Finished this last night. The ebony chunked out a little but the slurry of dust is invisible in the black wood.
Kind of wanted to do all ebony, but only had really thin pieces so I used the most I could. Was hoping the manzanita would be a little more red, but was too lazy to cut open new logs looking for darker stuff, so I used what was sitting on my scroll saw.
I like how it turned out. When i used my rubbing compounds i used mainly a low speed . You can definitely feel more and know when you are ready for the next finer compound. I dont know that I've ever made a pen that turned out so glossy.
Sorry for not wiping the prints off on the 3rd pic.
Kind of wanted to do all ebony, but only had really thin pieces so I used the most I could. Was hoping the manzanita would be a little more red, but was too lazy to cut open new logs looking for darker stuff, so I used what was sitting on my scroll saw.
I like how it turned out. When i used my rubbing compounds i used mainly a low speed . You can definitely feel more and know when you are ready for the next finer compound. I dont know that I've ever made a pen that turned out so glossy.
Sorry for not wiping the prints off on the 3rd pic.
