Berea Elegant Beauty in Cotton Candy Pink

[BruceA]

This is a blank from Woodturningz - an Inlace Acrylester called Cotton Candy Pink. I've been working on testing different pink blanks from Woodcraft, PSI, Berea, Woodpenpro, and BearTooth Woods.

This particular blank is what I like the best - great color saturation, nice pink hue, and it turned like a dream. Very consistent, with ability to hold the fine details without getting ragged. Sanded up nicely in the tight spots, too.

Turned with 5/8" skew, wet sanded 400, 600, then Micromesh to 12k. Hut Crystal Coat, then Ren Wax final.

These Berea kits are still on sale for $10. There's a Platinum version, too. They are the same tube size as the standard Sierra and are cross-compatible with the bushings and Sierra kits.

 

[theturningcircle]

Bruce, that is a beautifuly turned pen and I love the colour. It's verging on red and is very vibrant. The EB kit is a beauty and with that blank colour should really appeal to the ladies:beauty:.
Ian.

 

[toolcrazy]

I need to try one of those kits. Very nice pen.

 

[desertyellow]

Nice!

 

[reddwil]

Very nice, I like the shape

 

[bitshird]

Nice looking blank, is that the real Elegant Beauty or the dolled up Sierra??

 

[BruceA]

Which Sierra --

Ken,
This is the Elegant Beauty from Berea, based on the Sierra tube.

The "real" (ie. first) EB is shorter, and has a smaller tube, with twist mechanism at the top.

I like this kit because it provides yet another option for any Sierra blanks. Also, I've been experimenting with the knurls, and the plain top of this kit looks cleaner than a standard double-knurled top Sierra.