Late to the (SE) game

[Fred Bruche]

Managed to finish last night what was going to be my entry for the Pretty wood contest, I reasoned that raw blank glued to the tubes wasn't gonna cut it without turning, so... here it is now
The wood is Honduras rosewood burl (not very burly but it still qualifies from what the vendor said), CA finish.
C&C welcome.

 

[Sly Dog]

Gorgeous pen!

 

[Alan Morrison]

Great burl, great turning and finish, great pen.
I think that pen would have got my vote had you entered the comp.
Alan

 

[SteveG]

Too bad you were running late...the pen is a winner. Nice wood, nice work.

 

[mark james]

Fred - I'm a HUGE fan of wherever you dig up these fantastic blanks! . Along with the one in the IAP collection, this is awesome.

However, I will also say that your skill set to do justice to the blanks is wonderful. As a basic, "blank-show-the-beauty" pen, you have a very skilled eye to display the natural beauty in your pens.

I look forward to your future turnings. Well done.

 

[MRDucks2]

Quite Nice.


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[Jim15]

Beautiful pen.

 

[Fred Bruche]

Fred - I'm a HUGE fan of wherever you dig up these fantastic blanks! . Along with the one in the IAP collection, this is awesome.

However, I will also say that your skill set to do justice to the blanks is wonderful. As a basic, "blank-show-the-beauty" pen, you have a very skilled eye to display the natural beauty in your pens.

I look forward to your future turnings. Well done.

Are you trying to make me blush Mark??
I do spend quite a bit of time looking for quirky looking wood, the online usual suspect websites. This particular blank is a rare exception (I got it already cut to size) but I usually get blocks or boards with unique features and then cut the blanks how I believe is the best. For sure it doesn't work all the time, I have a whole bunch of turned blanks that were never assembled into pens because I didn't like the final result.

 

[KLJ]

Very nice that would have been a winner in my opinion

 

[jttheclockman]

Very nice piece of mother nature's beautiful product and you matched to a deserving kit. great fit and finish Well done and thanks for showing.

 

[naynay]

That is some nice wood. Very nice pen.

 

[John Eldeen]

Fred this is a fantastic piece of wood and you have treated it wonderfully

 

[Buckmark13]

Beautifully done!