Some recent pens...

[allisnut]

Here's some recent pens I'ev done. Feel free to let me know what you think.

Magnetic Vertex - Bethlehem Olivewood -

Majestic Jr - Spalted Maple -

Are Deco - Teak Burl -

Cigar - Amboyna Burl -

Vertex - Antler -

Cartridge - Antler -

Slimline - Antique pine -

Slimline - Antique Pine -

 

[Eric Laudenbacher]

Beautiful pens.:icon_thum

 

[Gotcha6]

I like antique heart pine for pens. I usually leave them polished with no finish so the scent can be enjoyed as well as the wood pattern.

 

[allisnut]

I've found that the pine is so dry that it absorbs the oils from your skin and gets dirty looking if I don't put a CA finish on them. The first pine pens I made just had crystal coat for a finish and got dirty looking pretty quick.

 

[MikeH]

Adam the pens look great! Have you ever had the CA finish cloud up on you? I've done quite a few pens with CA and every once in a while I get some clouding in it. I haven't been able to figure out what causes it. Do you use accelerant when you use CA?

 

[allisnut]

The only time I've had problems with the CA clouding was from moisture. I sanded through the CA while wet sanding with micromesh, and then tried to go back with more CA without giving it time to dry. I imagiane that high moisture wood would cause clouding if you let the CA get hot while polishing it. I do use accelerator. I put a few drops of thin ca on a folder paper towel and wipe it across the wood with the lathe turning ~8-900 rpm. I do this three times, then hit it with accelerator. I repeat this process until I have 15 - 21 coats of thin CA. Then I wet sand through all of the micromesh pads up to 12,000.