Kid Gloat: Rosewood Slimline

[Czarcastic]

I haven't posted here in a while... Been turning a lot of "not a pen's".
Czardine, Rachel (12 yrs old), came out to the shop yesterday and wanted to turn a pen. This is entirely her design - even the wood she selected and had me cut from a much larger chunk of rosewood, so she could get the contrasting line between the brown and cream-colored lines.
Sanded to 1000 grit and finished with Behlens master turning polish and buffed with briwax.

Thanks for looking

 

[wood-of-1kind]

Very nice work. Heck, it's been so long not seeing your work that I was afraid that the CZAR revolution had now reached Florida[]
-Peter-

 

[jssmith3]

Fantastic job!!! Tell her to keep up the good work, she definetly has great talent at such a young age.
Janet

 

[airrat]

CongratZ she is a natural.

 

[Jim15]

Very nice looking pen.

jim

 

[pete00]

very nice , great job.....

 

[OSCAR15]

AWESOME!![]

 

[mrcook4570]

Very nice indeed!

 

[Scottydont]

Very nice! Keep her in the shop!

 

[gerryr]

Great job. Want to rent her out for some contract work?[]

 

[guts]

steve,please help,i thought what i turned was coco. and it looks exactly like what your daughter turned,except hers looks much better,is coco. part of the rose family? please see my first pic. by guts.

 

[Czarcastic]

Originally posted by guts
is coco. part of the rose family? please see my first pic. by guts.

Bill:
Cocobolo is part of the rosewood family. Even Rosewood can be very different, from tree to tree and especially from region to region. This is honduran rosewood. I have turned cocobolo that looks similar to this, and some cocobolo that I have turned is much darker (more browns and reds) when you find a piece that has both heartwood and sapwood, as this one does, the appearance (and turning characteristics) are similar.