Long Huanghuali Silver

[marcruby]

Pardon the awful pun. This blank was a very thin piece that Rarestwoods was kind enough to include as a lagniappe in another purchase. It was so thin that I despaired of ever getting more than a slimline from it. But after staring at it for a while I decided that it would be worth the effort to try to get a baron out of it. And to the surprise of my drill press I managed to just make the blank fit.

It's a silver baron, and a high gloss CA finish that I managed to tame with a polarizing lens. I'm still getting the hang of my camera but I'm not at all unhappy with the result so far.

Marc

 

[akbar24601]

That is a gorgeous pen Marc. Beautiful wood, nice deep color. The photo looks good too. Congrats on squeezing a larger pen out of the small blank. Is that a custom button on top?

 

[ldb2000]

Stunning pen Marc . That wood is so rich looking and your finish is spectacular . Nice touch with the finial . Great photo too .

 

[pipecrafter]

*smacks forehead*

Polarizing filter!!

Good grief, I've been fighting the shiny highlights for years now, and I never thought of that. That's an awesome tip. Thank you!

Oh, really nice looking pen. :biggrin:

 

[rjwolfe3]

your pen is beautiful

 

[altaciii]

Great looking pen! Looks very.....REGAL! The color and finish are perfect and go with the kit real well. That will make some collector very proud.

 

[ahoiberg]

nice pen and even nicer use of the word lagniappe.

 

[Jim15]

Beautiful pen.

 

[j_b_fischer]

Marc … you're a genius.

 

[toolcrazy]

Beautiful pen. You nailed it. Nice work.

 

[PaulDoug]

You deserve a metal for not wasting that piece of wood. Beautiful job!

 

[workinforwood]

Very nice. Reminds me of a high class piano.

 

[Rarest wood]

lagniappe shmlagniappe

I read the post and wondered what the dickens a lagniappe was... what had I done wrong? then on loking it up it all became clear...

This word is Cajun for "something extra," like the extra donut in a baker's dozen. An unexpected nice surprise.

thats a lovely pen marc Ime so glad you did the blank justice:biggrin:

I have some tzutan posted in the individuel listings if anyone wants some of the "A"s I will include some more lagniappe!

 

[sam]

WOW!

 

[Daniel]

Marc, Really nice pen. But I have to ask just what you think you are doing? Like photography is not already a complicated enough subject, now you want to bring filters in to it? Huh? do you really???
Actually I have thought it has been time to do just that for a wile now. It was not that long ago that it took considerable effort to explain depth of field and white balance. I was pretty impressed at our little gathering that nearly everyone in the room had an understanding of those.

 

[dntrost]

Wow! Wow! Wow! That is really a reich looking pen! Great job and I am sure glad it didn't turn into a slimline!

 

[Rarest wood]

Wow! Wow! Wow! That is really a reich looking pen! Great job and I am sure glad it didn't turn into a slimline!

is that the first reich or fourth reich? seems ulike anything tutonic to me
:biggrin:

 

[VisExp]

Beautiful pen Marc. I really like the custom finial.

It looks like you're having fun with the new camera