Since the shop was warmed up anyway.. LOL

[Old Griz]

Since the shop was warmed up anyway and USPS delivered my stabilized wood from River Ridge I decided to see how it turns...
Here are two Perfect Fit Convertible TN Gold...
one in curly koa and the other spalted red elm that I had River Ridge stablilize... I will never, repeat NEVER, do my own stabilizing again after getting these back... they turned like a dream... Both were just sanded to 800grit, 2 coats of CA, sanded to 12000MM and then Hut Plastic Polish... probably could have done without the CA, but I wanted to get the most out of the koa..
I also have some spalted beech, curly eucalyptus, curly maple, spalted curly maple, curly redwood, spalted red oak and some corn cobs in the batch.. those will have to wait until I get caught up on some other work that has to be done that I was supposed to do today.

 

[wee willie]

just beautiful Tom

 

[Ligget]

Beautiful wood, sending for stabilised blanks saves a LOT of hassle!
Thanks for sharing the info!

 

[smoky10]

Great pens Tom, they look fantastic.

 

[KKingery]

Great looking job Tom!

 

[Tom McMillan]

Wow, Tom those are nice!!! Very sharp indeed!!!

 

[WoodChucker]

Another fine job,Tom! It just keeps getting better. []

 

[ctEaglesc]

Your cut and snip still takes away from the clarity of the pictures.

 

[Scottydont]

Nice Tom. It makes all the difference being comfotable with the temp in the shop. It should help finishing too.

 

[Old Griz]

Originally posted by cteaglesc
<br />Your cut and snip still takes away from the clarity of the pictures.

Does anyone else have a problem seeing the pens clearly??? or any of the pens that I have posted..

 

[Deere41h]

Tom.....Those are really nice. I love the choice of wood. Wow!!

 

[opfoto]

Great looking pens as usual Tom.

 

[Fleabit]

I like them both! Great looking grain and finish.

 

[Gary]

Very nice work, Tom!

 

[jwoodwright]

Tom, great pens. Love the Photos... Love to try a Stabilized Corn Cob. I have pieces left from last attempt...[]

 

[dougle40]

Very nice Tom . I still haven't had the pleasure of working with a stabilized blank . Always have to stabilize them as I go .

 

[Gregory Huey]

Tom
Great looking pens as usual. The koa is outstanding. You really keep the bar up their. Very nice job.

 

[PenWorks]

Very good looking pens Tom. I agree, although I never stabilized a blank, for a buck a blank, they do a great job.

 

[Travlr7]

Tom....in answer to you question about clearity. I don't know what program you use. I had problems with mine, so went to a scanner. You get something, but lose flexibility in how you present the pen.

Your picture does not have a clearity problem. If anything, it might be a little sharp. I got that problem when I enlarged a photo. The thing that happens is that the edge lines start getting a serrated look to them.

These comments are not detracting from the obvious quality of your work. The depth of finish really shows off the grain and the profile is clean and pleasing to the eye. You also have a pleasing way of presenting the pen.

Friendly and hopefully constructive comments from

Bruce

 

[krose38]

Tom, Great job on pens and photo's. Keep up the great work.

 

[Darley]

Very nice pen Tom like both of them nice CB to,

Serge

 

[jdavis]

Your usual outstanding work Tom. Keep it up.

 

[rtgleck]

Great work Tom, those are two great looking pens.