Surprise Inside a Double-Dyed

[Dick Mahany]

Since I'm new to this, I was curious to turn a double dyed Box Elder Burl to see what it would look like. I didn't expect the inside to be so different from the outside, but here's a picture of the 1/2 of the blank before turning, and the finished pen. Now I know.

 

[seamus7227]

:good::good:looks awesome! what did you finish that up with?

 

[firewhatfire]

Yup good stuff right there

 

[its_virgil]

So, are you pleased or not? Surprised and happy or surprised and unhappy? I like the double dyed BEB blanks where one of the colors is black. Each one is different.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[Dick Mahany]

:good::good:looks awesome! what did you finish that up with?

I used medium CA glue and boiled linseed oil, about 8 coats, followed by a light buff with white diamond.

 

[Dick Mahany]

So, are you pleased or not? Surprised and happy or surprised and unhappy? I like the double dyed BEB blanks where one of the colors is black. Each one is different.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

I was hoping for more of the teal-black, and at first wasn't too fond of the purplish and light wood colorings, but it grew on me and is really a complex mix of colors. I too like the black colors in the double dye patterns and plan to try dying a few on my own very soon.

 

[tkbarron]

Wow, looks like a view of deep space! Beautiful!!

Tom

 

[booney0717]

I've been curious about these blanks for a while now but never bought one because the blank just looks ugly. Now that i've seen the results, i'm gonna give em a try. Nice pen.

 

[Chatham PenWorks]

Good work. Always interesting to see the difference between start and finish with these blanks.

 

[jasontg99]

Very nice. Love the color contrast.

 

[Dalepenkala]

Dick nothing wrong with that blank! I think that burl turned out wonderful! I'd say that would appeal to the lady's!

 

[Dick Mahany]

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Thanks folks for the comments! Most of you likely knew what I just now realized, but I'd thought that I would share the before and after pic. I guess I need to explore more....................yes ???

 

[Hendu3270]

Saaaweeeet!! coloring inside turned out great.

 

[Sataro]

Very nice looking pen! That color contrast just grabs your attemtion!

 

[Maskman080900]

Theres a company "Texas Wood House" does double dyeing. There black really lookd good. They offer colors I haven't seen before. They are at texaswoodhouse.com. Give em a visit if your looking for good looking dyed wood.

 

[rizaydog]

Very nice looking pen. Great job.

 

[joefyffe]

Dick: Blanks are like Christmas presents. You don't know what's inside till you open it. That is BEAUTIFUL!!! Tight eyes, complex pattern, spectacular mix of colors, what more could you want? Well, a customer, I guess!!:biggrin::biggrin:

BUT< I don't know about that either! That one, Hmmmm! just might ought to be kept for a carry, to show off, pen!:wink: