First Jr. Emperor(s)

[satchm0h]

Exotic Blanks had the Jr. Emperor in Titanium on sale a couple of weeks ago so I took the plunge and bought two of them. Glad I did!

I'm drawing a blank on the wood species for the first, but it is wet sanded using Dr's walnut oil up to 2000 then friction polished with Dr's Pens Plus. I am absolutely loving the finish. So much more natural than CA, but still shiny and lustrous. Time will tell about durability.

The second is a Aquabright Pen Blank - Purple Crush with the holes painted black. I sanded to 600, wet micro mesh pads up through 12000, then polished with Novus 2 & 1.

I'm still very new to pen turning (turning in general). These are my 13th and 14th pens. Any constructive criticism is more than welcome.

 

[Fine Engineer]

Those turned out great! And the top one is just spectacular. The full grain of the wood works fantastically with the facets of the kit. Wonderful.

 

[TDahl]

Very nice.

 

[Sataro]

Both look great! Really like that grain showing on that first one.

 

[Painfullyslow]

Beautifully done!

 

[satchm0h]

Those turned out great! And the top one is just spectacular. The full grain of the wood works fantastically with the facets of the kit. Wonderful.

Thank you!

 

[Jim15]

Those look great.

 

[Kcimdrib]

They look great I use Friction polish as my standard finish. Well done.

 

[qquake]

Exotic Blanks had the Jr. Emperor in Titanium on sale a couple of weeks ago so I took the plunge and bought two of them. Glad I did!

I'm drawing a blank on the wood species for the first, but it is wet sanded using Dr's walnut oil up to 2000 then friction polished with Dr's Pens Plus. I am absolutely loving the finish. So much more natural than CA, but still shiny and lustrous. Time will tell about durability.

The second is a Aquabright Pen Blank - Purple Crush with the holes painted black. I sanded to 600, wet micro mesh pads up through 12000, then polished with Novus 2 & 1.

I'm still very new to pen turning (turning in general). These are my 13th and 14th pens. Any constructive criticism is more than welcome.

I think you're off to a great start!