Beautiful burl pen

[DB in VT]

Here is another of my recent pens. I am very embarrassed to admit that I don't know what kind of wood this is. Last week I visited with greenmtnguy and he sold me a whole bunch of cool stuff. This is one of the pieces from him.
Be sure to watch his offerings on the For Sale forum.
When I turned and finished it I knew that it required a different kit than any of the ones I had left in stock. So I waited for my most recent shipment from Exotic Blanks and used one of the Le Roi Elegant kits in 24k and gunmetal. I really like the look and feel of this pen.
If anyone can identify the species of wood, I would be most appreciative.

 

[magpens]

Beautiful !!

Was the wood really hard and a little bit oily ? . If so, could be Desert Iron Wood from Arizona or thereabouts ... often referred to as DIW. . I am not certain of course but there is a resemblance.

 

[mark james]

Hi Dennis:

Beautiful pen, your finish is wonderful.

Not sure of the blank, it could many different varieties of timber. BUT, your pen is excellent!

 

[greenmtnguy]

It may be dark Cherry burl. You got a lot of it. If it smelled sweet, Cherry. May be Cocobolo crotch with sap wood by the clip. If it had a heavier oily smell,Coco. Looks too dark to be Walnut, but you got a lot of that also. If I had smelled it turning, I could pinpoint it. Nice job!

 

[OZturner]

Great Pen Dennis,
Spectacular Blank, (what ever it is)
Excellently Turned, Fitted and Finished.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[cmiller]

Looks kind of like walnut to me. Really nice transition from one color to another, and I like what you did with the clip. Beautiful pen.

 

[ADKBUG]

Nice fit and finish!