First Jr. Gent

[alamocdc]

Redwood burl on Titanium FP. I think I may like this kit, but I'm not sure if I like it as much as the Baron. I'll decide after I do a few more. This blank was almost as light as Balsa so I threw it in the plexi stabilizer... but it didn't penetrate... AT ALL! Had a nice coat of plastic on the outside and virtually no weight gain. Talk about dissapointment. All the other blanks came out fine (according to their weight). BLO/CA finish only because I had to use so much CA on it while turning. It's really nice looking wood, but I'm glad this was my only blank. Apparently not a good turning weekend for me. [B)]

Thanks for looking and feel free to say what comes to mind.

 

[JimGo]

Very pretty Billy!

 

[jvsank]

Very nice pen

 

[jbyrd24]

Looks really nice Billy[]

 

[alamocdc]

Thanks, guys! I really like the way it turned out, in spite of all the problems. Sometimes you just have those days. []

 

[swm6500]

Great looking pen Billy B.

 

[wayneis]

Billy I like that wood, it looks like you grilled it because of the stripes. Did you, is that your way of drying wet blanks? []

Wayne

 

[alamocdc]

Thanks again, and Wayne, but it does doesn't it. The stripes were actually caused from what I would have referred to as birdseye, but I've never seen them run through the blank that way.

 

[Dario]

Those are indeed birdseye streaks. Not too much of them are there though.