another (Boring)cigar NOT!

[ctEaglesc]

I turned this a while back but could not get a clear picture of it.Even this doesn't do it justice.
The chatoyance goes in the opposite direction of the grain but it doesn't show in all the pictures I have taken and I have taken a lot of this pen.
The section by the nib has purple in it

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[wdcav1952]

Very nice Eagle, I particularly like the figuring next to the nib end.

 

[tomwojeck]

Beautiful Eagle! The figure is awesome.

 

[JimGo]

Eagle, what kind of wood is that, Jatoba? Whatever it is, it looks really nice! Very well done.

 

[ctEaglesc]

Originally posted by JimGo
<br />Eagle, what kind of wood is that, Jatoba? Whatever it is, it looks really nice! Very well done.

OOPS! sorry
That plain old walnut(actually that piece came from a"junk" piece of walnut 2x6 given to me).
I have a friend that used to be able to get the skids from a steel mill.
They used walnut.
For dimension lumber it didn't make the grade.
I was ripping lams when I got to this section and put it aside.
Most was a dark cocoa brown with no figure.
This little section was intriguing.

 

[jvsank]

Very nice pen, Eagle

 

[PenWorks]

Well...that's one of the finest plain pieces of walnut I have seen! Nice pen Eagle.

 

[jwoodwright]

Really nice wood. Funny how nature hides exciting grain with plain wood...

 

[WoodChucker]

I've always loved walnut and this piece looks great, nice job on the pen!

 

[DCBluesman]

Beautiful pen, Eagle.

 

[jdavis]

Very nice walnut. Good looking pen and finish.

 

[Docsmith45]

Good old walnut is still hard to beat in lots of cases. My brother from Michigan is coming in tomorrow night and is supposed to be bringing me a batch of walnut. While he's here I plan to make him a cigar out of his walnut. I hope it comes out as good as Eagle's did.

 

[pastorbill1952]

Great looking pen, Eagle.

 

[swm6500]

Very nice looking pen Eagle.

 

[MDWine]

Nice, very nice and subtle figure

 

[Rifleman1776]

Somebody here has something nice to say about walnut? [:0][
I literaly tried giving some away on this forum and had not one inquiry. Walnut is probably my all time favorite wood. I once heard a master woodworker say that if it is worth making it is worth making out of walnut. Hard to dispute that.

 

[ctEaglesc]

Originally posted by Rifleman
<br />Somebody here has something nice to say about walnut? [:0][
I literaly tried giving some away on this forum and had not one inquiry. Walnut is probably my all time favorite wood. I once heard a master woodworker say that if it is worth making it is worth making out of walnut. Hard to dispute that.

The designer of Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" might have something to say about that.
If it is heart wood(rich brown) I love it.
Out to the sapwood I can take it or leave it(usually leave it)
Crotch, figured or feathered it can't be beat.

 

[opfoto]

Great looking Cigar.

 

[Fleabit]

That is what I love about walnut....the grain can have so many variants to it from different grain flow to a glimmer...nice pen eagle.