Rosewood Burl & Double Dyed BEB

[igran7]

Clickers, I really love these kits. It gives me the opportunity to showcase some beautiful woods without interuption.

The first one is a Rhoidum clicker made with a nice piece of Rosewood Burl I got from Rodney Rice aka wolfdancer.

The second pen is also Rhodium made with Violet & Teal Double Dyed Box Elder Burl. I added blue Transtint Dye to the blank prior to final sanding for a bit more color. Its a very busy blank, but I kinda like it. Both pens finished with CA/BLO

 

[wdcav1952]

Joe, I like the clickers also. You did a nice job with both of those.

 

[keithkarl2007]

pretty slick, i love those kits

 

[VisExp]

Those look great Joe. The clicker is one of the kits I still want to try.

 

[papaturner]

Awesome, I gotta get some of those kits. :biggrin:

 

[timberview4]

Very nice. Can I ask where the kits are from?

 

[el_d]

Nice work Joe, got to get some of those.

 

[marcruby]

I just ordered some of those kits. I have a commission that will require a thinner pen style than I usually work. Nice work if I may say so.

Marc

 

[ldb2000]

I love them both . Your fit and finish are flawless as usual . The Clicker pens are one of my better sellers .

 

[Dalecamino]

Very nice pens Joe . I really like Rosewood Burl .

 

[guts]

Joe,that's a couple of good looking pens,gotta try that kit.

 

[PaulDoug]

Well, I like that kit when you do it, but not when I do it. Very nice. Makes me want to try again.

 

[Ankrom Exotics]

Very nice blanks and great kit selection to help show them off. I like 'em both.

 

[BarrierBob]

Very nice pens. I liked the double dyed one. How did you apply the last coat of dye to the blank. Did you turn, and then rub the dye into the blank? Dyed blanks can be real nice, but look alittle washed out after turning. An addition of color at the end may be a real improvement. Thanks for showing your pens.

 

[Jim Smith]

Very nice looking pens and I really like that kit. I am also a big fan of these clicker pen kits mainly because they allow you to really show off the wood. I just finished a "Cluster of Clickers" that I was going to photograph and put on SOYP, but I ended up giving them all away as gifts before I got a chance to take the photos.

Jim Smith

 

[bitshird]

Joe those are two beautiful pens, I love the Rosewood Burl.

 

[toolcrazy]

They look beautiful over here too.

 

[igran7]

Very nice pens. I liked the double dyed one. How did you apply the last coat of dye to the blank. Did you turn, and then rub the dye into the blank? Dyed blanks can be real nice, but look alittle washed out after turning. An addition of color at the end may be a real improvement. Thanks for showing your pens.

Bob, I turned and sanded the blank then applied the Transtint and re sanded to 600 grit. Then finished as normal with BLO then CA and Micromesh.

Thanks everyone for the positive feedback and kind words.

 

[GouletPens]

That double dyed looks good. I made one of those for my wife and she absolutely loves it (In the CSUSA Zen pen though).