Nolan's Extreme Rosewood burl

[GaryMGg]

When you only have time to make a pen, make one that pleases you.
A Platinum Baron Fountain Pen using Nolan's (n4631x) Super Premium Rosewood burl
heartwood/sapwood blanks finished using the following schedule:
320, 400, 600, then MM 1500->12000 sand to polish raw blank
6 coats thin CA
Wet MM 1500->12000
3 coats medium CA
Wet MM 1500->12000
Buffed out with Plastic Polish

The last picture looks like the finish is dull; it's not, that's my poor
photo skills and the light must be bouncing off the edge. I left it to
show the grain on the blank.

Nolan, you asked if I liked these. I think they're the most stunning blanks
I've had the privledge of using to date. [][8D]

All comments and criticisms welcome.

 

[guts]

Man what a nice looking pen,I'll tell you Gary that is first class as far as I'm concerned,very good job.

 

[broitblat]

Beautiful piece of work! That is a super premium blank, and you've made an ultra-premium pen.

-Barry

 

[johnnycnc]

Very nice.That came out really well,eh?[]
Killer pen,Gary.

 

[micah]

That's real nice Gary! I've got a few of those blanks as well and can't wait to turn one! Just waiting on a certain kit to come in.
Great job on the CA as well!

 

[Nolan]

Now that is just awesome! Gary thanks for showing such a nice example of the Rosewood burl. Words just dont explain those blanks!

 

[papaturner]

Awesome wood and you did it proud.excellent job.......


Perry

 

[TBone]

Great looking blank and you made it into a great looking pen

 

[Bluewing92]

Gary, that pen looks great. I can see the student will have to go back to the master after I practice on a lot more slim-lines.

 

[PTJeff]

Gary,
That pen is truly fantastic, the burl looks as deep as the lake. What an excellent show of craftsmanship. i', going shopping for some of that rosewood from Nolan

 

[johncrane]

Thats a real knock-out pen there Gary1 fantastic finish also well done.[]

 

[GaryMGg]

Thanks y'all. Thanks especially to Nolan for the supplies. The blank does all the work.
The photos don't do it justice at all because the places in the photo where the deep reddish
purple looks lighter are places where you can actually see the lighter wood underneath the
darker. They really are totally insane.

 

[Dario]

Extremely nice pen Gary.

I know what you mean about taking photo of these pens (wood)...you just can't do it justice.

 

[neon007]

Stunning!!! Excellent finish. Beautiful piece of wood. Where can I get a piece of that from Gary?

 

[PatrickTaylor]

Great work! I've really enjoyed those rosewood blanks from Nolan too. I had one with that wood on my site for less than 12 hours before it sold. (that was only the second pen I've sold too!)

 

[DKF]

Very nice.....I have a blank from Nolan similar that I am waiting to turn.....you did a beautiful job.

 

[huntersilver]

Nice Rosewood burl and pen!

 

[babyblues]

Originally posted by neon007
<br />Stunning!!! Excellent finish. Beautiful piece of wood. Where can I get a piece of that from Gary?

From one of our own board members. []

http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=26148

Wow, the color in the photo is awesome, I can't wait to turn mine and see the color for myself.

 

[GaryMGg]

Originally posted by babyblues
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Originally posted by neon007
<br />Stunning!!! Excellent finish. Beautiful piece of wood. Where can I get a piece of that from Gary?

From one of our own board members. []

http://www.penturners.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=26148

Wow, the color in the photo is awesome, I can't wait to turn mine and see the color for myself.

The top photo was taken outdoors in natural light. You can see the sun creating circles
of light on the paper as it bounced off the hardware and finish. []
I can't wait to have the opportunity to turn some of the other blanks I got from Nolan.
They're as pretty as this'n was. [8D]

 

[BigRob777]

Wow, what an eye catcher. Nice work and nice blank.
Rob