Two new woods (for me, anyway)

[DCBluesman]

This Atlas is from the incredibly curly oak that low_48 is selling. This piece had less spalt so I selected it for the atlas.

This is from a cypress knee...not quite in the same class as William Cavanaugh's, but it's my first.

The cypress knee came from one of these.

Comments are welcome. Critiques are appreciated. Thank you for looking!

 

[its_virgil]

My favorite is the curly oak. It really looks nice. New woods are fun to turn and learn about. I turned some Texas ebony for the first time this afternoon. Bought a plank at the Ft. Worth WC store Saturnday. It is a true ebony and grows in deep south Texas.Your pens look nice Lou, as always.
Do a good turn daily!
Don

 

[woodpens]

Nice job, Lou! I am anxious to try some of that spalted curly oak myself. It is outstanding. Those are some pretty knobby knees you have there. []

 

[Tropical]

Very nice looking pens. The third picture is pretty cool looking!!!

 

[Darley]

Those 2 pens are awesome Lou very nice work

Serge

 

[dougle40]

Good stuff Lou. I really like that Cypress Knee , it's different .

 

[WoodChucker]

Lou, you did a great job on those, I really like both pens. That first knee on the left looks a man with a beard. []

 

[Tom McMillan]

Those look wonderful Lou!!! I'm not really familiar with cypress knees---they look very interesting!!!

 

[Fleabit]

Look good! Been wondering how the atlas would look. I like it. The curly is my favorite but the cypress is as good!

 

[wdcav1952]

Lou, you are too generous. As I predicted, you produced a beautiful cypress knee pen. That oak is really nice as well. The cypress knees remind me of home!

 

[tomwojeck]

Wow Lou, nice work! The cyprus knees are really cool looking.

 

[Brent]

Both pens are made very well, If I had to choose one. It would be the curly oak, really like the grain

 

[jwoodwright]

Both are very nice pens. Love the "knees"...

 

[Gregory Huey]

Lou
Outstanding job as always! I like the curly oak. Your knees are kind of knoby looking.

 

[tipusnr]

I concur that they are a couple of nice looking pens. How was the cypress to work with?

 

[KKingery]

Nice job Lou! There's nothing wrong with those pens - both look great.

 

[DCBluesman]

Originally posted by tipusnr
<br />I concur that they are a couple of nice looking pens. How was the cypress to work with?

The cypress is about the easiest wood I've ever worked with. Cut's like warm butter. I used a little shellac to close and pop the open grain. [8D]

 

[Gary]

Very nice work, Lou. I remember seeing cypress in desk lamps many years ago. This is the first time I've seen it in a pen.

 

[jdavis]

Awsome pens, Lou. Thanks for sharing. I like the oak.

 

[opfoto]

Great looking Pens, Lou. Your Cypress knees remind me of Stonehenge.

 

[PenWorks]

Both are good looking Lou, the cypress looks like thuya burl. Nice job.

 

[JimGo]

Lou, did you find the cypress locally?

 

[DCBluesman]

Thanks for all of your kind words.

 

[jkirkb94]

Beautiful pens, Lou! I like them both! Kirk[8D]

 

[rtgleck]

Those are some great looking pens. Very nice job on both of them.

 

[DCBluesman]

Thanks, Kirk and Randy!