BigguyZ
Member
So, I was at my local Rockler, and they had a bunch of bloodwood blanks in a little plastic bin for $0.49. I figured that they were cheap enough, so I bought all of them, even though some were not so spectacular in color.
A few nights ago I was cleaning up my shop and organizing some of the blanks. I looked at one thinking that the color really wasn't red at all, and it was almost a piece of junk. But when I looked closed under the shop lights, I noticed something odd about the gain. So I took a card scraper to the blank and discovered that not only did the blank have a good color to it, but it had a quilted figure as well! I've checked the other 9 or so blanks I bought, and only 3 other blanks have some quilting- but it's really minor and nothing like the blank pictured below.
So- I'm wondering how rare this is in something like Bloodwood? Also, I want to make a special pen out of it, so I'm thinking maybe a Statesman or something higher-end... What do you all think?
A few nights ago I was cleaning up my shop and organizing some of the blanks. I looked at one thinking that the color really wasn't red at all, and it was almost a piece of junk. But when I looked closed under the shop lights, I noticed something odd about the gain. So I took a card scraper to the blank and discovered that not only did the blank have a good color to it, but it had a quilted figure as well! I've checked the other 9 or so blanks I bought, and only 3 other blanks have some quilting- but it's really minor and nothing like the blank pictured below.
So- I'm wondering how rare this is in something like Bloodwood? Also, I want to make a special pen out of it, so I'm thinking maybe a Statesman or something higher-end... What do you all think?