Purple Curly Poplar

[igran7]

This was a very brittle and finiky Stabilized Dyed Curly poplar blank I got from Arizona Silhouette some time ago. The blank blew apart three different times while turning, I somehow managed to fing the pieces and glue them back together. If you look real close you can see a couple of glue lines.

Anyway, it was too nice of a blank to just toss. I decided to wrap it around a Chrome clicker from CSUSA wet sanded with MM to 12,000 CA finish. Thanks for looking.

 

[mickr]

wow striking poplar...

 

[artme]

Very nice!!

 

[cnirenberg]

Beautiful wood. Very sharp looking pen.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Very nice. I love purple.

 

[hilltopper46]

I don't think it counts when the glue lines blend into the grain of the piece .

That is a very pretty pen!

 

[Scott]

The stabilized curly poplar are some of my favorite blanks! Who'd have thought that poplar would be that interesting? I love your pen!

Scott.

 

[akbar24601]

That is a gorgeous blank Joe! Sorry it gave you so much trouble, but looks like it was definitely worth your time in the end.

 

[mbroberg]

That is a beautiful piece of work!

 

[toolcrazy]

Gorgeous over here, too.

 

[wolftat]

Great looking pen Joe, now you see why I buy so much curly wood.

 

[pensmyth]

Very Very nice!