NZ Fernwood

[gawdelpus]

Neil (dai sensei) dropped in for a quick coffee and chat Friday, while he was here I got him to cut up some NZ fernwood into pen blanks for me . Wicked stuff to work with ,and I learnt a lot from the first one

Number one paint tubes black lol. When I was nearly to size I could see the tube where clear CA had run through channels and holes to the brass, not obvious till that stage ,needed to keep adding CA as it was turned as some hard almost like ebony , and soft punky in between, I played dentist with a dremel and filled with ca and coffee , several times hehe, Any way here's the result ,quite nice but much harder than I thought it would be originally. Finish is CA . Would like to try this stabilised next time . Cheers John

 

[tt1106]

very pretty.

 

[neubee]

The result of your hard work speak for it self; a really nice looking pen.

 

[ToddMR]

That looks really nice. You did a lot of work to get a very nice pen that shows that work. I think it has a unique look.

 

[maxman400]

Looks Great.

 

[mrcook4570]

That turned out great!

 

[broitblat]

That looks great and very unusual.

-Barry