Leopardwood chubby

[wicook]

Here's a pen turned from an Australian wood, leopardwood. I turned it this afternoon. Had to use a fair bit of CA to fill most of the holes in the grain. That CA is nasty stuff to work with!! Shellac, Shellawax, and Ren. Wax provided the finish. Now the $64,000 question: Is it right to make something out of an Australian wood and not use Shellawax?? (If you're not familiar with it, Shellawax is made in Oz.)

 

[Tom McMillan]

Nice pen Bill!!!

 

[Travlr7]

Like the look of it, Bill! I believe that when you're from.........."The Far North Country"..... you can bloody well use anything you want to finish a pen.

(I should include " any place as beautiful as Alberta")

Bruce

 

[PenWorks]

good looking pen Bill, very nice work.

 

[WoodChucker]

Nice job on the pen,Bill!

 

[Darley]

Originally posted by wicook
<br />Here's a pen turned from an Australian wood, leopardwood. I turned it this afternoon. Had to use a fair bit of CA to fill most of the holes in the grain. That CA is nasty stuff to work with!! Shellac, Shellawax, and Ren. Wax provided the finish. Now the $64,000 question: Is it right to make something out of an Australian wood and <b>not</b> use Shellawax?? [] (If you're not familiar with it, Shellawax is made in Oz.)

Nice work on your pen , beautifull, personaly I don't use Shellawax on pen as he will not last the daily handling I use Shellawax on my small turning or bowls, plates ect...

If you want ask question about Shellwax, ask Neil Ellis is the creator of it check is link.

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/index.php?s=

Serge

 

[tipusnr]

Hey - we're an "international" association! If it's made on this planet...use it!

Good looking pen.

 

[Darley]

Originally posted by tipusnr
<br />Hey - we're and "international" association! If it's made on this planet...use it!

Good looking pen.

Sure we are and is good stuff.

Serge

 

[Gregory Huey]

Bill: Very nice job on the pen!

 

[Fleabit]

Nicely done. Havn't seen that type of wood before. Nice looking.

 

[wicook]

Thanks for the comments. I still need to work on the photography end of things a bit more. I've tried a few different setups, but looks like I need to build a better one. The wood is not quite as red as it shows in this picture.

 

[wicook]

So, Bruce...sounds like you've visited the mountain parks in our beautiful province (Jasper and Banff). It is indeed a nice place to live.

 

[jdavis]

Nice turning job. Use the finish of your choice

 

[dougle40]

Good stuff Bill . Use whatever you're comfortable with . I'm still a lover of LV's Turners polish and paste wax .

 

[KKingery]

Good question.......either way, it looks great to me!

 

[jkirkb94]

Beautiful pen!! I like Shellawax! Kirk[8D]

 

[jwoodwright]

Great looking pen.

Love Alberta, Drove through when we traveled the ALCAN... Really liked Red Deer, nice Town...[]