First Curly Maple pen

[ColoradoHermit]

I'm sure this little Trident Pen ain't much compaired with most of the work shown around here, but, thought I'd show it off any who.
I just got a box of my first Curly Maple. I've never even seen this stuff before much less worked with it. This is my first attempt turning it and I think it came out OK. I love the way that it has that 3D look too.

 

[ronhampton]

nice work! ill have to try some of mine!

 

[wdcav1952]

Now what is a hermit doing with a computer????? :biggrin:

Nice work.

 

[JohnU]

Curly Maple is beautiful. You never know how nice until you finish it up. Very Nice Pen!

 

[papaturner]

Very nice.

 

[toolcrazy]

Cool lookin blank.

 

[thewishman]

Looks good. All of that curl can make it difficult to turn, I tend to use more sandpaper with highly figured stuff. The extra work is worth it, though. Nice job.

 

[angelofdeath]

yeah that is one curly blank....good job with it. I love the curly stuff....

 

[desertyellow]

Beautiful!

 

[ldb2000]

Nice job on that pen , Looks great . Curly Maple is a great wood for pens . It also looks great when dyed .

 

[TellicoTurning]

That is nice looking blank... I have a whole board that a local guy gave me that was 'scrap' to him... I think it's thick enough to turn into pen blanks. This guy makes gun stocks for the muzzle loaders and offered me some of his scrap... the maple is about 8 or 10 inches wide and about 3 or 4 feet long and near 1 inch or so thick... still has bark on the edges.. haven't done anything with it yet and have had it over a year. after seeing this, I definitely need to work this up.