Jr Gent IIs- First Custom Finial & Filling

[southernclay]

Here are a couple of Jr Gent IIs

First is the Bloody Basin Red Jasper Trustone in Rhodium- Not as happy with the pics but wanted to show off my first custom finial. First time turning trustone, thumbs up. Fun project and nice skill to add

Second is Cherry Burl in Black Titanium. This was made for a good friend that helped with getting the burls this blank came from. This blank had a lot of holes so got to try out coffee grounds for the first time. Had a lot of fun on this and real happy about the picture improvement to boot.

Hope you like em, C&C encouraged and thanks for looking!


Warren

 

[NittanyLion]

That's some nice burl! Great job!

 

[southernclay]

Thanks Steve! I was happy to get it and enough to stay in stock for a bit.

BTW, just saw some pine burl mixed in with some other blanks in your Etsy store, if you run into more of that I wouldn't mind to buy or trade for a few blanks.

 

[Brooks803]

Well done Warren!

 

[mikespenturningz]

That is some beautiful cherry burl you have there. Nice job on both of them.

 

[Jim Burr]

Nice job Warren!! Gratz on the finials...really easy after the first one.

 

[Band Saw Box]

Two very nice pen you have there Warren. Great fit and finish, well done.

 

[MikeL]

They both look pretty darn nice to me.

 

[Dick Mahany]

I really like those pens and the custom finial is excellent. Really like the way you made it stand slightly proud of the finial ring. How did you attach it? Did you leave the bottom flat or turn the small diameter spigot like the originals have? Really nice work.

 

[papaturner]

Great job Warren.

 

[plano_harry]

The true stone finial really makes the pen. Beautiful burl as well.

 

[southernclay]

Thanks all, means a lot!

Jim, I am much more confident for the next ones, but there were lots of caliper breaks on this one haha. There is just a bit of the black vein left on the finial too, thought it was going to get trimmed off but thankfully not

Dick, I left the spigot on there and glued in place with a real light dose of medium ca in a ring on the bottom so it wouldn't spurt out. I decided to do the finial as an after thought, wasn't crazy about the gold finial compared to the rest of the pen, luckily had just enough of a cutoff to hold in the pin jaws.

 

[OZturner]

Magnificent Pens, Warren .
Love your Red True Stone Blank, and your custom Finial, Looks terrific.
With the Cherry Burl, what an outstanding piece of cranky, rugged Burl, before it was tamed.
The fact that you were able to maintain the "Grain" relationship, between the body and the cap is Fantastic.
Your Fit and Finish, is Superb, hope you didn't have to drink too much Coffee to get the grounds.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[Indiana_Parrothead]

Very nice pens Warren, I am not sure which one I like best. I usually like a nice burl over anything else but you did a great job on that Tru-Stone.

Mike

 

[johncrane]

Best cherry burl i've seen Wow!!