Fangar
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A week or so ago, I posted some photos of the Red Mallee Burl Statesman Rollerball and custom letter opener that I was working on. Well I finally found time to finish the desk set. (I am posting this here as there is a pen in the photo! )
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Please feel free to comment. There are quite a few little hidden tricks that I worked out on this set. All of the Mallee was trimmed from the same piece of burl slab. All of which I would be happy to elaborate on. The finish on the Pen and LO is CA. The finish on the set is many coats of Deft Spray lacquer, hand rubbed to a gloss. Still needs a couple of weeks to cure in a nice warm environment, but is quite hard and resistant as of now.
This is how it started:
This is what I came up with:
Cheers,
Fangar
Please feel free to comment. There are quite a few little hidden tricks that I worked out on this set. All of the Mallee was trimmed from the same piece of burl slab. All of which I would be happy to elaborate on. The finish on the Pen and LO is CA. The finish on the set is many coats of Deft Spray lacquer, hand rubbed to a gloss. Still needs a couple of weeks to cure in a nice warm environment, but is quite hard and resistant as of now.
This is how it started:
This is what I came up with:
![redmalleeburldeskset1.jpg](https://www.penturners.org/oldalbums/Fangar/redmalleeburldeskset1.jpg)
Cheers,
Fangar