Spalted Ambrosia Maple Jr. Gent

[Ken Massingale]

From the Maple I got at the sawmill a while back.
This is from a few blanks I cut on a slightly different bias than the last ones. It's amazing what a few degrees difference makes.
Sealer, Behlens Turners Polish and TSW.
Thanks for taking the time to look. Critques welcome, as always.
Ken

 

[coach]

Very nice pen.

 

[wdcav1952]

Ken, the only problem that I can see with this pen is that it is not sitting on MY desk! [] Very nice.

 

[MDWine]

very nice, good work, real nice wood!

 

[Old Griz]

WOW, great grain structure when cut at a bias... love the way it looks..

 

[tipusnr]

Great looking pen. Almost looks like it's marbled!!

 

[Ken Massingale]

Thanks a lot, guys,
This is not the best place to ask this, but I've noticed, at least on my computer, that there is a difference in how pics display on different sites. For example, I posted this pen, same photo, on one other site. Look at http://www.bt3central.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=19923 and this thread in two browser sessions, compare the images side-by-side. The image quality 'seems' much better on BT3Central. Does this make any sense?[?]

Edit: Ah, I just found that the file size on BT3 is the same as the original, 43k, and the file size here is 9.5k. So, Snitz here is compressing the image sizes???

 

[alamocdc]

Very impressive, Ken! I love the grain!

 

[coach]

If you ask eagle he'll tell you how to do it.

 

[Klars]

Great looking pen. Nice job.

 

[Rifleman1776]

Wow! I just love a beautiful piece of wood. Magnifico.

 

[badwin]

That is a lovely pen.
Brian

 

[DCBluesman]

Simply beautiful, Ken. Now if we could only perfect what that "few degrees" is! [8D]

 

[Ken Massingale]

Originally posted by DCBluesman
<br />Simply beautiful, Ken. Now if we could only perfect what that "few degrees" is! [8D]

Lou, you forget already!!??
It's just a poofteenth![]

 

[hobby_dale]

Ken, sweet looking pen. The angle cut really makes a difference, in how the wood stands out. Very impressive and is a piece you want to look at more and more to see what shapes/figures are in the grain.

 

[WoodChucker]

That's a nice looking pen, good job!

 

[mrcook4570]

WOW That is one incredible piece of maple!

 

[jvsank]

Very nice pen

 

[Darley]

Like this one, great pen Ken.Have you got spare blanks ?

Serge

 

[rtgleck]

Wow, that's a Fantastic looking pen. Wonderful job there.

 

[atvrules1]

Great job Ken. Just like Christmas when a grain pattern like that shows up. Good looking pen.

 

[Fleabit]

Great looking grain! The pen is sweet looking too.