Dyed Box Elder Burl - Blue w/ Copper Slimline

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The last blue one I'm going to do for now, I'm going to start selling off these blanks now that I've got a handle on what the finished product looks like. All these blanks come out of the pot looking so different, it's hard to tell what's underneath! :)

Time to move on to a few more colors. The violet ones turned out really pretty, but I've not made any pens with it yet. I'm in the process of a red one and a goldenrod one, both promise to be nice with the flame/hard wood streaking.

I haven't been able to figure out why yet, but this wood seems to turn much easier after it's been dyed. Maybe the DNA? Dunno, could be because I finally got the grinder and my tools are sharper more of the time. [?] *shrugs*

This is a copper slimline per customer's request, finish is CA/BLO (of course!)

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Nice pen Karl

Nothing wrong with a slim line I have customers that do really prefer them, not every one like the big ones.[^]

The dyed effect lloks ggod but I still prefer the natural.

Ypur photograpy is really good, what camera are you using?
 
Originally posted by simomatra
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Ypur photograpy is really good, what camera are you using?
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Still using my old Nikon Coolpix 995 3.3 megapixel. As long as the batteries hold out and I can still get compact flash cards, I really like it. Nice and big, easy to get my paws on it.

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I don't like the dinky new ones at all. My wife's little Kodak Easyshare bazillion megapixel thing keeps getting stuck under my fingernail when I try to push just one button at a time. heh
 
Excellent... really a nice looking pen!

I like the way the bulge in the lower barrel isn't in the center of the barrel... makes the whole pen look very classy to me...
 
Originally posted by wdcav1952
<br />Karl your dye work is great. I just don't understand why you always put two pens in your photos! [;)]
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Yeah, you think that's bad, you should see all the trouble I have to go through to get perfectly book-matched blanks! [:p]
 
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