Desert Ironwood Burl Jr. Retro

[igran7]

Holy smokes, this is the first DIW Burl I've turned. Rodney aka wolfdancer gave me this piece a couple of months ago and I finally got around to turning it. Thanks Rod! CA/BLO finish, comments welcomed thanks for looking.

 

[toolcrazy]

Looks good over here, too.

 

[hunter-27]

Sweet pen, I have yet to get a hold of a piece of DIWB to try for myself. It is on my "to do soon" list.

 

[Sfolivier]

Fantastic wood, well served by a great execution!

Do you find it necessary to even finish Desert Ironwood? The wood is so dense and seem to absorb so little oil that I don't even bother anymore... Granted, I often work with all hardwood blanks.

 

[igran7]

Fantastic wood, well served by a great execution!

Do you find it necessary to even finish Desert Ironwood? The wood is so dense and seem to absorb so little oil that I don't even bother anymore... Granted, I often work with all hardwood blanks.

I contmplated using friction polish on this one, but opted for CA/BLO because I wanted it to be durable. CA/BLO isn't easy on oily pens and this one really frustrated me, but it turned out alright in the end.

 

[Nick]

Joe,
Those look very nice, great job and photo. Rod has some nice wood

 

[Ligget]

Beautiful pen!

 

[rherrell]

Great job with hands down my favorite wood!:biggrin:
Try wiping your blanks with CA accelerator the next time you have an oily wood.

 

[Jim15]

That is a beauty.

 

[PaulDoug]

Great piece of wood! You made a great pen with it.

 

[george]

Yeap, looks great.

 

[Dalecamino]

Beautiful pen ! Well done .

 

[Sfolivier]

I contmplated using friction polish on this one, but opted for CA/BLO because I wanted it to be durable. CA/BLO isn't easy on oily pens and this one really frustrated me, but it turned out alright in the end.

You may want to try friction polish on ironwood. A friend of mine uses its pen everyday at work and after more than 6 months, I can't see any change in the wood (same luster, same color). I don't know how long it will last for, but I think this one simply isn't changing at all.

 

[akbar24601]

Gorgeous!

 

[VisExp]

Joe, that's a beauty!

 

[sparhawk]

Great lookin pen. Love that di burl. Had some myself awhile back but it was a little darker. Some fine wood though.