OSCAR15
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This weekend, I turned a few... This is a Buckeye burl blank, on a black titanium polaris. The pen turned out fine, but I do not like the "feel" of the stabilized material. Feels more like plastic than wood. OSCAR
BUCKEYE BURL
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fiferb
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A very beautiful pen. Great Job!
alamocdc
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I sell quite a few Buckeye burl pens here. Fine job on this one. Yes, the stabilized blanks have a different feel... but then so does a pen with a CA finish and I do occassionally use it.
Dario
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Nice pen!
IMHO, buckeye should be stabilized either before or after turning. It is way too soft not to and CA is the only choice I think that will work after. A small price to pay for such a unique wood [
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IMHO, buckeye should be stabilized either before or after turning. It is way too soft not to and CA is the only choice I think that will work after. A small price to pay for such a unique wood [
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Jim15
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Great looking pen.
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Jim in Oakville
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Great looking pen....
Buck eye is a wonderful wood to turn, stabilized.......other wise I would not bother...they sell fast too, I like the look on this kit, never considered it before, well done!!
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Buck eye is a wonderful wood to turn, stabilized.......other wise I would not bother...they sell fast too, I like the look on this kit, never considered it before, well done!!
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Ligget
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Beautiful pen, I too love that wood
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<b>With buckeye it you might want to get used to stabilized, otherwise it will feel like holding a lot of tiny pieces of wood.</b>
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This weekend, I turned a few... This is a Buckeye burl blank, on a black titanium polaris. The pen turned out fine, but I do not like the "feel" of the stabilized material. Feels more like plastic than wood. OSCAR
Johnathan
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Looks like a torpedo! I like it![8D]
Pipes
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I love that wood always have nice pen dude !!!
UKpenmaker
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Nice work Oscar, i must get some Buck-eye to try it looks very nice.
OSCAR15
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UK PENMAKER...
It is an unusual wood....It must be "stabilized" or it will come apart on the lathe. I usually avoid stabilized woods, as I do not like the feel of the resins added, but for this one, I made an exception.
Most of my pens have just a shellac based friction polish. I know a lot of penmakers swear by CA but I'd rather re-finish than to have it feel like plastic. When the finish dulls on fine antiques, it is desirable, and called a "patina". Many penmakers however, want to turn fine wood into something that feels like plastic. I do not understand this. If I wanted it to feel like plastic, I would turn acrylics rather than wood...OSCAR
It is an unusual wood....It must be "stabilized" or it will come apart on the lathe. I usually avoid stabilized woods, as I do not like the feel of the resins added, but for this one, I made an exception.
Most of my pens have just a shellac based friction polish. I know a lot of penmakers swear by CA but I'd rather re-finish than to have it feel like plastic. When the finish dulls on fine antiques, it is desirable, and called a "patina". Many penmakers however, want to turn fine wood into something that feels like plastic. I do not understand this. If I wanted it to feel like plastic, I would turn acrylics rather than wood...OSCAR
airrat
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Oscar its not the penturnes that want the feel of plastic. It is what people want to buy. I can turn 10 shellac polish and 10 CA of the exact same pens. More of the CA will sell then the shellac. People like stuff with shine.
OSCAR15
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Tom: You are probably right. If the purchaser had enough knowlege of wood and its properties, they would turn their own rather than buy them. Still, as a woodworker first, and penmaker second, it KILLS me to have to slop glue over a piece of fine wood! I build my furniture without screws or nails, just joinery and glue. It never ceases to amaze me that our society prizes artificial things over natural. OSCAR
atvrules1
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Nice job Oscar, That Buckeye is sure eyecatching. Nice match with the polaris style.
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