Mesqite Burl Ligero

[maxman400]

I got two of these kits on close out from CSUSA, And John (desertrat) gave a piece of Mesquite Burl That needed some help so I decided to put them together. The burl had a good size void on one end with some bark left in it, so I stabilized the bark with CA and cast it with Alumilite. I have seen a bunch of blue castings lately and I have done red so I wanted some thing different (for me) so I went with orange with white pearl the black of the bark has a real nice contrast. It has CA finish that has been MM to 4K and Plastix polished. :biggrin:
Any Comments Welcome and Appreciated, Thanks for looking.

 

[InetKen]

That's a nice combination. The orange goes really well with the wood. Really nice pen.

 

[Crickett]

Great looking pen, the picture you posted looks like you did some sort of inlay with dots on the cap but it doesn't show in the other pictures ... ??

 

[SDB777]

Cool stuff! Did you need to put the blank into the pressure pot?


Scott (I'm liking it alot) B

 

[maxman400]

Great looking pen, the picture you posted looks like you did some sort of inlay with dots on the cap but it doesn't show in the other pictures ... ??

Crickett The dots are stems of mistletoe which acts like a fungus to the mesquite which is what forms the burl.

Cool stuff! Did you need to put the blank into the pressure pot?


Scott (I'm liking it alot) B

Scott I did put it in to the pressure pot at 60 psi, Alumilite is thin enough that if you don't use pressure it will soak in to the wood which will disperse the air in the wood in the form of bubbles, and it sets so fast they don't have enough time to rise to the top. I also used your method of layering on the photo, Thanks for the info.

 

[desertrat]

Looking good MAXMAN


desertrat

 

[maxman400]

Looking good MAXMAN


desertrat

Thank You Sir, I suppose you'll want this back now.... LOL :biggrin:

 

[desertrat]

Naaa, your first born will do!

 

[azamiryou]

Gorgeous, the orange is perfect.

 

[wizard]

Beautiful Pen and photo!

 

[boxerman]

Very nice pen.

 

[Padre]

The orange really sets that wood off tremendously. Great job. Great color combo.

 

[seamus7227]

nice work!

 

[phillywood]

Max ,v ery nice looking pen. What even make it nicer if you could make me one.:tongue:

 

[rjwolfe3]

Very nice

 

[wb7whi]

I am not normally fond of this type of blank but your combination here relly works well.

 

[brianjbell]

beautiful!