Russian Olive Cigar

Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
See more from D.Oliver

D.Oliver

Member
Joined
May 10, 2011
Messages
3,531
Location
Faith SD
Here is a gun metal cigar dressed in Russian Olive. I tried to maximize the sapwood (lighter colored wood) and ended up with a little bit of bark left on the pen right near the center band. What's you thoughts on the bark? Would you consider it a flaw or something that adds a little character to the pen? Looking foward to some feedback. Thanks for looking.

IMG_0195.JPG

IMG_0196.JPG

IMG_0197.JPG
 
Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad

Rick P

Member
Joined
Apr 30, 2011
Messages
1,686
Location
Palmer Alaska
Nice pen.......many work very hard to get that kind of character in there pens! Think about all the "how do I turn antler with some of the "bark" showing" posts we see or the number of posts bragging about a cool inclusion!
 

Dalecamino

Local Chapter Leader
Joined
Jan 2, 2008
Messages
14,569
Location
Indianapolis, In.
Good going Derek. It certainly makes the pen more interesting and, does add character in my opinion. Anxious to see what's next.:biggrin:
 

SDB777

Member
Joined
Feb 6, 2010
Messages
6,620
Location
Cabot, Arkansas USA
I've actually got a few pieces of nothing but bark somewhere in the 'stock-o-stuff-to-turn'. Why throw it into the burn-barrel when it's big enough to make a blank out of?


I guess you've figured out that I like the bark on.....








Scott (my dog barks funny) B
 

robutacion

Member
Joined
Aug 6, 2009
Messages
6,514
Location
Australia - SA Adelaide Hills
Here is a gun metal cigar dressed in Russian Olive. I tried to maximize the sapwood (lighter colored wood) and ended up with a little bit of bark left on the pen right near the center band. What's you thoughts on the bark? Would you consider it a flaw or something that adds a little character to the pen? Looking foward to some feedback. Thanks for looking.

A flaw...????

If that is considered a flaw then, 99% of my turnings have "huge" flaws...!

No sir, that is not a flaw, is a feature that represents something that you don't see much in pen blanks, particularly, Olive wood of ant kind...!

So, the pen is just fine...!

Russian Olive is certainly very different that the most common European Olive woods, as far as I'm concerned, any Olive wood species is good enough for me...!

Cheers
George
 

Old Lar

Member
Joined
Dec 26, 2009
Messages
732
Location
Sturgis, SD
Looks good to me. Russian olive is plentiful in your area and you made good use of it.
We should try to get together some time.
 
Top Bottom