Desert Ironwood from Birthday Auction

[barrels]

Thanks again to Bluestingray..for the beautiful wood

I cross cut the desert ironwood used CA for finish

 

[B727phixer]

Wow that looks beautiful! Nice Job!

 

[toolcrazy]

Very nice pen!!!

 

[stevers]

Beautiful finish, nice job.

 

[Buzz]

Great work Eric. Lovely piece of timber and nice subtle shape. I think the Sierra needs that little bit of shape to the barrel.

 

[Tanner]

Wow, beautiful pen!! Excellent finish!

 

[Ligget]

Fantastic pen Eric, that piece of wood looks awesome and your CA finish is first class![]

 

[RonInSpringTX]

very attractive Eric!! How hard was that ironwood to work with?? My neighbor gave me a piece 1" x 6" x 6" ...(thereabouts) After feeling how heavy it was I just threw it in a "special wood" place [8D] was tempted to cut some blanks but my bandsaw wasn't feeling so nice that day, UGH!!

 

[R2]

Lovely pen Eric!

 

[RonInSpringTX]

hey there Arthur (R2)... sorry wanna continue it with R2D2, sure you've heard that a few hundred times!! seen you on bunches of posts, no pics????

 

[barrels]

Ron,

sorry for the delay in responding.... The ironwood was no problem to work with.... very smooth cutting and I did a cross cut. The wood seems a little oily so with with solvent prior to finishing

 

[louisbry]

Beautiful pen, Eric! Fit and finish are excellent.

 

[johncrane]

Nice one Eric!

 

[Aderhammer]

Beautiful pen, I disagree with buzz, next time try doing a straighter barrel, look at the hand grip, where it transitions into the pen, it is straight and not curved, so i prefer mine to be turned straight.

 

[Dan_F]

Lovely pen, Sierras and Vistas are some of my favorites. Gotta try some ironwood some day.

Dan