Chrome Baron

[smoky10]

Lately John and Anthony has been posting some beautiful solid body pens and I had to try one. This is a chrome baron on some osage orange.You can't tell much about the wood because the picture is so pixelated(is that the word?).

 

[JHFerrell]

Tom...a really good lookin piece of work. way to go

 

[rtjw]

Love the color of the wood. Looks great.

 

[pastorbill1952]

Looking good, like the closed end.

 

[PenWorks]

Very fine looking pen Tom. At first glance, I thought you robbed me of my last piece of yellow bakelite [] Great job

 

[Deere41h]

Hey Tom....That turned out really great. The design makes the wood stand out nicely. Nice Job. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[alamocdc]

Wow, Tom, I like the look of that color. Nice job! [^]

 

[smoky10]

Thanks guys. The wood does have nice color and does show some grain but the poor picture quality doesn't show it.

 

[woodscavenger]

Hey, where did you get a banana that small? What an amazing wood color. Nicely done.

 

[Rifleman1776]

HEY! [:0] You made my pen. [][][] I've been using osage orange to attempt my closed end Baron. Tried drilling on the lathe. When the (80% turned) blank started to heat excessively, I pulled out the bit and let all cool. Afterwards, the bit would not go back in. Beginning of problems..[] It can bd done. Thanks for the encouragement. I have a hunk of OO suntanning to test color change. Will report on that later. In person OO looks much better than the photo captures.

 

[smoky10]

Frank, I drilled it on the lathe square, I marked the bit at the depth I wanted and drilled it slow backing out a lot. I have a set of spigot jaws for my talon

 

[Ligget]

Brilliant pen Tom, I too love Osage Orange!![][]

 

[Jim in Oakville]

Hi Tom,


I like the colour and the turned detail at the solid end

 

[swm6500]

Very nice pen Tom. Keep up the good work.