Olive Ash Baron

[EdwinSSIV]

Beautiful grain and even a little bit of spalt on the cap
Gold Baron with BLO and Crystal coat friction polish finish
Comments and critiques are always welcome

 

[airrat]

Nice job pen looks great. Only I would have done differentely was flip the blank around and have it go from light to dark/top to bottom.

 

[Johnathan]

I agree with the direction of the blank. I also would have gone with a different finish. The pen looks very nice.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Light to dark? [?] Dark to light? [?] Looks fine the way it is to me. Finish is excellent as is workmanship. Is olive ash, ash or olive? Doesn't look like olive.

 

[EdwinSSIV]

Thanks for the feedback. I tried to do a CA finish on this, but it would not dry without clouding...I think it may be stabilized with Pentacryl...not sure. I will finish the next one with a poly and see how that works...I was just too impatient and wanted to finish this one.
The color surprised me...I did not think the cap was going to turn out so dark but as I turned it the color changed dramatically.
Here is a picture of its mate...

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So I will make the next as you gents suggest[]

 

[EdwinSSIV]

Originally posted by Rifleman
<br />Light to dark? [?] Dark to light? [?] Looks fine the way it is to me. Finish is excellent as is workmanship. Is olive ash, ash or olive? Doesn't look like olive.

I got them on ebay...from "Spot's Woodshop" She calls them cross cut Olive Ash. So I am not sure[]
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[challagan]

Very nice! Great looking pen!

Corey