Black Palm Slim

[Seer]

I was told that this was Black Palm and with the help of some of you I actually turned it and finished it to better than I thought I could. With the help of CA and headaches from the fumes I did not chip or damage it and was thrilled with the outcome. LOML was in awe which was amazing.
Let me know what you all think and I wish my photography was better but I could not wait to post it here. Comments are more than welcome.

 

[hunter-27]

looks good, that black palm is tough stuff

 

[splinter99]

Very nice job indeed

 

[rdunn12]

Very nice work.Looks great!!

 

[Seer]

Thanks took all your advice and put it to good use.
Jerry

 

[Dalecamino]

Good work Jerry !

 

[DurocShark]

I've looked at the black palm in the store and always put it back. I kept thinking I'd have to use my 80 grit gouge to turn it without it splintering all over the place.

 

[thewishman]

Nice work, the pen looks great. The way you shaped the barrels shows off the "straws" in the palm very well.

 

[Seer]

One of the things I did do that I think helped was to round it off on my sander so there were no edges. I got the idea from a segmented pen tutorial on this site. I had the same problem with monkeypod as well and after pretty much rounding off alot of it and some ca it seemed to hold together very well. I started turning it in the morning and after several delays waiting for the ca to harden it was worth the end result.

 

[Stick Rounder]

Very nice.

 

[workinforwood]

Looks great. That stuff is brutal..you can get a splinter just looking at it.