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This is a DuraClick kit wrapped in Stabilized Redwood Burl. I wondered about turning this one but it was highly figured which I thought would show well.
However, the dark spots were porous but I thought thin CA would fix that. I have never put that much CA on a blank before but it just kept sucking it up which made me wonder if it was hollow!

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This is a DuraClick kit wrapped in Stabilized Redwood Burl. I wondered about turning this one but it was highly figured which I thought would show well.
However, the dark spots were porous but I thought thin CA would fix that. I have never put that much CA on a blank before but it just kept sucking it up which made me wonder if it was hollow!
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Most redwood burl I've worked with is soft and porous. Often it is best to stabilize it before turning. So, I will guess the blank was sucking up the glue in the pores.
 
Beautiful pen!

Redwood is pretty soft so it always seems to soak up a bunch of CA.

I have some unstabilized Redwood burl blanks I want to turn but probably should stabilize first.
 
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