Platinum Big Ben

[cigarman]

I made this out of cocobolo that I thought would be real dark but I kind of like what the wood did. I know it was'nt me. Thanks for looking and of course critques are always welcome.

 

[Ken Massingale]

Beautiful cigar, Tom. It's amazing what wood can do, isn't it?
ken

 

[KKingery]

No a bad job at all! The overall fit looks very good. What type of finish did you use?

 

[Gary]

Very nice job. I've seen some of the cocobolo from Mexico that was pretty light in color.

 

[JimGo]

Tom, it looks great! Very good fit!. FYI, next time, if you leave the Cocobolo out in the sun for a while (1/2 hour to an hour) before you apply your finish, the Cocobolo will darken. Personally, I like the lighter colored Cocobolo and do my best to find pieces like yours, but you mentioned something about darker wood.

 

[ctEaglesc]

Nobody saw the beaver in that pen yet?
My pens are made from animals,not have pictures of animals in them.
How'd you do that?

 

[darbytee]

Great looking pen Tom! Isn't that cocobolo great to work with? By the way, what part of Kansas are you in? I'm in northern Oklahoma (about two hours south of Wichita).

 

[Fleabit]

Nice job on the pen! I turned some cocobolo for the first time last week and love working with it.

 

[cigarman]

I'll try to answer the questions.
The finish is BLO,CA and friction polish with TSW.
I am in the SE corner of Kansas about 180 miles East of Wichita.
Eagle if I told you how I did that ....Well you know the rest[]
Actully thats just the way it came out. Kind of neet.

 

[tipusnr]

I think it's a Guinea Pig! Great looking pen.

 

[Tom McMillan]

Nice pen Tom---and the beaver /or guinea pig / or ground hog is cool too!!!!

 

[DCBluesman]

Very nice pen, Tom. I'm with you on preferring the dark cocobolo, but this one is an exception!

 

[PenWorks]

Very sharp pen Tom, I like the contrast of the orange and dark colors, I like my cocobolo that way.

 

[pmichris]

Love the look, however I think if you turn it point down it might look a little like ZZ Top

 

[opfoto]

Beautiful Pen.

 

[Gregory Huey]

Very sharp looking pen and I prefur my cocobolo in that color range.

 

[wicook]

All the cocobolo I've seen so far (I'm still a newbie) has been dark. This stuff is beautiful! Thanks for sharing the picture.

 

[Jacks of all Trades]

Very Very Nice Pops
That is one of your best "I thank "
Brian Clay

 

[woodpens]

That is a great looking pen! The beaver looks cool too. [] Odds are, the cocobolo will darken with exposure to air and sunlight.

 

[WoodChucker]

Tom, I love Cocobolo and all of it's many different shades! Your pen is beautiful...Nice work!