Gimlet burl - birdseye figure

[DCBluesman]

Comments and critiques are welcome.

New Photograph:

 

[pastorbill1952]

Excellent pen. Really like the wood.

 

[Jim in Oakville]

The blank looks outstanding...really suits the Baron well..a winner!

 

[JimGo]

This is another pen that looked even better in person. It's a real beauty! Very well done, and some beautiful wood, too.

Thanks for sharing Lou!

 

[coach]

Wow Lou, 2 for 2.

 

[jenamison]

What type wood is that?

 

[jenamison]

I mean I see it is some type of birdseye, just wondering what kind?[]

 

[swm6500]

A really nice looking pen Lou.

 

[JimGo]

Mike, it's Gimlet Burl; it's a fairly rare wood from Australia (according to Lou earlier today).

 

[jenamison]

Oh OK, I just thought he was cussing at us in the title section.[][] Thanks. Oh and by the way Lou, both are very nice.

 

[DCBluesman]

Thank you all for the generous comments. Yes, JimGo is right, it's gimlet burl. The gimlet burl is fairly exotic, but the birdseye figure is extremely rare. I got mine from www.leetreewoodworks.com . I've never gotten a bad stick from Lee.

 

[WoodChucker]

Lou, beautiful pen and great job on the fit and finish!

 

[wdcav1952]

Lou, I feel like just doing a copy and paste here. All of the pens you've shown here are awesome!

 

[Mudder]

Very nice pen Lou,

A lottle tought to see the wood but from what I can see from my post July 4th party blurr is a really nice pen.

 

[DCBluesman]

Thanks R.T., William and Mudder...and Mudder, don't use up all your celebrating before Wednesday! [8D]

 

[Mudder]

Originally posted by DCBluesman
<br />...and Mudder, don't use up all your celebrating before Wednesday! [8D]

Ditto........

You'll know what this means in a few days

 

[atvrules1]

Lou that is sure a nice pen. The wood looks like it has some real depth to it. Fit and finish are great.

 

[jvsank]

Great looking pen

 

[DCBluesman]

New picture in the original post. Comments on photography or pen are welcome.

 

[PenWorks]

Very nice Lou, secound pic is much better, really see the nice figure of the wood and finish.

 

[JimGo]

Lou,
I've liked all the other 2nd pics better, except for this one. I'm not sure what it is. In part, I think the kit seems to be getting lost in the background (the silver winds up reflecting the white, making it blend). But, in this case, I think the finish was done too well! You're getting a lot of glare off the pen in different places. Are you able to adjust the angle of the light you're using?

 

[MDWine]

I sure am glad I get to see some of Lou's work in person.
This one is really great, you should have seen the other 6 or 7 he had on Saturday... WOW! []