Camphor

[altaciii]

I had wanted to wait for a Baron kit I have on order to turn this Camphor burl. The blank was an extra goodie packed in the box I recieved from Bruce when I got my mother board blank. It smelled so good I just couldn't wait. I'm kinda partial to the euro so away I went. My wife walked in whilst I was turning and said it smelled like campophenique. I wonder if the medicne comes from this wood somehow? Got carried away, anyway, this pen is dressed in a blk ti Euro sanded from 400 to 12k mm then I used ca/blo and wet sanded to 12k mm. The only way to smell it now is to pull it apart.

 

[toolcrazy]

Very nice.

I thought it smells like Root Beer.

 

[papaturner]

Beautiful....I love the aroma,it turns nice too.

 

[bruce119]

Ah the sweet smell of camphor. At first it does smell very nice BUT work with it for a week and will make you sick I can't work with it too long now it burns my eyes and everything. They extract them med. from the berry of the camphor. My wife says it smells like Noziema. There's a pretty lot of Camphor around here.

Nice job on the pen :good:

Bruce
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[Ligget]

Beautiful pen!

 

[desertyellow]

I bet you have clear sinus after turning that pen.
Nice work.

 

[angelofdeath]

nice looking pen there...great job

 

[bitshird]

Nice pen Alex, never tried camphor, it looks nice.