Spiritual Mulled Wine

[qquake]

This is a Spiritual pen from Signature Pen Supply, in antique rose copper. The blank is a Woodshed acrylic called Mulled Wine. I didn't know what to expect from a blank with a name like that, but I was pleasantly surprised!

 

[Skeels]

Now that my friend is a beautiful pen. Love the blank!

 

[qquake]

This is the second Woodshed blank I've turned, and both have been rather brittle. They don't do well with my normally heavy handed turning style. But I took it easy, and got it done. They sure polish well.

 

[Penultimate]

Beautiful, I like the chatoyance(?). Great job polishing.

 

[qquake]

Beautiful, I like the chatoyance(?). Great job polishing.

Thank you. I'm pretty happy with the polishing regimen I've come up with.

 

[kruzzer]

Really nice stuff...

 

[OZturner]

Glorious Pen, Jim.
Spectacular Blank.
I would be more than a little worried, with the overhanging section of the Blank, as shown in Photograph #1 of your second Posting.
In starting to reduce any blank, I normally turn down to close to the Bush with a either a Roughing Gouge, and later a Skew, to remove as much of the Blank, on an inclined plane toward the Bush, at both ends of the Blank.
Thus as I turn the remainder of the blank, I am turning to an already reduced diameter surface, hence avoiding the potential for a break away.
Back to your Finished Pen, it is Magnificent, Love the Hardware.
And the Blank matches perfectly.
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[MikeinSC]

The pen looks great and I'm glad that it worked out for you in the end. A lot of acrylics do not do well with a heavy hand, even the ones I make. I get that chatter myself on occasion.
If you ever have any problems with a Woodshed Pen Co blank, please feel free to contact me directly. Or you can go through BTW as well and they will contact me.

Mike
Woodshed Pen Co

 

[qquake]

The pen looks great and I'm glad that it worked out for you in the end. A lot of acrylics do not do well with a heavy hand, even the ones I make. I get that chatter myself on occasion.
If you ever have any problems with a Woodshed Pen Co blank, please feel free to contact me directly. Or you can go through BTW as well and they will contact me.

Mike
Woodshed Pen Co

Thank you for the compliment. So far, all of your blanks that I've turned look fantastic. They're a little challenging for me, but not as bad as Rhino or inlace acrylester.

 

[Jgrden]

The name has me confused too but what ther heck, it is a beautiful instrument.

 

[qquake]

The name has me confused too but what ther heck, it is a beautiful instrument.

I don't know, it doesn't say anything about color.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulled_wine