Care to guess this wood?

[Edgar]

There's a lot of experimenting going on here:
My first of Smitty's Creekline pens - I like it.
My first Craft Coat finish - I gave it 6 coats of glossy CC which gives the pen a little shinier finish than I usually get with standard friction polish & doesn't take much longer to apply.
I had this piece of wood lying around for about a year & finally got around to giving it a try. It's the first time I ever turned this wood & it cut like butter.
I'm also experimenting with my new light tent - that's an education in itself. I did use my DSLR but I was mainly just experimenting with light placement today - I'll break out the tripod & work on depth of field later.

I adjusted the color balance to get this photo looking as close as I could to what the pen looks like in person. It's a real nice creamy sap wood. No prizes involved, but you can practice your wood identification skills for next year's BASH.

Edgar

 

[southernclay]

poplar

Nice looking pen BTW!

 

[Cmiles1985]

Philodendron??

Just kidding, I'll agree with Poplar. It looks very nice BTW

 

[walshjp17]

Just to be different I'm going to say Holly.

 

[Edgar]

Not holly or poplar -- nor philodendron ;-)

It is from my backyard, but it's not a native Texas tree.
I have at least 40 types of trees, shrubs & vines in my "backyards" & it's my mission to eventually make a pen from each one (except maybe the poison ivy)

 

[SteveJ]

Could be from an apple tree?

 

[Katya]

Very pretty pen!
Lilac, perhaps?

 

[Rchan63]

Maple?

 

[southernclay]

That knot looks just like an olive pen I just turned so I'll go for olive

 

[Indiana_Parrothead]

Huisache

 

[Cmiles1985]

Crape Myrtle?
Australian Pine?

 

[BayouPenturner]

My guess is Bradford Pear?

 

[Edgar]

Crape Myrtle?

BINGO!

We planted these two trees about 35 years ago from cuttings that my grandmother gave us. They aren't blooming yet, but they will be soon.

I trimmed a few branches last year & kept a few sticks that were about 5/8" in diameter and just had them air drying outside my garage. Here's the one I got this pen from.

They're about 20 feet tall now, & as you can see, we planted the trees too close together & too close to the pecan tree -- didn't look that close 35 years ago....

 

[Cmiles1985]

I've got a large one in my front yard and two smaller ones in the back yard. I haven't turned any of it, but I will save some stuff when I trim it next year. I have various "yard woods" drying out to try.

 

[Band Saw Box]

I wish I had see this post before I could have guessed right since it looked similar to my crepe myrtle. Your looks great, top notch ft and finish. Well done.

 

[Edgar]

I wish I had see this post before I could have guessed right since it looked similar to my crepe myrtle. Your looks great, top notch ft and finish. Well done.

Thanks Dan, I was expecting you to be the one to guess it.
These cuttings have been drying for a year & when I saw your post last week, I decided that it was time to give one of them a try.
It really is a pretty wood - I'm going to include a couple of them in my Service Pens.

 

[Band Saw Box]

I am glad I inspired you to give it a try. I'm going to cut some more and keep them around.