A piece of Gum

[Dalecamino]

Red Gum I received from Fred (BigShed) in Australia . Black TI Cigar , with CA finish . Made this pen after a disaster with a really nice Tiger Myrtle from Fred also . Comments appreciated ! Thanks for looking .

 

[amosfella]

Nice looking pen. Love the color.

 

[Munsterlander]

Ditto!

 

[Ligget]

Very nice, I still prefer the classic looks of the Cigar rather than the Ultra Cigar!

 

[BigShed]

Good looking pen there Charles (nice bit of timber too!) Very good fit and finish and I particularly like the combination of the red with the Black Ti.

Very well done.

How did you find the Red Gum to turn?

Sorry to hear about the Tiger Myrtle, sometimes we have these oopsies

 

[Dalecamino]

Thanks all !

Fred , the Red Gum was very easy to turn . A turners delite . The Tiger Myrtle was nice to turn as well . It turned and finished the same as this one . My problem occured during assembly of a Baron , when pressing the plastic trim pieces into the lower barrel . The chrome pieces seem to be too large in diameter for the tube to receive them , and I forced them . Split the ends and , ruined the black plastic threaded end pieces . This is the only Baron I've had this problem with , out of an order of 40 kits . It stinks though tthat it happens with a nice piece of timber like the Tiger Myrtle .

 

[BigShed]

Bugger!:frown:

 

[papaturner]

Very nice.

 

[angelofdeath]

Beautiful looking cigar. I am sorry to hear about your trouble with the baron kit. No good...hopefully it will never happen again.

 

[Mack C.]

Well, here it really is in all it's glory now!

Thanks to Chuck! It resides in the Great White North now as part of his swap to me. I hope mine gets to him just as quckly!

 

[Dalecamino]

Very nice photo Mack ! It was a pleasure to swap with you .

 

[Rick_G]

Very nice Chuck I received a piece of that red gum from Sam (Simomatra) in a swap a while ago I know what it will look like finished now. To bad about the Baron Looks like it would have looked real nice.

 

[Mather323]

What a nice pen!

 

[Stick Rounder]

Beautiful Pen!

 

[Dalecamino]

Thank you Rick . Sam makes some superior looking pens as does Fred (BigShed) You should expect to enjoy turning this timber .

Thanks to everyone for your comments . Mack , I didn't get the pen today . The excitement is building !! :biggrin:

Very nice Chuck I received a piece of that red gum from Sam (Simomatra) in a swap a while ago I know what it will look like finished now. To bad about the Baron Looks like it would have looked real nice.