Five with Texas woods

[txbatons]

Left to right:
Texas Ebony euro; Slippery Elm euro; Mesquite euro; Pecan euro; spalted Sycamore cigar

I had a small order of 5 pens this week, all with Texas woods. The photo's not real good, I realize, but I only post this because the slippery elm and sycamore were new to me and both have great markings. I'll try to post a better photo soon of just those two. Anyway, the ebony is crazy nice (got it from Dario) and the mesquite and pecan are plain plain plain, but that's what the customer wanted. Go figure!

As much as we crave highly figured woods around here, sometimes it's the plain grains that pay the bills!

(I photographed these so there wasn't so much glare...wanting to showcase the grain)

 

[bitshird]

Brian ; what wood is the pen on the far right, all the pens look good, that one is exceptionaly nice looking wood

 

[railrider1920]

I really like the Sycamore cigar as well. That slippery elm is nice looking stuff. All of them are really nice looking. What finish did you use on them?

 

[toolcrazy]

They all are very, very nice. Good work.

 

[txbatons]

Ken...that one is the spalted sycamore. It has the coolest flecks and rays in the wood. Very nice spalt lines and turns easy.

Rob...the finish is ca/blo. The picture's so poor you can't see anything. I needed to get these out tonight so I didn't have time for a proper setup. I'll get something else made with that sycamore and elm to show soon.

 

[Ligget]

Lovely pens my friend!

 

[fernhills]

Very nice pens, I have to agree on the plain woods, i sold more Walnut and Cherry and other plain woods like Ash more then any of the fancy woods. Perhaps it will change as time goes on. Carl

 

[txbatons]

I added close ups so you can see the woods. Can't get the ebony to photograph well, but it's good looking...lots of rich swirls.

 

[papaturner]

They all look great..........Love to work with that Texas mesquite.