Cocobolo with Tagua

[Deere41h]

Playing around tonight with alternative materials. This is Cocobolo with Tagua Nut accents. Tagua is fun to work with and turns nicely. Just need to find a way to work around the voids in the middle of the nut.

 

[Gary Max]

Dang ---where are my sun glasses---what a shine.
Great looking pen John[]

 

[DCBluesman]

Beautiful, John!

 

[woodscavenger]

Nicely done! So were the top and bottom accents planned or woops bands?

 

[wicook]

Man, John...that's a nice design! The shine is great, too. That looks like a design worth copying![]

 

[badwin]

Very nice combination of materials. I like it. Nice shine too.
Brian

 

[JimGo]

Wow John, that looks great! How did you keep the nut from getting scorched?

 

[Tom McMillan]

That's really nice John!!! I have some of the Tagua too--and the pieces I tried had a lot of voids---will have to try again----that looks great!!![]

 

[rtgleck]

Wonderful looking pen. Love the material and a great shape as well.

 

[PenWorks]

Wonderfull looking pen John, very classy, nice job!

 

[atvrules1]

Wow John. That is something else. Perfect. Tagua sure accents the coco, good call on the accents.

 

[Ken Massingale]

Elegant!
ken

 

[darbytee]

Really nice looking pen John. The tagua really sets off the cocobolo nicely. Also a great job with the shaping and finishing.

 

[leehljp]

That is nice looking. I picked up some tagua nuts today on a rare day off from the Expo. I plan on doing something similar. Thanks for posting that.

 

[Fleabit]

Great job and the colors go nicely.

 

[Deere41h]

Thanks for all the nice comments. You are very kind.

Woodscavenger - The accents were planned not woops.

Jim - I have heard that Tagua will scorch so was careful with both sanding and finishing not to get it hot. Very light sanding pressure.

 

[WoodChucker]

John, you did a beautiful job on the turning and the finish is just awesome looking, nice work!!!

 

[Rifleman1776]

Others got there with the good words first: "elegant" "classy". Great workmanship and beautiful finish. I especially like the shape, adds to the elegant and classy look. Not overdone. As we say in the souh, "Ye dun gud".

 

[driften]

Great job! I like this pen.

 

[Bev Polmanteer]

That's a great pen, John. I like the shape and the nut instead of the metal center band. What finish did you use?

 

[Darley]

Stunning John like the combination Cocobolo and Tagua nut, got some Tagua would have to try it, what kind of finish did you use, CA?

 

[jvsank]

A great looking pen John

 

[Deere41h]

Bev and Serge: Pen was sanded to MM4000 and then applied 3 coats of sanding sealer. First two coats were thinned with lacquer thinner 50/50. The third coat was put on full strength. I allow that to cure for 24 hours and then apply 2 coats of friction polish and finished with 2 coats of Ren Wax. Thanks for your nice comments.

 

[pastorbill1952]

Excellent pen, love those accents.

 

[timdaleiden]

Very nice pen, and combination of natural materials. Nice shape too.

 

[BigRob777]

That is truly amazing. I don't think I've seen a nicer shape and the finish is awesome.