Too much time on my hands?...

[drawknife]

Playing around in sawdust and decided to make something a little different from woodcraft mystery box wood. The centerband is a couple of slices of the mystery wood with a piece of maple in the middle. Counter-bored each end of the band so the blanks would go up inside from each end. By the way can anybody identify this wood?

 

[doddman70]

The pen looks real nice i really like how you did the centerband makes it a little more classy. as far as the wood i'm not sure the pic is a little dark (or its my monitor) but could it be rosewood?[8D]

 

[drawknife]

Originally posted by doddman70

The pen looks real nice i really like how you did the centerband makes it a little more classy. as far as the wood i'm not sure the pic is a little dark (or its my monitor) but could it be rosewood?[8D]

Closer pic, maybe its clearer, don't want to get it too clear.
Not sure that makes it less dark.

 

[rdunn12]

Looks like Padauk to me.I could be wrong.Nice pen by the way,centerband looks cool.

 

[RonSchmitt]

Nice job.
Bubinga?

 

[B727phixer]

I'm not sure of the wood type, but that center band is cooool!

 

[drawknife]

Originally posted by RonSchmitt

Nice job.
Bubinga?

Could be "waterfall bubinga", I actually thought it was a little dark for that. The shavings off of it appear to be an orange-red, come to think of it that sounds just like bubinga.

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Originally posted by drawknife

Playing around in sawdust and decided to make something a little different from woodcraft mystery box wood. The centerband is a couple of slices of the mystery wood with a piece of maple in the middle. Counter-bored each end of the band so the blanks would go up inside from each end. By the way can anybody identify this wood?

here is a bit lighter copy, hope you dont mind?
It looks like it could be mesquite and Wood Craft puts a lot of mesquite in their mystery wood boxes.

 

[drawknife]

Not at all thanks for the help Glenn,, looks better than the pen I think..

 

[Tuba707]

It seems to be Bubinga from where I am standing

 

[louisbry]

Nice pen, not sure about the blank!

 

[R2]

Thats a different take on the slimline! well done![^]

 

[bitshird]

What ever kind of wood, it's a nice looking pen, with a way cool centerband

 

[TheHeretic]

snakewood without the real rippled effect that it normaly has.

Dean

 

[rhahnfl]

That's a good looking centerband... another thing on my list of things to try...

 

[johncrane]

Yes l agree thats different its the first time seen here, nice job Terry!

 

[drawknife]

Thanks for all the comments and ideas about the wood.