Walter Rowland Butler
@wrrb.bsky.social
I carve spoons, collect vintage fountain pens, and very little else.
IG: @wrb_woodwork
IG: @wrb_woodwork
Dated, mated, negated.
December 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Dated, mated, negated.
And a shower surround behind the vanity.
November 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
And a shower surround behind the vanity.
There’s four doors on the front of this, operated by touch-latches.
November 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
There’s four doors on the front of this, operated by touch-latches.
Finished this interesting piece (1/2)
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Finished this interesting piece (1/2)
Richard Olney, in Simple French Food (Wiley, 1974)
A minor prose masterpiece prefacing his potato-leek soup.
(Which is easy, and profoundly soul-satisfying)
A minor prose masterpiece prefacing his potato-leek soup.
(Which is easy, and profoundly soul-satisfying)
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Richard Olney, in Simple French Food (Wiley, 1974)
A minor prose masterpiece prefacing his potato-leek soup.
(Which is easy, and profoundly soul-satisfying)
A minor prose masterpiece prefacing his potato-leek soup.
(Which is easy, and profoundly soul-satisfying)
Marjoram. I love this stuff.
September 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Marjoram. I love this stuff.
I have these and many others at my table. I’d say “look for the bald guy,” but that’s a pretty broad brush at this event.
July 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I have these and many others at my table. I’d say “look for the bald guy,” but that’s a pretty broad brush at this event.
Here’s a moody shot of a fantastic-looking pen: the Pilot MYU, from the first year they were made, 1971.
June 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Here’s a moody shot of a fantastic-looking pen: the Pilot MYU, from the first year they were made, 1971.
Painted plant stands, front and right, and their barn sale inspiration, back left.
#woodworking
#woodworking
April 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Painted plant stands, front and right, and their barn sale inspiration, back left.
#woodworking
#woodworking
Here’s one for the #fountainpen threads- a ca. 1930’s Swan Jackdaw Toledo. Black and red-mottled ebonite wrapped with hand-engraved 24k gold bands.
February 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Here’s one for the #fountainpen threads- a ca. 1930’s Swan Jackdaw Toledo. Black and red-mottled ebonite wrapped with hand-engraved 24k gold bands.
e.e. cummings is pretty metal about his art
January 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
e.e. cummings is pretty metal about his art
Letting AI do the heavy lifting this season. A USB-compatible turkey helps.
November 28, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Letting AI do the heavy lifting this season. A USB-compatible turkey helps.
Odd little side table with a nod to Sam Maloof.
October 30, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Odd little side table with a nod to Sam Maloof.
From Hannah Bonner’s collection of poems, “Another Woman” (Eastover, 2024).
October 12, 2024 at 12:30 PM
From Hannah Bonner’s collection of poems, “Another Woman” (Eastover, 2024).
Robert Olen Butler, from Severances.
August 31, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Robert Olen Butler, from Severances.
See a torty, post a torty. This is Dola.
July 7, 2024 at 10:01 PM
See a torty, post a torty. This is Dola.