Lilac Pen

[lorbay]

Made this pair yesterday, they are Lilac blanks I cut last fall and I microwaved them for 4 min on med to finish drying them. 10 coats of thin CA, micromeshed to 12000 and 1 coat of 20-20 plastic polish. Finished in a Le Roi T/G. As always comments good or bad welcome.

Lin.

 

[maxman400]

Nice looking Pen, Great looking wood.

 

[MarkD]

Nice Pens! I have a bunch of Lilac drying now. It's hard to tell from the pictures but the lilac I have has some beautiful colors in it. I hope mine will look as nice.

 

[RHossack]

Very nice!

You just reminded me that I have a Lilac Root blank sitting on the lathe table I drilled and did nothing with. Need to see if it looks anywhere as nice as yours.

 

[ohiococonut]

Nice! I wondered what Lilac looked like. My daughter sent me cell phone pics yesterday of a dead Lilac she dug out of her yard. Claims it's spalted, we'll see. Now I'm anxious to get it.

 

[paintspill]

nice . did some lilac barons myself. love the wood and turns like butter.

 

[lorbay]

Thanks for the comments people. When I took it home from my buddies house in the green state I had no idea it would look like this. I gave them to him and his wife for Canada Day July 1st, they couldn't believe their eyes when they opened the box.

Lin.

 

[corian king]

Nice set of pens.great work!