Tough turn

[Laurenr]

I was going to say, "You have no idea," but then thought better of it. You DO have an idea.

This is some figured persimmon I found on ebay. Even though I stabilized the bejabbers out of the blank, I had to get pretty creative with CA to deal with the soft spots.

 

[nava1uni]

That is a beautiful pen. You did a great job.

 

[we4marts]

Awesome looking pen

 

[Pioneerpens]

very nice!

 

[PaulDoug]

Nice work. That is some pretty wood.

 

[AceMrFixIt]

Sharp looking pen, good job.

 

[Jgrden]

Beautiful. Say, does the texture of the wood change with the color?? You are quite an artisan to work with the changes.

 

[mbroberg]

Beautiful!!

 

[Jim15]

Awesome pen.

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Beautiful!

Robin

 

[markgum]

sweet looking pen

 

[truckfixr]

Very nice. The wood is fantastic.

 

[Laurenr]

Yeah, the orange spots are about the consistency of the detritus that collects in the grooves of a drill bit. When that stuff flies out you are left with a huge "worm-hole."

 

[fishlux]

That's because those are bug-holes. Probably from a borer.

 

[billw]

Thats a sweet looking pen!

 

[Bree]

Fine piece of work! Good job turning what looks to be some punky wood!
:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

 

[David Keller]

Looks like it was worth the trouble. It looks great.

 

[boxerman]

Very cool looking wood. Nice wood.

 

[thewishman]

Great job on a beautiful piece of wood!