Closed End Koa by Badger

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badger

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While on vacation in Hawaii for a wedding I visited a Koa woodworking store, and they had a box of scrap on the floor for sale. The pieces were pretty good, so I picked it up. I am glad I did.

This is my first closed end pen. The first barrel I turned too shallow and cut into the drilled hole. :( Fortunately I still had the left over piece from where i had cut it off, so I took a chance and cut a new barrel. It's not a perfect match to the cap wood, but it's close enough. I'm glad I could save it. I used the Mandrel from AZ, and it's a thing of joy to work with. It's worth the price, next step is a double closed end pen.

Here is my Koa closed end pen. I couldn't catch the shimmering curl this pen has unfortunately.

Koa_ClosedEnd_md_1.jpg


Koa_ClosedEnd_md_2.jpg


The finish is as follows:

Walnut Oil
Thin CA / Walnut Oil x2
Medium CA / Walnut Oil x2

I'm not sure about the first coating of walnut oil though, it seems to have darkened it a little too much.

Badger
 
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