ebony

As a follow up to my last post, I have now competed my set of three pens in novel (to me) materials: ebony, brass and soapstone. Put them on a Walnut base for as a holiday gift. I hope you all don't mind two posts so close together, but I promise not to post too frequently! Note: you can see...

I'm doing a project with some ebony where I've carved in a diamond pattern into the ebony, and my initial plan was to fill the carved areas with bloodwood sawdust and CA glue. This has thus far proved unsuccessful. The glue doesn't seem to want to adhere to the ebony. I'm planning on spending...

I'm making two pens with purple heart and some type of ebony. I'm using the pen mill in my drill press; been doing this for quite a while with no problems. Anyway, the wood starts smoking before I even get close to the blank being turned down to the tube. I checked the Janka scale and note that...

I am new to turning pens. I had a couple of ebony blanks from another project and attempted to turn one of them into the body of a fountain pen. I cannot seem to get the scratches out. I have run patiently through all of the grits up to 600, then finished by running through all of the grits of...

I made this tutorial back in 2010 and I put it on Penturner's Paradise. That site has since shut down. A few people have asked me to put it here so... here it is. I would hope that if you read all the way through this thread that you learn 2 things. 1... how to make the fish-scale pen and 2...

Left to Right: 24k Gold Bolt Action Bullet Pen with Cocobolo Gunmetal Bolt Action Bullet Pen with Indian Ebony Antique Brass Celtic Pen with Cocobolo Chrome Presimo Fountain Pen with Genuine Mahogany. I made these for several different orders for a few people. It only took about 3 hours...

The last two pens I made - one last night, the other a week ago: First picture: I got a great deal on 25 Amboyna (non-burl) blanks at Global Wood Source in San Jose - $25! This is the first one of this batch I've turned, and I just took it easy and used a Woodcraft platinum Euro kit. As...

I finally tried my hand at an closed end pen but I wanted to go for the double closed-end. This is my first one. I don't have a closed-end mandrel so I had to figure out another way. I went to a local IAP club meeting a couple of weekends ago and I we saw a demo about how to make a closed-end...