Desert Ironwood Burl on a Roman Harvest

[Robert Sherlock]

Hello all,

Here is another offering of some DI Burl on a Rhodium w/ Titanium Gold accented Roman Harvest. I tried to capture as much of the wood character as I could but it is difficult with my limited picture taking skills:befuddled:

Comments welcome. Thanks,
Robert

 

[RichF]

Beautiful pen.

 

[Rolland]

that is an outstanding piece of wood and beautiful pen

 

[Younka]

Very nice pen!! Its one of my favorite types of wood!!

 

[jasontg99]

Beautiful pen, pics and finish!

 

[boxerman]

Wow nice pen.

 

[Powerstroke 7.3]

Very nice - I have some blanks at the house that I have not tried yet - now I will really like the look.

 

[drgoretex]

Man, that is nice wood. And a perfect finish!

Ken

 

[PenMan1]

Nicely done!

 

[Eyeshooter]

Wow! What a beautiful pen. How many coats of CA did you use? There is a real depth to the finish. Very nice work.
-John

 

[Robert Sherlock]

I put 2 coats thin, 15 medium and then 2 more thin. Wet sanded to 12000 and then plastic polish. The wood already had quite a bit of depth so the CA just added to it.

 

[johnnycnc]

Nice. very nice. pics aren't bad either...you have me beat!

 

[Robert111]

WOW! That is gorgeous, but Robert, it hurts me to see it. This morning after getting the cap done, I shattered three pieces of DI burl trying to do the lower barrel.

How did you make out with yours? Obviously very well, but did it give you any trouble? What precautions did you take with this difficult wood?