CharlesH
Member
Hey guys!
I have been saving this blank for a while, some really dark blood red cocobolo burl with nice eyed sapwood. One of my best, I am happy it turned to be my finest pen to date, flawless finish, good fit and the pen matches the kit, notice the sapwood on the top cap!
Here is another cocobolo burl, this specie is more on the orange side, really fine pins on that one!
Finally I was able to make a afzelia xylay, I had problems finishing that type of wood, SUCESS! Notice the nice 3D pattern on that one!
This is ironwood burl with really little burl, that wood is fun to work with, as the name suggest it's so dense and the reflexion/chatoyance in the light can't be beat!
And the last one, spalted hackberry, I thought it looked like a rotten bone or something so I went with a mat finish.
Any comment welcomed!
Charles
I have been saving this blank for a while, some really dark blood red cocobolo burl with nice eyed sapwood. One of my best, I am happy it turned to be my finest pen to date, flawless finish, good fit and the pen matches the kit, notice the sapwood on the top cap!
Here is another cocobolo burl, this specie is more on the orange side, really fine pins on that one!
Finally I was able to make a afzelia xylay, I had problems finishing that type of wood, SUCESS! Notice the nice 3D pattern on that one!
This is ironwood burl with really little burl, that wood is fun to work with, as the name suggest it's so dense and the reflexion/chatoyance in the light can't be beat!
And the last one, spalted hackberry, I thought it looked like a rotten bone or something so I went with a mat finish.
Any comment welcomed!
Charles