redfishsc
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I turned this one today as an experiment as I've never done a closed end anything, nor one with a wood cap finial.
The cap finial ended up a bit bigger than I'd originally planned, and a bit different shape---- it looks to me like those hats you'd see on TV sitcoms back in the 80's whenever a Russian showed up (I don't even know if they wear those in Russia).
This big brown pen just reminds me of a big Kamchatka kodiak bear.
45* cut bubinga (not the best choice for my first closed end, as the end got shorter and shorter as the turning progressed, lol... but I managed to save it before hitting the drilled hole).
Ti gold Gent. Finished with mulitple coats of conversion varnish, then sanded to fill the grain, recoated and micromeshed.
You can see how the cap sorta came out looking like one of those big Russian hats.
The cap finial ended up a bit bigger than I'd originally planned, and a bit different shape---- it looks to me like those hats you'd see on TV sitcoms back in the 80's whenever a Russian showed up (I don't even know if they wear those in Russia).
This big brown pen just reminds me of a big Kamchatka kodiak bear.
45* cut bubinga (not the best choice for my first closed end, as the end got shorter and shorter as the turning progressed, lol... but I managed to save it before hitting the drilled hole).
Ti gold Gent. Finished with mulitple coats of conversion varnish, then sanded to fill the grain, recoated and micromeshed.
You can see how the cap sorta came out looking like one of those big Russian hats.