Closed End Amboyna Burl Cigar

[Brooks803]

Here we have one of my fav pens I've made so far. This is a closed end black cigar made with Amboyna Burl. Man is this wood awesome :biggrin: Had to redo the original CA finish bc of a low spot on the end. This finish is 12 coats thin CA, Buffed with Tripoli & White Diamond, PlastX polish, and Ren wax. When taking photos I use different colored peices of felt as backgrounds...well I found out the black felt makes this wood look on FIRE! I'll post those pics after this one. Thanks for looking and as always any comments/questions appreciated!

 

[Brooks803]

Here are the pics with the black background...wicked effects!

 

[JBCustomPens]

That is amazing! I totally agree on the felt as the background and the wood! I love amboyna.

 

[David Keller]

Beautiful wood... I like the pen as well. How do you plan to carry/use it? I'm always curious about how people use clipless pens.

 

[bubbatww]

That looks great!!! Nice job

 

[brookswife803]

Really cool Babe! More your style pen than mine but the wood is remarkable and the finish is superb! Great work! (And I know how much work you had to put into it)

 

[johncrane]

Very good, great looking blank.

 

[Brooks803]

As of right now it is going in my display case for show/sale. Hans will be doing a hidden clip demo soon for our local pen club soon and I'm debating on giving it a try. I have the original clip as well as some metal rod I can bend into a clip. I've read alot of the tutorials here but I'm a visual learner more than anything so I don't mind waiting. I might not do it at all bc I really do like it this way.

Beautiful wood... I like the pen as well. How do you plan to carry/use it? I'm always curious about how people use clipless pens.

 

[Brooks803]

Really cool Babe! More your style pen than mine but the wood is remarkable and the finish is superb! Great work! (And I know how much work you had to put into it)

Thanks Babe :biggrin: I'm debating on keeping this one...