Tulipwood Cigar

[daledut]

This is today's work. It is a black chrome cigar pen made of Tulip wood with a CA finish.

As always thanks for looking and comments are welcome.

 

[ryannmphs]

WOW, Beautiful.

How did you do the CA finish in the groves?

Great Job.

Ryan

 

[PenWorks]

Good looking piece Dale, I would have guessed cocobolo had you not said Tulip. good job.

Anthony

 

[Gary]

Great pen and great photography...nice job!

 

[tipusnr]

Good design Dale. Just enough detail to add interest without taking away from the figure of the wood.

 

[Tom McMillan]

Very nice Dale!! Reminded me---I've got a big hunk of tulipwood---guess I'd better get to it.

 

[low_48]

That's REALLY nice Dale. I wonder if a minor tweak in the size of the beads to make them closer in scale to the steps on the tip would make a different look? Something to think about. The beads are a great addition on wood with that much contrast. You get a different look as the grain dips down into the cove.
Rich

 

[KKingery]

Yep - That's one fine looking pen! I wish I could get my CA finishes to look that good!

 

[daledut]

Originally posted by ryannmphs
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How did you do the CA finish in the groves?
Ryan

With great difficulty. I sanded the whole thing including down into the grooves. The loaded the whole thing with several coats of CA. Then I did a smoothing cut with a round nose scraper, and used a miniture beading tool to carefully clean out the grooves. Then came the MicroMesh followed by plastic polish.

I normally do a lacquer finish when I do grooves or beads, but was in a hurry today. Now I remember why it is better to wait and spray on the lacquer.