Two fancy Barons.

[RMB]

Well, a bit more effort than usual. Worthless wood Rosewood burl/ black, from JayDevin, gets a lot of attention when I wear it clipped to the collar of my shirt. And, Holly inlaid with coffee and green tea, for my new BIL, whose wife is named Holly.

Thanks for looking!

Wow, those are terrible pictures, sorry, got to go to bed or I'd fix them...

 

[angelofdeath]

that two tone burl is beautiful looking....great job...nice looking pens

 

[ldb2000]

Oh sure , go to bed and make us look at those terrible pictures ... you have some nerve , and some very nice pens :biggrin:

 

[Ozzy]

Nice looking pens. I like the two tone burl the best.

 

[toolcrazy]

Very good work.

 

[Skye]

Neat pens. On the cap of the burl, you've got two lines towards the finial. Don't know if it's the open grain in the wood that created a void for the finish or what. Also, at the very end of the cap there's a line around it, just below the finial, which looks like it either has tool marks all the way around or it didnt get sanded like the rest of the blank. I'd also have turned off that little nipple on the foot of that pen. Personal prefrence, but I like them to be smoothe and no real evidence of the work involved in turning.

Also, it's got a real matte looking finish. Was this a CA/BLO?

 

[thewishman]

Gorgeous burl!

 

[JohnU]

Very Nice. The burl looks like Amboyna.

 

[RMB]

Skye, the reason the finish on the burl isn't up to par is because I tried a dipped laquer finish, and didn't get it quite right / didn't have the correct equipment, so yes, there are defects...

And I had a darn good reason to go to bed!!! She's cooking me dinner right now =)

 

[Skye]

And I had a darn good reason to go to bed!!! She's cooking me dinner right now =)

I'll never speak ill of one of your pens again.

"Forum posting high-5!" (I hope you watch 'Scrubs', or that makes no sense.)

 

[Ligget]

Your pens are looking good from over here too!

 

[bitshird]

I'm weird I like the inlayed holly, the burl looks OK but I like the work on the holly,

 

[desertyellow]

Fancy is right.
Nice work!