Curly Maple

[denniszoomy]

Got some curly maple planks they had a beautiful swirl pattering to them so I decided I would cut off part of it and make a pen out of it. As you can see once it was turned it lost those lovely swirled pattern. The pen is a vertex click pen. C&C Welcome

Dennis

 

[mrcook4570]

It may not have the curl that you were hoping for, but it is still a very nice pen. If you want to easily see the curl in a pen, you will need a blank with 4-6 curls per inch. If you can find one that has 6-8 curls per inch, then you really have a rare commodity.

 

[low_48]

Some really light amber dye will really pop curly maple. Won't change the color a lot, but will soak in the curl areas nicely.

 

[Fishinbo]

It looks good, the maple goes well with the cool kit. Well done!

 

[Band Saw Box]

Even though it did not come out as you had hoped for it still a great looking pen

 

[StuartCovey]

Still has a little swirl... A great pen!

 

[ttpenman]

I have turned quite a bit of Maple when I worked at a hardwood mill. Made some beautiful pens but was always frustrating when you got a blank that looked like it would make a nice curly or birdseye pen and all the figure got turned away, leaving a very plain pen. Did try some dyes but never could find the right 'golden' color for Maple. Alwasy too yellow or too orange. Probably the fact I have very little patience didn't help much.

Jeff in northern Wisconsin

 

[OZturner]

A Nice pen Dennis,
If you have some more, it would go very well with a Dark, Segmented, Celtic Knot.
Great Fit and Finish,
Congratulations.
Brian.