Spalted Maple Cigar

[Ken Massingale]

This is from the Ambrosia Maple I got at the sawmill a few weeks ago.
Sanding sealer and 3 coats of Mylands Turners Polish, and a coat of TSW. Oh, I used a bit of thin CA in the yellow spalt.
Shameless plug: Some of the lumber is ready to use. There are 4, 5 blank lots in the Individual Classifieds. This is 2 scans of the same pen.

Thanks for looking.
ken

 

[rtjw]

Great looking pens. Love the difference with the spalts.

 

[dubdrvrkev]

Nice looking pen. Great colors.

 

[JimGo]

Ken, that is BEAUTIFUL! I just ordered my monthly allotment of wood, or it would (or should I say "wood") be tempting!

Oh, what the heck!

 

[WoodChucker]

This is a great looking pen, thanks for sharing!

 

[Fleabit]

Nice looking pen. I agree with above, the differences in the spalting makes this pen stand out by itself.

 

[pastorbill1952]

Rellay nice looking pen.

 

[alamocdc]

I too agree with all the above and I just love spalt! And that grain has some really cool figure!

 

[opfoto]

Very nice. Great looking grain.

 

[jvsank]

Great looking pen

 

[Tom McMillan]

That's a real beauty Ken---nice work!!!!

 

[53Jim]

That is a beautiful peice of wood. ACTUALLY - a beautiful pen.

 

[low_48]

Really nice Ken, great craftsmanship, nice choice and direction in the blank. A tip of the hat to Mother Nature!! It's a wonderful thing she does!!!

Rich

 

[woodpens]

That is awesome, Ken!

 

[swm6500]

Great looking pen Ken. Great looking wood.

 

[Ron in Drums PA]

Nice looking pen

 

[hobby_dale]

Very sweet looking pen Ken! It causes one to stop and stare, wondering what else may appear in the wood. That is the beauty of spalts, in creating what I call the "Gaze affect".

 

[J. Fred Muggs]

That is one pretty piece of spalted curly ambrosia South Carolina maple there, Ken. But we gotta be careful here. All these other penturners are gonna want to move down here to God's country with us.[][]