First Cigar

[TBone]

Here is my first attempt at a cigar kit. It's cocobolo with a lacquer finish. The lighting doesn't show the finish very good. I've gotten a light cube but haven't gotten my lighting correct. Comments welcome good or bad.

 

[mrcook4570]

You can't go wrong with cocobolo.

 

[Snazzypens]

I love how you pattern matched it
Toni

 

[TBone]

Originally posted by aussie_chick
<br />I love how you pattern matched it
Toni

[] Thanks, that's one of the things that I really liked about the blank and really tried to keep it aligned

 

[txcwboy]

It appears to be concave ? on the lower part.Just an observation, still nice

Dave

 

[wags54]

Nice pen, good job keeping the grain lined up.

 

[Jim in Oakville]

Nice pen Tommy,

I like my cigar's to be a bit more Body Shaped, you know, hips and shoulders...[]

 

[TBone]

Originally posted by txcwboy
<br />It appears to be concave ? on the lower part.Just an observation, still nice

Dave

Good eyes Dave. I hadn't noticed that before but I did slightly overturn it near the nib. Thanks for spotting that.

 

[OSCAR15]

Beautiful wood....Very nice pen.....Cigars are one of the best sellers I found, easy and fun to turn, and offer a classy pen at a reasonable price....

 

[kent4Him]

I love Cocobolo

 

[NavyDiver]

Great job! I have a Cocobolo cigar sitting on my desk at work, and it gets lots of comments.

 

[Skye]

One tip to work a B2B without overturning is to get a block of wood with some sandpaper on it. Cut them both to be about the lenght of the blank half. When you get close to being B2B, lay the block and paper against the blank. You'll see a flurry of sanding happening on the high spots. If you're real close, just sand to final form. Make sure to cross sand after that!

 

[TBone]

Good tip Skye, thanks. I'll be making some blocks the correct size.

 

[Jim in Oakville]

Originally posted by TBone
<br />Good tip Skye, thanks. I'll be making some blocks the correct size.

Ditto on that Skye, good tip[]

 

[Skye]

I'm good for something every now and again, lol

 

[TBone]

What....no sanding lines? []

 

[Skye]

Get a better pic and I'll tell ya []

 

[TBone]

Good one....I'll hush now [8D]

 

[Jerryconn]

Nice pen overall, I love Cocobolo! You shoulda told them that is the way the customer wanted the lower barrel shaped! [][]