Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
Thank you.
Cook Woods had it on sale last month so I picked up 3-4 boards of it and am using it for cutting boards, cheese boards, and coasters.
Oh, the dyeing tip is good to know. I saw that you buy from Cooks in a previous post. I'm going to take a peek, locally our choices are very limited.
First off, you are correct in your spelling, Bloodwood is all one word. Oops!Stunning combination! I have turned a few Bloodwood pens, but nothing kitless (yet).
If you are looking to try some different woods and don't want to commit to buying whole boards, I have found WoodShopGas on ebay to be reasonably priced and you can buy what exactly what you want, species, quantity and he ships quickly. He has some Birdseye Bloodwood. It doesn't have the density of birds eyes that maple can, but it is still pretty cool.
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I have only just begun my journey into kitless, so I hope you don't mind a few questions for you (sorry in advance):
The one kitless pen I made with a hybrid blank, I used the Alumilite portions for the threading and tapping. To try to protect and seal the wood inside the body and cap, and to keep the nib from drying out, I used thin CA to soak/seal the inside of the body and cap. It seems to have worked pretty well.
- Do you sleeve the wood with solid ebonite first and then cut & thread the tenon/drill and tap bores? Or do you do all that first and then glue in the sleeves?
- Looks like CA finish, how do you treat the ebonite portions, do you just CA over turned/sanded ebonite and then polish the whole body/cap or is there special treatment/process. So far, I have only used ebonite for making sections.
- Are you doing all of this on a wood lathe?
Cook puts species on sale almost daily. I just wait until the woods I want are on sale.
I still have a bloodwood board about 3 ft long, 8 inches wide and 3/4" thick that is really slightly maroonish Red in color, and no hint of orange at all; you might say it has a deep red color. That board was purchased back in 2008 when it was 6 ft long. I have used about 3 ft of that in that 15 year, but have a couple of projects coming up in which I will need it. Very beautiful when contrasted against a white white holly. When compared to red heart, it makes the redheart look a little washed out.
I wonder if it's like cherry and gets darker with age? This Bloodwood was very burnt orange, still beautiful.I still have a bloodwood board about 3 ft long, 8 inches wide and 3/4" thick that is really slightly maroonish Red in color, and no hint of orange at all; you might say it has a deep red color. That board was purchased back in 2008 when it was 6 ft long. I have used about 3 ft of that in that 15 year, but have a couple of projects coming up in which I will need it. Very beautiful when contrasted against a white white holly. When compared to red heart, it makes the redheart look a little washed out.
However, in today's world, even going back the last 7 to 8 years, I have noticed that most bloodwood board or blanks generally look more orangish instead of deep red.
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Bloodwood should be pure red and it is but it depends where it was harvested. Also is it from South America. There is bloodwood that also is called Satine and is more brownish than true bloodwood. I have boards that are deep red and true bloodwood. But whenever I ordered turning stock bloodwood they sent Satine which is not even close to red. Redheart has streaks of brown through it and over time will turn brown just as Padauk does but that is more orange red. Redheart also known as Chakte Kok comes from Souther Mexico and again when harvested and where play a role.
I can show you true bloodwood boards that are a deep red and wil always stay that way. Plus bloodwood is a hard heavy dense wood. Man when cutting and sanding that stuff you better have a good vac system because that red will stain and get all over the place. Do not ask how I know. Someone told me.
The end grain where it was parted off and subjected to heat is more red and closer to the red that others are showing. The grain is the same and it was hard. According to the wood data base "the heartwood is bright vivid red that can darken to dark brownish red over time."I can show you true bloodwood boards that are a deep red and wil always stay that way. Plus bloodwood is a hard heavy dense wood. Man when cutting and sanding that stuff you better have a good vac system because that red will stain and get all over the place. Do not ask how I know. Someone told me.
That makes total sense. Thank you for the info.
Beautiful segmenting.
Yes it is. Scrolling is my first and long time passion and hobby. That piece is done with Redheart and red oak and the overlay is bright brass. There is red stain glass within the steps behind the fret work. All cut on a scrollsaw. Thanks for the kind words.
I have a bloodwood board I bought from Cook last year or maybe 2 years ago. More brownish red than a true red.I still have a bloodwood board about 3 ft long, 8 inches wide and 3/4" thick that is really slightly maroonish Red in color, and no hint of orange at all; you might say it has a deep red color. That board was purchased back in 2008 when it was 6 ft long. I have used about 3 ft of that in that 15 year, but have a couple of projects coming up in which I will need it. Very beautiful when contrasted against a white white holly. When compared to red heart, it makes the redheart look a little washed out.
However, in today's world, even going back the last 7 to 8 years, I have noticed that most bloodwood board or blanks generally look more orangish instead of deep red.
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I got started with pen turning while living in Japan, and had access to quite a bit of exotic woods - mostly at a chain hobby store called Tokyu-Hands. LOTS of exotics there. Plus I had access to some of my American woods. Technically I was not supposed to bring any over, but they were planned 4 sides and 7 ft long (fit in my crate) and I listed them as unfinished book shelves. It sure was nice. In the Mid-South, Memphis - Jackson MS, it is hard to find exotics and non-southern woods. I get my exotics when I go to visit my daughter in Missouri, or other daughter in Dallas.
I am in awe of that piece and the patience it must have taken, it's stunning.
That's what the end grain looks like after parting a more brownish red than the body, it looks a bit orange to my eye.
I have bought bloodwood from OP Hardwoods in Springfield (just west of Grizzly) and it has been a deep red. Very nice looking.I still have a bloodwood board about 3 ft long, 8 inches wide and 3/4" thick that is really slightly maroonish Red in color, and no hint of orange at all; you might say it has a deep red color. That board was purchased back in 2008 when it was 6 ft long. I have used about 3 ft of that in that 15 year, but have a couple of projects coming up in which I will need it. Very beautiful when contrasted against a white white holly. When compared to red heart, it makes the redheart look a little washed out.
However, in today's world, even going back the last 7 to 8 years, I have noticed that most bloodwood board or blanks generally look more orangish instead of deep red.
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Elegant Beauty TI Gold Bloodwood, BOW, Holly core solder CA finishwww.penturners.org
I have been there a couple of times. I couldn't remember the name off hand, until you named it. I'll be visiting there before Christmas when I go to visit my daughter in Ozark.
