Snakewood dressed in Continental Gold

[keepanionme14]

First time I've worked with snakewood. I've read the horror stories, so I took this very slow. Drilled over a weeks time, then coated in thin CA. After letting it sit for another week, I turned them round. Coated in thin CA and let sit for another week. I repeated that process another 3 times until it was to final dimensions. I let it sit for another week after final turning, thinking it would crack. After another week of no cracking, I decided to finish it to what you see. A lot of work, but it sure is a beautiful pen.

 

[Jim15]

That is definitely a beautiful pen.

 

[OZturner]

Glorious Snakewood Pen Jim.
Magnificent Blank, Superbly Turned Fitted and Finished,
A Great Companion for the Gold Continental.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[Don Rabchenuk]

Great looking pen. Keeping my fingers crossed for you.

 

[RayMcDaniel]

First time I've worked with snakewood. I've read the horror stories, so I took this very slow. Drilled over a weeks time, then coated in thin CA. After letting it sit for another week, I turned them round. Coated in thin CA and let sit for another week. I repeated that process another 3 times until it was to final dimensions. I let it sit for another week after final turning, thinking it would crack. After another week of no cracking, I decided to finish it to what you see. A lot of work, but it sure is a beautiful pen.

I love it and I have a piec of snake wood. Can you Ethel a new pen turner what the problems are with turning this material? Thanks:ghost:

 

[Dehn0045]

I love it and I have a piec of snake wood. Can you Ethel a new pen turner what the problems are with turning this material? Thanks:ghost:

This is the thread where I first learned about some of the issues: http://www.penturners.org/forum/f13/dragon-pen-snakewood-148220/

I was ready to order a snakewood blank for a dragon pen, but then got scared off. Previously I didn't heed the warnings about buffalo horn cracking, and ended up with a cracked pen that I damaged trying to disassemble. Not gonna make that mistake again :biggrin:

 

[rd_ab_penman]

Nicely turned and finished.
I can hear it cracking from here.

Les

 

[Gwatson50]

Hi .. I admire the patience .... it's worth it. Can you identify the kit for me? Sorry, it doesn't look like the "continental" from woodcraft... Thanks


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[keepanionme14]

I love it and I have a piec of snake wood. Can you Ethel a new pen turner what the problems are with turning this material? Thanks:ghost:

If this material heats up, in the least, it cracks. If you look at it wrong, it cracks.

I was going to put it up for sale, but am going to hold onto it for another few months to see if it does crack.

 

[keepanionme14]

Hi .. I admire the patience .... it's worth it. Can you identify the kit for me? Sorry, it doesn't look like the "continental" from woodcraft... Thanks


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It is a continental pen kit that I bought at the local Woodcraft store. On other sites, I believe it's referred to as Atrax. Here's a Woodcraft link for a chrome one:

https://www.woodcraft.com/products/continental-rollerball-pen-kit-chrome

Here is a link from Berea on their Atrax kit:

Atrax™: Pen Kit Making Supplies Berea HardWoods