Ebony Cigar

[massman]

First cigar in about three months.

 

[JDPens]

Wow, that looks fantastic! I really like the way that the upper barrel turned out.

 

[NavyDiver]

Nice pen. Is it just the pic, or is the lower barrel a little proud at the nib?

 

[airrat]

Looks good. I like the blank below it. A little off center drilling or angle drilling (carefully) can produce a nice effect. EVEN if the off center drilling was a mistake. DAMHIKT

 

[Scott]

Hi Bernie!

That is one sweet pen! You did an excellent job capturing the beauty of that wood!

Scott.

 

[TBone]

Beautiful pen. The contrast on those blanks is fantastic

 

[Skye]

Very nice looking piece of wood. Looks like some sanding lines on the lower barrel.

 

[Penmonkey]

Ahhh... sweet cigars. I have not seen ebony like that before.
I can see some sanding lines too. Something to work on.

 

[pastorbill1952]

Good looking pen except for the lines. They may not be sanding lines but someothing in the finish especially if you used CA. I have one to redo because of it. I couldn't see them but my son saw it right off.

 

[reef12]

nice pen.

 

[TellicoTurning]

This is a great look to your pen... I've only been able to find one blank that has the light and dark woods like this...

 

[massman]

Thanks for the kind words. The lines are not sanding lines but indeed a problem with the CA/BLO finish. The wood was oily and the papertowel actualy stuck to the wood when I applied the CA. I had to resand the entire pen from start with starting with 140 all the way through 12000 mm. I was pretty upset and may try to fix it this weekend. I went to my "Finishing Secrets for Pens" dvd by Russ Fairfield and will take another look at the CA and Surface Prep to see what I might have to change. I also received my "Advanced Pencrafting" DVD by Russ this week. I'll be watching that this weekend.
I have 5 more of these blanks from River's Edge Exotic woods and will get it right the next time.

Your comments are appreciated!! []

 

[johncrane]

Bernie don't be too hard on your self mate! we all have been there and done that'you cant go wrong with Russ's dvd.[]

 

[BigRob777]

Watch for cracking. That looks like a bit like blackwood. I didn't see the scratches, until I looked over my glasses. Nice shape.
Rob

 

[larrystephens]

love the presentation