Mixing Woods..?

[Spec Grade]

Do you guys ever mix woods on your pens?
I'm talking about a different species on the top & bottom.
I have some nice Mesquite, and some very nice Cherry I'd like to mix on a slimline pen.
Think it'll work?

 

[khogan16]

I would say go for it, if yo don't like it the tubes on a slimline are the same length so you can just make a complete Mesquite or Cherry with another set of tubes.

 

[wdcav1952]

I would say go for it, if yo don't like it the tubes on a slimline are the same length so you can just make a complete Mesquite or Cherry with another set of tubes.

This is likely the best possible answer to the question!

 

[mredburn]

If I may expand on khogan16's advice i would say just go ahead and make two slim lines,if you like them mixed up great! If not you have two really nice pens either way. Mike

 

[ngeb528]

I've done wood and acrylic combos. These are blackwood and acrylic.

 

[khogan16]

I made some really nice pens from mistakes, I had one that i was planning on making from cross cut paduk into a fountain pen. While I was turning it, my gouge caught it and it blew apart on me. I cleaned the tube off and glued some quilted maple for the cap. It turned out to be one of my favorite combos.
Here's a couple pics of it.

 

[TellicoTurning]

I mix and match all the time... both woods and antler, different species of woods, woods and acrylics (although these seem a little tougher to match well)... comes down to whether you like the combo or not.