Two new ones

[mick]

Haven't posted much lately, but I was really pleased with the way these turned out. The first is a custom order, a full size Gentleman from Blackwood, Bloodwood and Holly. The second a Statesman from Chittamwood Burl. I'm keeping this one!

 

[GaryMGg]

Holy COW! That Gent just about jumps off the monitor; the finish is sooo deep, it's like a pool. Looks wet.
Gary

 

[Ron Mc]

Mick,
You know darn well that the first pen would catch my eye! Nicely done. Clean joints and I don't see any bleeding of the colors at all.
The only draw back is that it gave me one of those "what if" moments. Now to find some time.[]
Do you mind if I print the picture to use as a reminder later?

 

[johncrane]

Mick!
l like both pens very nice job.
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[Rifleman1776]

Your customer should be very pleased. When he pulls that out in the boardroom, folks will take notice. It is definately a 'power pen'. And your burl fountain is beautiful. Personally, I would keep the beautiful wood one for myself too. []

 

[txbatons]

Those are beautiful. Nice work.

 

[ed4copies]

Sanding the top one had to be interesting!!!

Excellent result, Mike.[][]

 

[Petricore]

That segmented job is great. did you get much bleedover in colors while sanding from the black and red over the holly ?

 

[Penmonkey]

Very nice pens. I like the fist one best.

 

[kkwall]

Lovely pens. I like the first best also. Great work.[]

 

[mick]

Thanks for the kind words everyone!

Ron, anytime you need a picture feel free to grab it.

Frank I never had any intentions of selling the burl or at least once I saw how it was turning out! That one's going in my display case []

Linc I use thin CA and saturate the holly when I glue the blank up and again several times as I turn. Finish with a skew to minimize sanding and then saturate again between sanding grits. Blow off with compressed air often and you'll end up with nice clean colors. [8D]

 

[Rmartin]

Very nice! The first looks Christmas-y to me. But not overly so, in a good way.