Desert Ironwood

[Deere41h]

Closed end Jr. Gent. fountain pen made of Desert Ironwood. Comments and critiques welcome. Blank was a free-be from BB at Arizona Silhouette.

 

[gerryr]

[][] Wow, that's a gorgeous pen. First class all around.

 

[DCBluesman]

Beautiful! It almost looks like a natural tuxedo. [8D]

 

[airrat]

Im glad you lined the nib up with that sapwood. That is superior.

 

[woodscavenger]

AWESOME!!!

 

[Peninhandrjg]

Nice pen all he way 'rouond!!

 

[chigdon]

Awesome! I haven't done a Desert Ironwood closed form but now I think I will.

 

[wicook]

That's a very nice piece of wood! (The pen's not bad, either... []) Good job.

 

[Jim15]

John, that is a great looking pen.

jim

 

[PenWorks]

Super []

 

[Johnathan]

Great looking Pen!

 

[jwoodwright]

Wow! Great blank and Great pen!

 

[knottyharry]

Love the wood,
Great Job.
Harry

 

[Deere41h]

Thanks for all the nice comments. They are very much appreciated!

 

[Dario]

John,

That is a wonderful pen! Good job!!!

That sapwood really punched it up a few notches up! Looks like it is a close call though, a few more mm and you could have lost the sapwood on the lower barrel.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Originally posted by airrat
<br />Im glad you lined the nib up with that sapwood. That is superior.

That does look good, lined up like that. I have never tried lining up grain on a Baron and now am wondering about the 'how'. Wonder if doing the coupler press fit after lining up is the way to go. Force twisting after the fact would be asking for trouble. Mighty fine pen.

 

[alamocdc]

John, that is absolutely beautiful!

 

[GBusardo]

Awesome! The contrast is incredible!!! Great job all around!
Gary

 

[JimGo]

John, that's a really pretty pen! Nice job!

 

[OSCAR15]

AWESOME

 

[Bob A]

Echoing everyone else, oustanding pen. Beautiful finish too.

 

[BigRob777]

John,
Nice work. That makes me want to process the rest of my ironwood. Keep it up.
Rob

 

[Charles]

Great looking pen and finish!! BTW what type finish is it?