Stratawood

[DCBluesman]

Thanks to Bill Jacobs for this fun material.

Comments and critiques welcome.

Thanks for looking!

 

[coach]

That color of the top one reminds me of pants from the 60s![] It can be your bell bottoms baron! Is the bottom one lamminate material also? I like the shape of the bell bottom baron.

 

[ilikewood]

Nice work Lou! I thought you were going to angle cut that stuff though[?]. Looks good either way.

 

[JimGo]

Lou,
Nice designs, but be glad you're color blind with that top one! [] How well did the Stratawood take a finish, and what finish did you use?

 

[tipusnr]

Good looking pens. Keep up the good work!!

 

[DCBluesman]

Thanks, all. I think I had a pair of pants like that from Carnaby Street in London back in the 60's. [] Bill--this isn't all there is! Expect a couple of angle cuts a little further down the road!

 

[swm6500]

Nice looking pens Lou.

 

[Ryan]

Lou,

It's a groove thing, It's a groove thing yah yah! oops sorry I mean nice pens. I hope you had the 8 track going while you turned the top one.[]

I can not wait to turn the strata blank I got from Bill. It's cut up for an angle cut but will be a few weeks before I can get to it as I have orders to get done and a backyard to get finished up.

Again nice pens Lou. By the way I gave the TSW a quick test run with pleasing results. Nice stuff.

Ryan

 

[Old Griz]

The stratawood that Bill sent me is real nice... did one angle cut in the gray.. still have some camo and brown angle cut that needs to be done...


/forum/albums/Old%20Griz/tn/tn_LaminateCigar.jpg

 

[DCBluesman]

LOL, Ryan. If you'd been more than a very small child during the disco era you'd have known it's "Shake your groove thing". [] And while I can still shake it, it doesn't always stop shaking when I do...Ahh the vagaries of ageing. []

 

[PenWorks]

Nice pens Lou, I'm glad you and Wayne bought all the camo before I got to Bill. That is a little to "groovy" for me. I do really like the silver. Virgil & I went to a leather shop down the road from CS. I though about you while I was in there. We drove they guy crazy trying to make pen parts out of his leather goods and supplies. [] Virgil got some neat stuff to make a top secret project.

 

[ilikewood]

For those who think this wood is "GROOVY", I think you ought to consider it may be Lou's camera. This is what it looks like when I turn it:[8D]
http://www.penturners.org/forum/photo_album_view.asp?cname=Main+Album&mid=285&cid=298&page=2#

It would be the Camo Duck Call on the right.

 

[DCBluesman]

I see I missed a few answers. Yes, the bottom pen is laminate as well. I used sanding sealer, lacquer and TSW as my finish. It took the finish real well. And Ryan, I'm glad the TSW is working out for you.

 

[jdavis]

Good looking pens.

 

[jvsank]

Great looking pens

 

[scalawagtoo]

looking and learning

 

[JimGo]

Originally posted by ilikewood
<br />For those who think this wood is "GROOVY", I think you ought to consider it may be Lou's camera. This is what it looks like when I turn it:[8D]
http://www.penturners.org/forum/photo_album_view.asp?cname=Main+Album&mid=285&cid=298&page=2#

It would be the Camo Duck Call on the right.

Bill, no offense, but I'm not sure whether your colors are better or worse! [] It is interesting to see the color difference, though.

Lou, did you run any filters on your pic before posting it?

 

[Justin_F]

love the bold colours.[] Well done.

 

[DCBluesman]

Originally posted by JimGo Lou, did you run any filters on your pic before posting it?

I have to chuckle a bit, Jim. With my color blindness what color should I filter to? Seriously, though, this is a scan. Low end scanners are notorious for color distortions.

 

[leehljp]

Beautiful pens Lou! Great finish too!