Dyed Box Elder Burl - Blue w/ Copper Slimline

[karlkuehn]

The last blue one I'm going to do for now, I'm going to start selling off these blanks now that I've got a handle on what the finished product looks like. All these blanks come out of the pot looking so different, it's hard to tell what's underneath!

Time to move on to a few more colors. The violet ones turned out really pretty, but I've not made any pens with it yet. I'm in the process of a red one and a goldenrod one, both promise to be nice with the flame/hard wood streaking.

I haven't been able to figure out why yet, but this wood seems to turn much easier after it's been dyed. Maybe the DNA? Dunno, could be because I finally got the grinder and my tools are sharper more of the time. [?] *shrugs*

This is a copper slimline per customer's request, finish is CA/BLO (of course!)

 

[alxe24]

Very nice pen and hardware choice. I also like you photography. Congrats

 

[simomatra]

Nice pen Karl

Nothing wrong with a slim line I have customers that do really prefer them, not every one like the big ones.[^]

The dyed effect lloks ggod but I still prefer the natural.

Ypur photograpy is really good, what camera are you using?

 

[karlkuehn]

Originally posted by simomatra
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Ypur photograpy is really good, what camera are you using?

Still using my old Nikon Coolpix 995 3.3 megapixel. As long as the batteries hold out and I can still get compact flash cards, I really like it. Nice and big, easy to get my paws on it.

I don't like the dinky new ones at all. My wife's little Kodak Easyshare bazillion megapixel thing keeps getting stuck under my fingernail when I try to push just one button at a time. heh

 

[Marc Phillips]

Excellent... really a nice looking pen!

I like the way the bulge in the lower barrel isn't in the center of the barrel... makes the whole pen look very classy to me...

 

[fernhills]

Hi, very nice,i like the style and color is real neat.. Carl

 

[Mather323]

I like your dye job and your pen, they are great.

 

[Stevej72]

Karl, Very nice looking pen, I like the pictures, too.

 

[TAFFJ]

A very good showing! The use of the mirror is certainly very effective!

 

[Ligget]

Excellent pics and penturning Karl, I`m sure the blanks will sell well for you![]

 

[wdcav1952]

Karl your dye work is great. I just don't understand why you always put two pens in your photos! []

 

[karlkuehn]

Originally posted by wdcav1952
<br />Karl your dye work is great. I just don't understand why you always put two pens in your photos! []

Yeah, you think that's bad, you should see all the trouble I have to go through to get perfectly book-matched blanks! []

 

[doddman70]

very nice!!! realy like the dye job. are you doing it in a pressure tank?

 

[karlkuehn]

Originally posted by doddman70
<br />very nice!!! realy like the dye job. are you doing it in a pressure tank?

Yeah, the HF pot seems to be doing a pretty good job so far!