And please don't take offense at this (or please ask your wood not to...) but the finish is so shiny, at first I thought it was some kind of swirly acrylic until I read what it really was! So the finish is great too!
Beautiful! I think Box Elder makes terrific pens, the burl has so much movement you can just get lost in there. The Sierra is one of my favorite kits. I recently got an order for 10, using stabilized Maple Burl, IMHO, a good color against the gold hardware. Very nice. What was your choice of finish?
Thanks everyone for the opinions and nice comments. The finish is Ca using Fangars method.
Frank thanks for redoing the piture, it looks much better. If it's not to long or involved could you tell me how you did it. I have Paint Shop Pro and have used it some but can't get the pics to come out that good. Did you just lighten the pic?