailing ship WAI  ITI   that capsized at Mangawhare in 1907 after her bilge keel became wedged against the steep

 river bank as the tide fell.  READ ALL ABOUT IT VIST THE WEBSITE GO TO /  NZ  MARITIME RECORD WAI - ITI 

                  

                            The Wai -iti Capsized Mangawhare 1 /4 / 07                                              This photo show the Commercial Hotel in the back ground

          

                                                     

 

                         

                                           R&S TAYLOR MADE PENS

        Ancient Kauri & other Native New Zealand Timbers

                               We are proud to be Kiwi Artists

                                                     

                                IS IT NEW ZEALAND MADE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR WELL COME TO OUR STUDIO

                                                                             New Zealand made only

                        

                 R&S ANCIENT KAURI FOUNTAIN PENS/  GREEN KAURI OR GOLDEN KAURI  

                                                                            NZ$135-00 each

                                                                           includes presentation case.

                        

                                    The wood these pens have been crafted from came from an Ancient kauri forest buried under ground.

                                                           samples of wood from this forest have been carbon dated

                                                     and show the wood in this Ancient forest to be around 3'860 years old.

                                                            

                                     

                                                                  Photos below  the sierra pens 

        These  Sierra pens have unque Green Yellow and Red colours and are New Zealand Ancient Kauri wood

                                                                             These Sierra pens have sold but we have more

                                                                                    Price 135-00 each plus postage

 

                         

                                       

                                        Leatherette pen case  NZ$15-00 each         Leatherette pen case and  big boy pen   NZ$77-00 each

                                            

                             Below photo shows big boy Ancient kauri pens / on orders of 12 pens or more we will do wholesale rates

                           please email your orders / or for wholesale price phone Sue Taylor  on the phone number at the top of this page

                                                                       don't forget we make fountain pens and sierra pens as well

                                                                                             See photos/ catalog above

                                    

 

                                                    WE PACK AND POST  WORLD WIDE WITH NEW ZEALAND POST

                                                                                      15.5% GST TAX TAKEN OFF

 

                                         photos below /  Pens in  display cases                              

                                                                      

                       If you wish to buy the display case full of Big Boy pens we will  sell to you at wholesale rate

           Please Note / we will not give wholesale rates by email, please phone Sue Taylor on the number at the top of this page for wholesale list

                                

                   Big Boy pens in case NZ$62-00 each /plus postage                                                   Pen display case

 

                                                      

                                   GREEN KAURI FOUNTAIN PENS A GREAT GIFT FROM NEW ZEALAND

                                                                               price NZ$135-00 plus postage

                             

             R&S Green Ancient Kauri Fountain pen

                            This wood has come from an Ancient kauri forest the swamp test age 3'860 year the wood was buired

                                                     in the peat land around the Kauri coast Northland New Zealand

                                 Price NZ$135-00 in pen case PLUS POSTAGE over seas /  or around New Zealand 

 

                                       Fiddleback grained Ancient Kauri pens SAMPLE PHOTO ONLY 

                          

 

 

                      WOW / NEW PENS IN STOCK NOW / R&S Fiddleback Kauri Fountain pen / photo below

                                 Includes case NZ$135-00 PLUS POSTAGE over seas / or around New Zealand

                         

                                  

 

 

                                                                           NEW PEN IN STOCK NOW  PHOTO BELOW 

                                                                      Ancient New Zealand fiddleback grained Kauri fountain pen

                                                                          This one is Sold / but we do have more fountain pens

                                                                                       Price $135-00 each a nice gift

 

                                                 

                              R&S pens come from the best of coloured grain Ancient Kauri and other Native New Zealand Timbers

         R&S Taylor are proud to be kiwi craftsmen and we have been in the woodturing trade for thity years

                      Our Studio and Gallery is open to all who wish to visit and you can talk with the artists Rick and Sue Taylor

              Have your pen made for you send us or drop in your piece of wood and we will make it

          the piece of wood must be  bigger than 6- 1/2" long by 1 -1/2"  thick

               This wood pen below is made from a piece of grapefriut tree we make pens for you from any timber

                 friut tree native timbers you name it we will make it

                                           Note / please call us first before sending your piece of wood

                                              Grapefriut wood pen in the photo below

                                            This is a one of a kind piece of grapefriut wood made into a pen 

                                               We will sell this pen for NO SALE NOW NZ$135-00 plus postage over seas

                    

                            

 

 

                                                       TOTARA PEN SET IN THE PHOTO BELOW

                         New pen set /  Native New Zealand Totara Root

                       Native New Zealand Totara fiddleback Pen & Fountain pen /  this pen  set is one of a kind with this grain

                                                   This pen set is on sale at NZ$900-00 for the set 

                                                                      Note we only have the one set

                                                                                                            

                                       

                                

                                                    

 

                               

 

                                           NATIVE NEW ZEALAND RIMU PEN IN THE PHOTO BELOW

                                                              IS PEN IS ONE OF A KIND YOU JUST DONT SEE RIMU WITH THIS GRAIN

                                                                                                sold sample photo only

                                                                                             

                        

 

 

                                 Below pens made from River Rimu    

                 logs recovered from rivers around the Kauri Coast Northland New Zealand.

           PHOTO BELOW IS SHOWING  THE NORTHEN WAIROA RIVER.

      ALL THE LOGS WERE SENT DOWN SMALL WATER WAYS  FROM THE HILLS IN THE BACK GROUND INTO THIS RIVER FOR MILLING

     BY BUSHMEN BACK AROUND 100 YEARS AGO

    BUT A LOT GOT LOST  ON THE WAY DOWN AND THESE ARE THE LOGS WE ARE GETTING THIS RIMU WOOD FROM

                

 

                      

 

                     Photos below /  show a new line of inlayed  Native New Zealand river rimu pens                              

      

                                                            REF IP1 PRICE NZ$185-00 PLUS POSTAGE

 

                                      

       This Sierra pen above photo /  is hand crafted using 12 dark inlayed pieces of New Zealand Native RiverTotara  cut sanded and laminated into the  body made from a piece of light  River Rimu.

                             All free hand cut and sanded , no jigs were used to hold the wood for cutting or sanding

                                                      

 

                 Below are sample photos of a new pen we are making /  body Ancient Kauri wood with inlayed rings

                                   

                                  

                     Below photos show that every inlay is a  piece of wood hand cut and sanded and then turned

 

                    

                                                      

R&S Taylor made pens are made in New Zealand / at Rick Taylors Studio and Gallery 4 Murdoch Street Dargaville Northland NZ

You may visit the Studio and Gallery and talk with Artist Rick Taylor / Please ring or email us first before calling at the Studio for Rick may not be in  when you visit

                                

                                                                                                     

Photo above shows a big boy pen the body is handcrafted from golden stump Ancient Kauri

 and the inlayed rings from green coloured kauri /  sample photo only

 

 

If you would like to learn how to turn wood you can spend a day or more with Artist Rick in the workshop having tuition.

see our tuition page on this site. 

Thanks from the Woodturners Studio.

    

                      Take home a real pieces of kiwi art