wormy wood

[DocRon]

I dissasembled and re-turned this one to correct an out-of-round state ( nasty mandrel). It is made of bald cyprus, from Florida, A very soft wood, like cedar. I cut it cross grain as an exercise for the student, as the math books say, so I could learn to work with a soft, easy to blow out timber. The pen got a little thinner during the rework. When I took the photo, I realized- I have made an earthworm Even the acrylic CB/oops ring looks like part of the worm. Oh well.

 

[leatherjunkie]

I like it.
that pen looks great.

I dont see any oops in it.

good job

 

[NavyDiver]

Interesting center band. Nice pen.

 

[Skye]

That's funny, I was expecting hole riddled wood but when I saw the pen I thought "That looks like a friggin earthworm!", then I read the post and caught on. I bet a bird would carry that thing off! lol

What would it look like without the band (if it can be removed)?

 

[DocRon]

Skye - band is glued in place, since it had a slightly oversized hole (predrilled acrylic blank).
Thanks all for the comments

 

[Jim15]

Very nice pen.

 

[johnnycnc]

Nice pen,that crossgrain looks neat.