New Baron Rollerball

[Old Griz]

Here is my Baron Rollerball... wood is Curly Eucalyptus from Hawaii... the finish is BLO followed by Chestnut Cellulose Sealer buffed with 0000 steel wool and then 4 coats of thick CA sanded to 12000MM wet and then Hut Plastic Polish and Ren Wax...
The photo does not do the color or chatoyance justice.. the color is kind of a pinkish orange with real nice curls that glisten in the sun...
I have a couple of pieces of this being stabilized with some instrument grade curly koa at River Ridge.. the stuff being stabilized is even nicer than this blank... I can't wait to get it back..
Critiques always welcome...

 

[WoodChucker]

Tom, that's an awesome looking pen and you did a fine job! Sure is a nice piece of wood.

 

[DCBluesman]

Simply irresistable. Beautiful pen, Tom. Guess that tax refund must have inspired you.

 

[Old Griz]

No Lou, the fact that is was actually warm enough to spend some time in the garage did... turned on the torpedo heater, set it's thermostat to 55 and it cylced on and off maybe 3 times.... made for a nice time turning..
I am really hoping that it will warm up enough to really get some work done... I am planning to do our local farm market again in May and June to cover Mother's and Father's Days and Graduation gifts... but I need to get a load of work done and can't do it in the cold...

 

[Tom McMillan]

Wow, Tom---that's a beauty!!! Hey, you'd better move to Washington State---it's about 70 here today---and has been pretty nice for the past several weeks---guess we'll pay for it cuz we haven't had much rain though and not enough snowpack.

 

[smoky10]

Gorgeous pen Tom, and the grain in that wood is awsome.

 

[Gregory Huey]

Tom
GREAT looking pen and awsome wood. If that what you do at 55 can't wait to see 70. Nice work as always.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Supurbe. You did a great job of finishing.

 

[Gary]

Very nice work, Tom. That one is a keeper!

 

[opfoto]

Very nice pen Tom. Great wood!!

 

[KKingery]

Looks mighty fine to me Tom!

 

[wicook]

Very nice, Tom. That's a beautiful blank. It'll be nice to see what your pens made with the "stuff that's being stabilized" look like. I'm constantly amazed by what people (including me when I get lucky) find inside of a chunk of wood! God made some pretty amazing trees!

 

[Fleabit]

Pretty pen! I like the wood.

 

[PenWorks]

Great looking pen Tom, job well done

 

[woodpens]

That's a beauty, Tom. The finish sounds terrific! I can tell it is one of those that you have to see for yourself. Chatoyance seldoms comes through in photos. Very nice job!

 

[jkirkb94]

Want a critique, Tom? It's beautiful! Nothing bad to say! Kirk[8D]

 

[dougle40]

Beautiful pen Tom . I love that wood !!!