Crosscut Brazilian Rosewood

[wdcav1952]

I got these blanks off of Ebay. The blanks did not quite measure up to the pix on Ebay, but still very nice. Pro and con comments welcome.

 

[Fleabit]

The wood looks great to me. Nice swirls. Good looing pen, but is that crack near the nib, or the way the grain flows?

 

[wdcav1952]

Good eye Rick, I chose not to use a CA sanding slurry on this blank. I will do so on the next one. The crack does not go all the way through, and there were several of these cracks in the blank. I tried to fill the crack with the Enduro sanding sealer, and was not 100% successful.

 

[DCBluesman]

That's beautiful, William! I've never been happy with Brazilian rosewood for pens, but that cross cut really looks impressive.

 

[rtjw]

Good looking pen.

 

[jvsank]

nice looking pen

 

[swm6500]

Good looking pen William. I have gotten some good wood on ebay, and have also got some duds. Yours looks like it made a nice pen.

 

[Fangar]

I think the pen looks very nice. It is amazing what a little crosscut will yield. I have also purchased some blanks via eBay. Some were great, and others were horrible. A recent bunch that I got were so punky and light that I had to stabilize them. Once you get a good source there though, you can usually tell what you will get from them.

Fangar

 

[PenWorks]

Looks like a very nice pen to me. Crosscut Braz RW sounds wonderfull. About the only comment I can make since you ask.....
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[atvrules1]

Wow, whole different look for rosewood William, but very nicely done, and the finish is excellent.

 

[simplepens]

Love the Rosewood. The crosscut really brings out the beauty of it.