I was rearranging my stack of wood,and came across this unknown type of wood that looked like it would make a nice pen.It's brown,with these real wide wavy stripes.
So I glued a thin piece of curly maple in between,and made this hybrid cigar pen.
I wish I could say that it was fun..but it fought me all the way during finishing.I had to take it back down to bare wood 3 times! I wanted to give it up many times,but stuck with it ( I'm stubborn! ) and got it pretty nice.Not perfect,though.
Just glad I don't do this for a living!.......I've got HOURS into this thing....
Any guess on the wood type? The wood it real soft,and makes a super fine black sawdust that turns your fingers black.It was hard trying to keep it out of the grain of the maple.
If you look at it straight-on,it looks almost all black.But if you tilt it just right,the brown pops out.
Thanks for lookin'!
Steve
So I glued a thin piece of curly maple in between,and made this hybrid cigar pen.
I wish I could say that it was fun..but it fought me all the way during finishing.I had to take it back down to bare wood 3 times! I wanted to give it up many times,but stuck with it ( I'm stubborn! ) and got it pretty nice.Not perfect,though.
Just glad I don't do this for a living!.......I've got HOURS into this thing....
Any guess on the wood type? The wood it real soft,and makes a super fine black sawdust that turns your fingers black.It was hard trying to keep it out of the grain of the maple.
If you look at it straight-on,it looks almost all black.But if you tilt it just right,the brown pops out.
Thanks for lookin'!
Steve