The Color Purple

[rd_ab_penman]

Started out a brown color and took 3 days in the sunlight after turning to size to get the right color of purple.
My lady customer said think Egg Plant for the color.
The timber is a piece of Purple Heart.

Sanded to 400, buffed with Super Fine Steel Wool and applied 6 coats of MINWAX polyurethane the bring out the depth of color and grain.

The kit is a Titanium Gold Perfect Fit Floral design Half Twist.

Les

 

[rjwolfe3]

Beautiful!

 

[galoot_loves_tools]

Beautiful pen and a fabulous finish. How long did the finishing steps take?

 

[aggromere]

that is beautiful. Purple Heart is one of my very favorite woods. I still carry one of the first pens I made and it was from purple heart. Didn't know how to do a CA finish then so just waxed it. I think it has gotten better looking over the years.