You will fall off your chair, I promise.

[CharlesH]

Hey guys,

So I have little time these days and I decided to make a nice gift to my mother.

As some of you probably know afzelia burl is my favorite wood. Nothing come close to what you see under, colors are just insane along with the figure.

That being said, I had countless fights with that wood. For those of you think I tend to always succeed, it is not the case. I went through many blanks without success.

That afzelia is not stabilized, soft as pine, it's got voids everywhere, in fact, this pen took me nearly 7 hours to turn and finish but I won.

I am satisfied, finally.

Clicky the thumbnails and watch out not fall off your chair, that wood is INSANELY GORGEOUS.

Thanks for looking,

Charles

 

[MarkD]

Wow! That's awesome. Great job!

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Didn't fall off my chair but my jaw hurts like hell after hitting the floor!

 

[mbroberg]

WOW! That indeed is some beautiful wood, beautifully finished and an absolutly fantastic looking pen.

 

[markgum]

WOW!! Gorgeous is an understatement.

 

[areaman]

beautiful wood and as always your finishes are awsome!

 

[Edward Cypher]

Finish is gorgeous. The wood is so highly figured it is perfect. Nice job.

 

[RichF]

Absolutely beautiful. You mother is very lucky.

 

[Buzzzz4]

I can't believe that's wood! Beautiful!

 

[dl351]

Wow! That wood looks amazing! So where do we order the blanks?!

 

[drgoretex]

Hm. It's OK.

Hah! Can't keep a straight face:biggrin: That is amazing! That wood is so ultra figured, you could spend a day just looking at it's intricacies!

Very, very nice!

Looks like CA finish....?

Ken

 

[Mac]

Very Very good job. I am glad I can't take that good of a picture of mine.

 

[Phunky_2003]

Absooootively stunning!!

 

[garrettdave]

Very nice! You did not disappoint us!

Dave

 

[ctubbs]

That wonderful timber is worth every second you had to use to reach that close to perfection. Congratulations on a fabulous pen. Your Mother will be so proud.
Charles

 

[mrburls]

That kind of burl should be illegal for pens. Unless we all can get burl like that

Great job Charles, looks super :good::good:

Keith "mrburls"

 

[workinforwood]

Awesome pen Charles!

 

[LarryDNJR]

There is this smooth bright shiny spot on your finish.

Hehe looks great! Nice job on the pen!

Anyone see the "face" in the 3rd picture on the cap? Near the bottom of the picture, turn your head to the right.

 

[minus459]

Yeah not bad, but I've got this really nice bic biro...........

BS

That is quite simply awesome, I'll show you one of mine in a hundred years.:wink:

 

[PenPal]

Mothers are worth every minute or in this case several hours spent on her pen.

Let us know her reception of it in her words.

Top pen cannot get any higher praise than that.

Kind regards Peter.

 

[MartinPens]

A-MA-ZING!

With wood like that I would definitely stabilize it so there was less chance of loss. I think we are all wanting to know where that wood came from.

Martin

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[jttheclockman]

You did very well with that timber. It was well worth the effort you put forth. Thanks for showing.

 

[jaywood1207]

Amazing colour and grain. That was well worth the 7 hours with a result like that.

 

[rkimery]

Yes, you've won! NOW your Mom has won!

 

[WoodNutOntario]

Sucking up to your mom with a pen like that!!!
Shameful!!!!
:biggrin: :worship::bananen_smilies046:

Another beauty with an amazing bit of timber and glass finish!!

Andrew

 

[snyiper]

That wood turned out awesome!! Your Mom will be proud to sport that pen around!!!!

 

[Glenn McCullough]

Awesome wood and pen.

 

[G1Pens]

It's hard to type from the floor.....but that is beautiful !!

 

[RichB]

That is OUTSTANDING. I like it when a project works.

 

[cnirenberg]

Charles,
Beautiful looking pen.

 

[wood128]

Charles, very beautiful pen and it took your best effort to produce it . Congratulations !! Well done. Can't wait to see what you do with the segmented blank I am about to send to you. Take care.
Joe

 

[thewishman]

That was worth the time and trouble.

:clown: Do you have a bigger picture? :clown:

For a pen to look so good at that high magnification - that is amazing.

 

[crabcreekind]

i fell off

 

[Whaler]

Awesome, outstanding, beautiful and I just ran out of words.

 

[greggas]

Charles, gorgeous as always.

My question is how do you get suck large, high res photos to fit the size constraints of this site?

 

[creativewriting]

Unbelievable! The natural colors and patterns in that wood are amazing.

Great Job!!!

 

[Larry in Harrow]

YUP!

Beautiful chunk of wood you got there Charles. Well done!

 

[airrat]

Great pen and pictures.

 

[Russell Eaton]

Nice PEN PORNO!!!

 

[CharlesH]

Wow!!! Thanks for the comments... I might post another one soon! :biggrin:

Charles