Fresh off the lathe to-day

[dougle40]

This is my first attempt at laminating 2 woods together . Cocobolo ends and Curly Maple centers with a Cocobolo center band . I've added a second pic that is lighter and shows off the Cocobolo much better .

 

[cjthomas]

Very nice pen. I like the profile with the Cocobolo.

 

[PenWorks]

Very nice Doug, the contrast between the two woods in great and so is the shapely pen. Anthony

 

[Tom McMillan]

I really, REALLY like that Doug!!!! Great job!!!!

 

[vick]

Beautiful pen the contrast is great.

 

[Paul in OKC]

Ya done good!

 

[timdaleiden]

I really like that one. It has a very graceful shape. C[8D][8D]L!!

 

[wpenm]

Nice choice of woods and a pleasant shape. Good job.

 

[tipusnr]

Nice shape! Reminds me of a lady that once told me no! (OK - she told me no several times...and there might actually have been more than one lady.)

 

[jkirkb94]

Very interesting pens, Doug! Looks like you did a great job with the laminating! Kirk[8D]

 

[Gregory Huey]

I like the flow of the pen and the color contrast works good on that pen.

 

[Scott]

Doug! I love the shape of that pen! Excellent job!

Scott.

 

[dougle40]

Tahnks for all the comments . This pen actually turned out much better that I had expected . The only problem I had was applying the finish . I had to do the Cocobolo first and wait for that to cure and dry then do the Maple the same way , then finally re=do the entire pen with the finish . I had to do it this way to prevent the darker color from the Cocobolo from staining the Maple but it worked .

 

[Tom McMillan]

Yes, not sure what finish you used?? I've done similar with friction polish to be sure not to carry the darker color into the lighter. With my 2 layer spiral pens, I try to do one wood at a time and have been using a Q-Tip with CA---and have found that to be a pretty good method of applying a finish for those pens.

 

[dougle40]

Yes, not sure what finish you used??

I'm using Lee Valley's Turners Polish (Behlans in the US) and it worked out great by applying it with a small piece of paper toweling and rubbing it in with the lathe turning . Just had to be careful though .