Texas mountain laurel (mescal bean) root

[altaciii]

I purchased some of the nicest Texas mountain laurel root blanks from Curtis. They were all ww blanks with patches of alumilite. I finally got around to doing one for myself. Polished to 12k mm then topped off with ca/blo ten polished again to 12k mm. The kit is woodcrafts version of the baron. I had heard so much talk of they're being the same pen so i had to find out for myself. Besides a few cosmetic differences they are the same pen. I'm also still working on the photography. all comments welcome.

 

[stolicky]

Pretty cool.

It almost looks like an acrylic swirl....

I'm the last to comment on photography. I'm learning myself.

 

[VisExp]

That's a nice looking blank and pen Alex. Your photo is looking good. It could be a little sharper, but I think that may be more to do with your photo editing software than your focusing.

 

[workinforwood]

I purchased some of the nicest Texas mountain laurel root blanks from Curtis.

No kidding...those pens are beautiful!

 

[toolcrazy]

Beautiful pen, nice work.

 

[papaturner]

Awesome looking pens......Love the blank.

 

[ldb2000]

Fantastic looking pen , very elegant looking . The photos are very good but you need a little more contrast , they seem a little washed out .

 

[desertyellow]

That is one nice pen!