cumberland sierra

[its_virgil]

I found this piece of cumberland (ebonite) and it was just enough to make a sierra. I thought I had used all I had. Please excuse the dust. I wipped it off...really I did. I hate dust!
Comments welcome.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[johncrane]

It's very nice Don!with dust included.[]

 

[pipeyeti]

I love cumberland. I finished a cumberland pipe tamper tonite for a special order. You pen looks great!

 

[R2]

Great looking pen!1[^]

 

[Ligget]

Lovely work Don, the Ebonite goes well with that plating too![]

 

[Tanner]

Nice looking pen! I like that ebonite stuff, I'll have to try some.

 

[Dan_F]

Another one of those cocobolites! I had never seen that before until that other one showed up a few days ago. Very nice work.

Dan

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Don,
Very nice, I still regularly use the Gent in cumberland that I got from you in a trade quite a while back. Still looks like new. Great material, though real stinky while turning.

 

[MDWine]

Excellent! That's a very elegant look...
Are you doing anything special to finish, or just MM all the way up?

 

[Radman]

You know Don... I've made the very same pen with the very same material and about everybody that has seen it asked me what kind of wood that is....
[8D]

 

[its_virgil]

Thanks for all of the comments. I appreciate the feedback.

This pen is sanded to 1000, then MM to 12000, buffed with white diamond and HUT UltraGloss Plastic Polish. Then I used a product that I started using a few months back(off and on) and now I use it on most all pens. Now I suppose you want to know what that product is. Well, OK. It is Flitz Metal Polish Fiberglass Paint and Plastic Restorer.
http://www.flitz.com/index.html I really like how well it performs. I've been using a cream scratch and swirl remover, but Flitz has taken its place.

I've put a CA finish on these pens before, but not on this one. I don't remember if the pen Glenn mentioned has a CA finish or not. I have a couple in my case that do not have a CA finish and they still look like they did when I made them.

Thanks again for looking and commenting.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[DCBluesman]

Elegant and beautiful, Don!