Here is a gun metal cigar dressed in Russian Olive. I tried to maximize the sapwood (lighter colored wood) and ended up with a little bit of bark left on the pen right near the center band. What's you thoughts on the bark? Would you consider it a flaw or something that adds a little character to the pen? Looking foward to some feedback. Thanks for looking.
A flaw...????
If that is considered a flaw then, 99% of my turnings have "huge" flaws...!
No sir, that is not a flaw, is a feature that represents something that you don't see much in pen blanks, particularly, Olive wood of ant kind...!
So, the pen is just fine...!
Russian Olive is certainly very different that the most common European Olive woods, as far as I'm concerned, any Olive wood species is good enough for me...!
Cheers
George