Chitswood Snakewood Emperor

[wdcav1952]

This pen has taken more than 6 weeks to complete. Finish is between satin and gloss Tung Oil. The finished tubes spent the night in the Tung Oil and then cured for a month before hand polishing and TSW application.

Thanks Darick for some great blanks!

 

[ken69912001]

Great pen. It is worth waiting 6 weeks for.

 

[wood-of-1kind]

Sharp looking pen William,
and 'no' you didn't need to pull out my tooth for the compliment.[]

-Peter-[]

 

[Dario]

Love it all around and yes it is well worth the wait.

Great pen!!! [^]

 

[Gary Max]

Aren't we getting fancy----have to start calling you 'BIG MONEY' -- if you are going to keep making them high dollor pens---[]
Looks great from here.

 

[wdcav1952]

LOL, thanks Gary! Unfortunately, this one has no buyer in sight at yet.

Thanks, all for the comments.

 

[LanceD]

William, that is one wonderful looking pen and I especially like your finish on it. I've done a Jr. Gent with one of Daricks snakewood blank about eight weeks ago and have been using it daily since and still no cracks. Once again a beautiful pen.

Lance

 

[Jerryconn]

Extremely pretty pen, awesome work, when they turn out like that its always worth the wait. [8D]

 

[challagan]

Wow.. beautiful pen! VEry nice.

Corey

 

[its_virgil]

Beautiful pens William. Don't ya just love snakewood!! Nice kit choice also.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

William, well worth six weeks waiting, wonderful !!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PenWorks]

Beautifull pen William [] For a momentI thought it was mine, but then I remembered,
mine has cracks in it, allready filled with red PMC clay[]
Really like the finish you put on the pen as well,

 

[johncrane]

Well worth the waiting.great looking Emperor.well done Mate'

 

[huntersilver]

awesome looking pen!

 

[Jim15]

Very, very nice pen.

 

[Rob]

Absolutely stunning. Haven't tried snakewood yet...have been put off a bit by some of the things I read about it. Oh well, who dares wins...

Regards, Rob

 

[huntersilver]

I second Darick's Snakewood, I have used it a few times and
have not had any cracks.

 

[thewishman]

Rich-looking finish and nice pairing of blank with kit. Kudos.

Chris

 

[woodmarc]

Beautiful pens. I really like that Snakewood, Gonna have to give it atry.

On soaking the tubes, did you just soak them or did you use vacuum to help the wood absord the tung oil?

Again, great wook

 

[wdcav1952]

Originally posted by woodmarc
<br />Beautiful pens. I really like that Snakewood, Gonna have to give it atry.

On soaking the tubes, did you just soak them or did you use vacuum to help the wood absord the tung oil?

Again, great wook

Marc,

Thanks for the compliment. Since it is local to me (small gloat) I bought pure Tung Oil at Grizzly. I cut it a bit (not much on measuring when away from work!) with Mineral Spirits. I dropped the completely finished tubes into the Tung Oil and left them overnight. The container is covered, but no vacuum. The next day, I took them out and wiped them down well, and then let the Tung Oil cure for a month. After that, I just hand polished with a piece of fleece, then buffed 3 coats of TSW on as a protectant.

Remember heat is a HUGE enemy when working with snakewood. I got a small crack or two but filled them with a CA sanding slurry prior to the Tung Oil bath.

Retrospectively, I would recommend wiping out the inside of the tubes after taking the blanks out of the oil.

FWIW,

 

[blacksmith2461]

yep definatly worth the wait. never thought of using tung oil very nice

 

[gerryr]

Great looking pen, William. You did a really great job with that snakey stuff.

 

[OSCAR15]

AWESOME PEN William Awesome blanks CHIT !!
I hope your treatment keeps this fine pen from cracking. Every single snakewood I have done developed cracks later on... If this beatiful pen holds up, please consider posting your recipe! Once again awesome!

 

[huntersilver]

Darick, offers a guarantee on this wood too[]

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Nice job, hope the curing process works for you. The pen looks terriffic!!!Excellent wood & fit looks really good.