Latest pens

[dougle40]

These are the 2 latest pens .
The fisrt is a chrome Cigar pen in African Blackwood and the second is something that I was just playing around with , Cherry with Rosewood CB

 

[KKingery]

Looks good! If you had made the 2nd pen from the same wood as the cigar, you'd have the great Tootsie Roll Pen! Did you just use a parting tool for the bead look?

 

[Gary]

Very nice, Doug.

 

[JimGo]

Doug,
They both look very nice! The second one is unusual, and the Rosewood centerband is a neat idea!

 

[DCBluesman]

Nice work! I can't decide if the cherry/rosewood reminds me more of a centipede or an earthworm.

 

[dougle40]

Did you just use a parting tool for the bead look

No , I used a 1/8" skew . Plunge it in point first then round it off with the same tool .
The experiment was to see if I could get a burn line at the joints of the Cherry and the Rosewood .

 

[tipusnr]

Good looking pens. Like the cherry - don't bother with the "tootsie roll" idea. I did it in a comfort grip (see my album). It gets a lot of lookers but I'm STILL toting the thing around a year later!

 

[woodscavenger]

Grub larvae.....tootsie roll...it's all good. You've got to stretch the envelope sometimes to get new ideas.

 

[jwoodwright]

Neat idea... Nice pens...

 

[tomwojeck]

Cool pens Doug!

How did you finish the cherry pen?

 

[opfoto]

Nice pens... I like the Cigar pen best.

 

[dougle40]

How did you finish the cherry pen?

Tom ,
I only use 1 finish for all my pens , Turners Polish and a coat of paste wax on top .