Corn Cob Cigar

[JeremyJ]

I live in a farming community so corn cobs seems to be becoming my staple pen. I have never turned a stabilized cob, I always start with a standard field corn cob. I drill the hole with my drill press turned off and just turn by hand. Turn with a very sharp skew, dye with fabric dye and finish with CA. It seems that the cobs that are a deep red when I start have the best pattern. Any comments are greatly appreciated.

 

[rjwolfe3]

That is very nice!

I have some that I have been debating on drilling and then casting in pr to make it easier to turn but maybe I will try it without first.

 

[boxerman]

Nice pen.

 

[fiferb]

Beautiful work. I've never used a stabilized cob either. I'm not in the farm belt so I go to Wal-mart and get the corn on the cob for feeding squirrels.

 

[GaryMGg]

Fantastic looking pen. I like corn cobs and pine cones but haven't turned either yet.
I've got some great cones on the property; I should probably just soak one good and do it.

 

[wizard]

Very nice pen! Never done one of those before...that looks great!

 

[JohnU]

Looks great! I judged picked up a bag full after watching the neighbor harvest the field. If only it were that easy to get all my blanks. Lol. I sand most of mine to shape after turning them down to the hard center. No blowouts that way.

 

[Whaler]

Those are the best looking cob pens I have ever seen.

 

[Stacie]

pretty cool. look much better than the others i have seen.