My Exhibition Grade Amboyna Burl Jr. Statesman

[nilsatcraft]

I couldn't resist the temptation to pick up a couple of the Exhibition Grade Amboyna Pen Blanks that we had on sale. They were too nice to pass up so I turned one yesterday with a Jr. Statesman 2 pen. I strayed from my trusty Masters Magic finish this time and went with a scaled down CA finish. I must say, it took a little longer than I expected but with the help of MicroMesh, it came out great. A good buffing afterward also worked wonders. I LOVE THIS WOOD! It's so dark and had an amazing figure to it. I took about five minutes to photograph it this morning and didn't feel like changing lenses on the camera I was using (company camera) so you can't really see the incredible burl on this one but it's most definitely there. Also, this one was spalted pretty good on the top barrel, so it's an amazing piece. This is my new personal pen and I plan to keep it with me for a long time. Too good to let go. Comments/critiques are welcome as always.

 

[gerryr]

That's a beautiful piece of wood and naturally a great looking pen. Can't say I think much of your background, though.[] Is this wood in your catalog somewhere?

 

[nilsatcraft]

Gerry: The wood's not in the catalog but you can pick some up here: http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18503

 

[csb333]

That looks excellent! Amboyna is my favorite wood- Chris

 

[jtate]

Here's my ignorance? What's the Master's Magic finish (as opposed to the CA finish which looks pretty darn good to me)?

 

[nilsatcraft]

Master's Magic is a spray lacquer finish that's available in Satin or Gloss and does a fantastic job. I've been using it on nearly all of my pens for the last three years or so and I love it. We sell it at Craft Supplies USA and you can see it at this link:
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/cgi-bin/shopper?search=action&keywords=masters

 

[Penmonkey]

That is a great looking pen. I like how it is not B2B.

 

[NavyDiver]

WOW! Very nice!

 

[nilsatcraft]

In case anyone is headed over to check out these blanks, we just sold the last of them. Sorry about that!

 

[Ligget]

Great work on the pen Nils, lovely piece of wood although your photo doesn`t do it justice.[]

 

[Jim15]

Beautiful pen.

 

[Dario]

That sure is a wonderful looking pen! I love the dark specks on it [^]

 

[Gary Max]

I am saving a copy of your pic---next time someone gives me a hard time about my Photo quality--well you get the ideal.
Anyhow my Amboyna just arrived in Southern Kentucky---it almost can not be described with mear words.
Next time I order from you folks I am going to give you spray Magic a try---now if I can just remember that---hummmm.

 

[kenwc]

Now I'm kicking myself for not ordering some before it was gone...

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Can't wait to get the exhibition amboyna I ordered []and hope I can do it proud as you did . Nils I don't blame to for keeping it.

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Very nicely done, Nils....A better photo of the grain would be exciting to those of us who live for the BLO to go on and make the grain come alive!

 

[kent4Him]

Very nice Nils

 

[nilsatcraft]

I know this is overdue but I snapped some pictures of the burl in the pen this morning. I haven't seen many spalted Amboyna pieces before so this pen is especially cool to me. The depth of field (focal range) on these pics is too tight but you get the idea.

 

[TomJ]

A beautiful wood makes a beautiful pen. I have been experimenting with different finishes lately. I will give yours a try.

Tom J