Pleasant Surprise - Cinnamon

[Rangertrek]

I had a client who recently had lung surgery. He wanted a pen for his surgeon and said I could pick out any style of fountain pen or wood for him. So, I was looking in my inventory and had a Jr. Retro FP in 10K Gold in stock.
Then I picked out a piece of Cinnamon from Hawaii that was rather plain looking on the outside. While turning the blanks so of the interior character began to show.

To my surprise, this turned out to be a spectacular blank and one of the best looking pens I have made. If fact, I am having second thoughts on selling this fountain pen.:wink:

 

[ed4copies]

Penturning "...is like a box of chocolates......"

 

[bitshird]

John that is a stunning piece of Cinnamon nice surprise, The pen looks great.

 

[Whaler]

Beautiful, you struck gold with that blank.

 

[hilltopper46]

Great looking pen. Good job of lining up the grain.

 

[ldb2000]

Great looking pen . Some of my best looking pens have come from blanks that looked either too plain or just butt ugly until they were turned to size .

 

[David Keller]

Nice looking pen... I've not turned cinnamon, but I assume it smells nice when turning. This one looks nice, too.

 

[Pioneerpens]

Stunning Pen! Nice job!

 

[Rangertrek]

David, NO smell to the wood on Cinnamon.

 

[CSue]

What a wonderful suprise! Beautiful pen!

 

[johnnycnc]

GREAT looking wood, nice surprise indeed! You did it proud.

 

[NewLondon88]

Wow .. .look at the GREAT pen you found while making a pine pen for the surgeon!

 

[Mark]

What an elegant looking wood. That is a great surprise. Nicely Done.