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CharlesH

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Hey guys,

So I have little time these days and I decided to make a nice gift to my mother.

As some of you probably know afzelia burl is my favorite wood. Nothing come close to what you see under, colors are just insane along with the figure.

That being said, I had countless fights with that wood. For those of you think I tend to always succeed, it is not the case. I went through many blanks without success.

That afzelia is not stabilized, soft as pine, it's got voids everywhere, in fact, this pen took me nearly 7 hours to turn and finish but I won.

I am satisfied, finally.

Clicky the thumbnails and watch out not fall off your chair, that wood is INSANELY GORGEOUS.

Thanks for looking,

Charles







 
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WOW! That indeed is some beautiful wood, beautifully finished and an absolutly fantastic looking pen.
 
Hm. It's OK.

Hah! Can't keep a straight face:biggrin: That is amazing! That wood is so ultra figured, you could spend a day just looking at it's intricacies!

Very, very nice!

Looks like CA finish....?

Ken
 
That wonderful timber is worth every second you had to use to reach that close to perfection. Congratulations on a fabulous pen. Your Mother will be so proud.
Charles
 
That kind of burl should be illegal for pens. Unless we all can get burl like that :mad:

Great job Charles, looks super :good::good:

Keith "mrburls"
 
There is this smooth bright shiny spot on your finish.

Hehe looks great! Nice job on the pen!

Anyone see the "face" in the 3rd picture on the cap? Near the bottom of the picture, turn your head to the right. :)
 
Mothers are worth every minute or in this case several hours spent on her pen.

Let us know her reception of it in her words.

Top pen cannot get any higher praise than that.

Kind regards Peter.
 
A-MA-ZING!

With wood like that I would definitely stabilize it so there was less chance of loss. I think we are all wanting to know where that wood came from.

Martin

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Sucking up to your mom with a pen like that!!!
Shameful!!!!
:biggrin: :worship::bananen_smilies046:

Another beauty with an amazing bit of timber and glass finish!!

Andrew
 
Charles, very beautiful pen and it took your best effort to produce it . Congratulations !! Well done. Can't wait to see what you do with the segmented blank I am about to send to you. Take care.
Joe
 
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Charles, gorgeous as always.

My question is how do you get suck large, high res photos to fit the size constraints of this site?
 
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