Curly Koa from Wayne

[gerryr]

I bought a box of wood from Wayne and this was one of the pieces. Baron fountain pen in sterling silver with ivory on the end. I got the idea for the ivory from Russ's gallery on the PMG. His were inset, my isn't.

Comments welcome.

 

[csb333]

That looks really classy. Koa is one of my favorites and the ivory end looks great! Chris

 

[pete00]

nice pen...love the wood

 

[wdcav1952]

Gerry,

Nice shaping on the closed end, and the ivory really sets the work off as classy. Not bad for a Parrot Head! []

 

[pastorbill1952]

Gerry, that is great. Like the idea of the ivory end

 

[vick]

Stunning.

 

[Dario]

Very Nice. I love Koa [].

 

[LanceD]

That's a good looking closed end design. The ivory adds a really nice touch. []

 

[thetalbott4]

[:0]Beautiful. The ivory was a great idea. Looks like you glued it to the end and turned it with the blank? Nice finish too. That second pic is great. Nice closeup. This will sound wierd but, hey Wayne - nice wood.

 

[gerryr]

Thanks for the compliments. The ivory is from old piano keys and yes I glued it to the end after squaring up the end on the lathe and then turned it. I made a small block of wood to push against the end while turning. I think it gave the end some support and also helped stabalize the ivory until it was down to the same diameter as the wood.

 

[BigRob777]

Gerryr,
Nice work. Curly Koa is my absolute favorite figured wood. I have a large stash of left-overs (aka cut-offs) from selling them and I am going to make my next "personal use pen" out of it. I just love it. It is the first figured wood I ever saw in "person". I was in Hawaii on my 10th anniversary and took more pictures of the koa that was used to build everything in my hotel, than I did of the tropical paradise around me. That's when my wife knew I was hooked. Now it is in 3 rooms in my house and in my shop. Oh and did I say, "nice pen"? I never would have guessed that silver would look good with koa. You really captured the great color too.
Rob

 

[clewless]

Great pen and photo, but a fantastic finish...what was it done with?

 

[mick]

Gerry thats one pretty pen!!!

 

[gerryr]

I should have put this in the original post, the finish is CA.

 

[wayneis]

Nice job Gerry, darn I knew that I should have kept that blank. LOL [] Its hard to get really good curly Koa.

Wayne

 

[Mikey]

Very nice pen. like the lines and the finish. The Ivory to me looks silver, which I think is even cooler. Also like how your pics show off the finish. Wish I could get my camera to do the same.

 

[chigdon]

I love the idea and the combination. Very nice! (might have to 'borrow' the idea)

 

[gerryr]

Chris, help yourself, I borrowed it from Russ.

 

[Jim15]

Great looking pen, like the ivory on top.

jim

 

[terrymiller]

I really like the wood I am going to have try Koa someday.

 

[Johnathan]

Very classic look, I like the ivory and the curves. Your CA finish looks wonderful. I have so much to learn! I think you made a great choice. I like the look of the ivory glued on rather than inset. Again, nice job.[8D]

 

[UKpenmaker]

Very nice pen, the ivory works very well with the wood. Excellent job on the finish.