My first burlwood

[PaulSF]

This is a cottonwood burl, with New Mexico pinon coffee grinds to fill in the holes and gaps, CA finish. Nobody told me how friggin' hard it is to turn burl, with the tools constantly catching in all the nooks and crannies!

Thanks for looking, and this newbie appreciates feedback.

 

[Pioneerpens]

Nice job! Beautiful pen!!!

 

[PaulSF]

Two more pictures

 

[mrcook4570]

Burl is more difficult to turn than straight grained wood, but as illustrated by your pen, the results are definitely worth the extra effort.

 

[gvanweerd]

Your finnish looks nice. Nice looking burl. You did a Good Job. Keep it up!

 

[Dai Sensei]

Beautiful pen and finish If that is your first, you have done extremely well and be proud of your effort.

 

[Jim15]

The pen is awesome.

 

[jasontg99]

Difficult to turn...yes. Worth the effort....absolutely! Great looking pen.

 

[rjwolfe3]

You did a great job on it!

 

[PaulSF]

You folks are most kind!

 

[Daniel]

Nice job, I hope you find that burl pens are in far higher demand than plain wood pens like I did. yes they are often a real pain to get turned, it is part of what causes them to be more expensive. But nearly anyone can look at a burl and realize this is no ordinary piece of wood.

 

[altaciii]

That is a very nice pen. You'll find that the more burl you turn the less you wnt to turn common stock. So get the wallet ready to turn it up a notch.

 

[Karin Voorhis]

Realy nice job here.

 

[PaulSF]

I showed it to some folks last night, and one of them has already requested a burlwood pen!

 

[skiprat]

Beautiful piece of wood with a stunning finish too!! I also really like the kit / blank match too. Well done :good::good:

 

[toolcrazy]

Gorgeous wood makes for a gorgeous pen. I really need to try out that kit.

 

[broitblat]

It looks like the extra effort was worthwhile, because that's a beautiful pen.

-Barry

 

[jmiket91]

Not a big fan of the El Grande kit, but this wood actually makes it look nice. Great job!