Another try a segmented pen

[Rob]

Satin pearl sierra with segments from Blackwood and Curly Maple and ca finish. Comments/suggestions appreciated. Regards, Rob

 

[ken69912001]

Nice combination of woods.Did you have any problem with bleeding.

 

[Jim15]

Looks great Rob.

 

[chitswood]

Hey rob, try segmenting blackwoods with red colored woods., its dazzling
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great pen

 

[rpasto92]

is the white balance off on the photo or is the maple really that yellow? Anyway, as a Steelers fan I like the yellow look anyway.

 

[johncrane]

G'day Rob very nice contrast mate! great lines and no bleeding of colours well done you must be happy with this one.

 

[Rob]

Thanks. Ken, I did get a bleed of the blackwood and foolishly tried DNA and it looked terrible. Luckily there was enough material that I was able to turn it out with a sharp skew. It was real smooth so I left it alone then and finished with 6-7 CA/BLO coats. The BLO yellowed the maple just a bit.

Ryan, white balance is off just a bit, but the satin seems about right. The maple was fairly yellow after the first hit of BLO. I tried a different style later with holly and it was much whiter. Need to work on my photos to try and get better color reproduction.

Derrick thanks for the idea. I was working up something with holly and a red wood, but didn't think about the black and red as I thought there wouldn't be enough contrast. What the heck, it's only a pen blank or two if it doesn't work out.

Rob

 

[Penmonkey]

I think it looks ok, you might try holly if you want a pure white.

 

[Jerryconn]

Nice looking pen I like the color combinations

 

[huntersilver]

Nice lines, great job!