Spalted maple pen

[hdtran]

"Designer" kit in gold-plate from Penn State Ind. (Mont-Blanc like).

The wood is a piece of spalted maple that I picked up from Woodworkers Source in Arizona. It was a bit crumbly (not stabilized). It was not exactly easy to turn. (Mostly used a spindle gouge, then, finished very carefully with a skew before sanding).

Finish is CA glue/BLO, with a final polish of furniture paste wax.

I gave it to one of my co-workers as a Christmas present.

Cheers!

 

[Bree]

Good job! I know how hard it is to turn a good spalted maple pen because of the wood being punky. You made a really nice pen.
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:!

 

[rjwolfe3]

Looks sweet!

 

[jbostian]

Looks good. I really like the spalted maple.

Jamie

 

[Ligget]

Looks great from Great Britain!