Quilted Sapelle Baron

[alamocdc]

On gold hardware, MM'd and finished with homebrew lacquer based FP and Ren Wax. Photo doesn't do it justice.

Thanks for looking and fell free to speak your mind.

 

[JimGo]

Very pretty Billy! The grain almost makes it look like there's furr on that blank!

 

[Rifleman1776]

Beautiful wood. Excellent workmanship and interesting treatment.

 

[pastorbill1952]

Great looking pen Billy, Like the design.

 

[MDWine]

Very nice indeed.

 

[rtjw]

Very nice pen.

 

[Ron Mc]

Great looking pen and wood. Where did you find quilted Sapelle?

 

[BigRob777]

Billy,
Your contours are not <b>too</b> deep, so I really like it. I wish I could see the chattoyance. I can tell it is there, but can't see into it. I can't take a good picture of curly maple. It looks great in one spot, but not in another, even though it is curly all of the way around. I hope to try a photo booth and spread out the light.

Now I wish I sold quilted sapele.
Rob[]

 

[alamocdc]

Thanks, all! Ron, I picked this up on my recent field trip to Woodturningz. In fact, I got 10. [] Ryan had it as the wood of the week a few months ago and after seeing it in person, I was wishing I had bought it then. Maybe we can talk him into putting it on special again soon. It really is great stuff!

 

[DCBluesman]

Very nice pen and a great piece of wood! FYI, Rob, the reason you can't see chatoyance in the pictures is because chatoyance is a 3-D effect. We see it in person since the objects are 3-D and we have stereoscopic vision, but in a picture our eyes can only see two-dimensions. If you see a photo with chatoyance (other than a 3-D photo), the chatoyance has been "created" with photo editing.