Finally took the plunge!

[Snowbeast]

Finally took the plunge and took some pics of some of my stuff. Pretty plain-jane but I have plans to get more creative.

The two acrylics were from some blanks I cast just to see if I could do it. I started lurking here some time back and got to reading about casting your own blanks so I gave it a shot. These are both just fiberglass resin with some PearlX powder mixed in. Didn't turn out TOO bad.

The Civil War pen is mesquite with a tung oil finish. The Majestic is rhodium/black TN with a tung oil finish. These were both turned before I had heard about a CA finish.

Got quite a ways to go to fit in with most of the folks here but I'm plugging away.

Critique away.

 

[Hubert H]

I like them. I want to make a Civil War pen for my nephew this year. Your pens look real nice. HWH

 

[LEAP]

Pens look pretty good, only comment is the background makes them hard to focus on. Keep up the great work. Hope to see more.

 

[Ligget]

Good work on the pens you made, you are on the right track and learning fast, remember that everyone was a newbie to penturning at one time!

 

[boxerman]

Very nice pens. I really like the civil war pen.

 

[Jim15]

Great looking pens.

 

[el_d]

Nice work. Ilike the Mesquite with the tung oil. It really deepens the chocolaty color of the wood.

Have you ever used BLO on mesquite Is there a difference in the BLO and TUNG?

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Welcome from the mitten, you got a good start.

 

[Snowbeast]

El D,

I haven't used just BLO on mesquite but I can give it a try and see what happens. I did a Civil War with a CA finish but it got away before any pics. That one really showed off the color of the mesquite. It looked more like the piece that these were leaning against.

 

[markgum]

great job.

 

[OLDMAN5050]

good work