1 new cigar and 2 wallstreet's

[Jon-wx5nco]

Here are a few pens I made over the weekend. This was my first time to work with any of these woods.

The first is an Ultra Cigar made with ebony. I need to find a way to "shine up" the ebony.

The second is an Amboyna burl on a gold/ti wallstreet II. I had a blowout, but I was able to save the blank.

The third is an Eagle inlay from LazerLinez.com This took me a few days to make. This was my first attempt at an inlay. I will definitely be trying more.

Thanks for looking. Any comments and suggestions are more than welcome!

 

[Mark]

Beautiful pens. The inlay looks really nice.

 

[mbroberg]

You did a nice job with all three!

 

[JimMc7]

I really like the eagle pen! :good:

 

[jbostian]

Very nice pens.

Jamie

 

[Lenny]

Hard to pick a favorite .... I love amboyna but that eagle is really nice too! Nice job!

 

[boxerman]

Very nice pens.

 

[Jgrden]

But, but, but, the first one looks like blue anodized aluminum, not ebony.

 

[Jon-wx5nco]

But, but, but, the first one looks like blue anodized aluminum, not ebony.

Yeah I know. My lighting stinks.

 

[David Keller]

Nice trio of pens. The inlay kit is particularly nice.

 

[Jgrden]

Yeah I know. My lighting stinks.

Heck, I liked it.

 

[Jon-wx5nco]

I think the ebony is my favorite so far. I do have a question for the forum. I used Huts Crystal Coat on this pen. My question is, what works best with ebony CA or BLO/CA? I would have loved for this pen to have shined up more than it did.

 

[Rfturner]

I use regular CA, then carnuba wax often followed by "howard feed and wax", the shine is unbelievable and it stays. I use that finishing technique and it seems to work for me PM me if you have questions

 

[johncrane]

That's a cool looking pen Jon!!

 

[Bree]

The Ebony will kinda shine itself up with use. I think you can leave it just as it is. It really needs no finish at all in many cases... a little wax and it looks great.

 

[louisbry]

You did a very nice job on all three pens.