First BLO Attempt

[KKingery]

Well, this is my first attempt at using the ever popular CA/BLO finish. It's a satin Euro / Purpleheart combo. I had to do a little extra sanding to get rid of a bad ripple effect during the 2nd coat, but all in all, it's not too bad. Not perfect by any means, but not bad for a first attempt. I have to thank Fred in NC - I read one of his posts regarding his technique, and tried it for myself. Here is the result - Please remember, it's my first attempt.

 

[smoky10]

Looks good to me.

 

[Gary]

It's hard to tell from the photo, but it looks pretty nice to me.

 

[KKingery]

Thanks Gary - my picture takin abilities are pretty bad. I gotta get a better light set-up.

 

[WoodChucker]

Ken, it looks great, nice job!

 

[cigarman]

Looks very nice Ken. Good fit and looks like you have a good shine on it also.

 

[ctEaglesc]

Beats the heck out of my first attempt.
If it passes the "lip test" and there are no "ghosts" you succeded.

 

[wdcav1952]

That's downright purty, Ken. I like the satin metal with the purpleheart.

 

[wee willie]

pretty sharp looking pen ken

 

[PenWorks]

Very nice Ken, looks like it has a real nice shine to it.

 

[Tropical]

Nice looking pen.

 

[Tom McMillan]

Good looking pen Ken!!! Nice looking finish!!!

 

[DCBluesman]

Very nice looking--both the pen and the finish!

 

[Fleabit]

Looks like a good job to me. Keep it up...they only get easier.

 

[KKingery]

This was definately a learning experience. I'll give the CA/BLO another try tomorrow on a Chestnut Cigar I'm going to do. Thanks for all the comments.

 

[Gregory Huey]

I have gone to the BLO/CA finish on about 90% of my pens. My first try was no where near that good. Nice job all the way around.

 

[dougle40]

Nothing wrong with that , it looks great Ken .

 

[Ken Massingale]

Looks real good to me, nice wood/kit combo.
ken

 

[JimGo]

Ken, that came out great! I saw Bill Baumbeck do something interesting on a pen he made in his video; he used CA as a sort of sanding sealer, running a 400 grit sanding block over the blank while the CA was still wet. I tried that on a purpleheart pen I made this weekend, and it did a great job. Not that your pen needs it, but you might give that a try too; I hope to remember to do this on all of my future pens, especially the grainier pens like purpleheart.

 

[jkirkb94]

Looks good to me in the picture!! Great job! Kirk[8D]