Black palm and inlace

[Jjartwood]

Certain woods present challenges to different people,my problem wood has for the longest time been BLACK PALM .
So my plan was to build a pen from this goddess of punishment and have my way with this material as well.
The blanks were turned without mishap and the inlace is a planned embellishment. NO really!! I removed the tan soft wood and replaced it with Inlace.
C&C welcome
Mark

 

[maxman400]

It's a little tough to see in the photos but it looks you did a good job at blending it in to the wood. good looking pen.

 

[1080Wayne]

Very creative , with impressive result . Mechanical or chemical softwood removal ?

 

[Jjartwood]

Hey Wayne,
Let's have some fun with this,I've got an idea, drift over to casual conversation and
I'll explain what I'm thinking.
In fact I would like to extend the invitation to anyone that wants to have a little fun.
Mark

 

[NotURMailman]

That is spectacular!

I don't have enough experience to even begin guessing how you did that.

I have some black palm blanks that I have been looking at and moving on. They don't look the slightest bit like they will want to cooperate.

 

[plantman]

Mark; You are not alone !! I find that Palm is one of the most stressful woods to work with. Very cleaver idea you have. Looks great. Jim S

 

[Jjartwood]

The build process is detailed on the activity manager thread

 

[rizaydog]

Very cool. Extremely nice looking pen.