burl

Who needs exotic wood when native cherry looks like this? This is a Jr. Gent II in Rhodium wrapped in Black Cherry Burl from northern Pennsylvania. I stabilized it with Cactus Juice and it turned and finished like a dream. The finish is just a few coats of BLO & thin CA and then buffed.

I have been challenged with an ongoing issue when turning burl pens. It's the pitting/pockets. I've read various blogs and it seems inevitable to have pitting in burls pens. What ideas are out there to either prevent the pitting, or ways to fill the pits and finish the pen. I apologize for...

I'm still working on my photography skills, but this pen is a spalted two-tone afzelia burl from Bad Dogs. It's also my first FP, and is one I may be keeping for myself. CA Finish, 6 coats, then buffed with a little carnauba wax on a wheel.

I came across a site the other day while searching for some exotic burl wood. Bad Dogs Burl Source - Home Page A great website, with a ton of beautiful stuff and great customer service. I made a line of pens out of red mallee burl and rose myrtle burl, you can look at them here. Gorgeous...

Here are my two latest. The skull and crossbones was a pain in the butt. I love the purple one.

So I finished this pen last December and the heat of trying to crank out as many pens as I could for Christmas gifts I forgot what type of wood I used here, and I also cheaped out on finishing it. With the burl I had troubles filling in the deep crevices with CA, is there any way to do such...

I'm headed to harrogate england for a week. Anyone know of any good burl/wood shops nearby?

Here is one done with Amboyna Burl acquired from another member here (thanks Garrett). The finish came out perfect but the "fit" needs a bit of work. Any advice on how to clean up the ends so they don't show the white bands would be appreciated. Thanks, Tom

Here's what my blank looks like: I'm looking for a pen kit that'll go nicely with it, but I'm having trouble picking the "perfect" kit. I am rather new to pen turning, but I have a few under my belt and I'd like to make this my formal pen, a very exquisite pen. My price range on a kit is...

Hey all! Took a weekend at home from college, so naturally the first thing I did was ate a big bucket of green chile (the local food of choice in New Mexico):biggrin:, and hopped on the lathe! I was hoping to make a whole bunch of pens, to replenish my stock, but I figured one real nice one...

My first pen since early December. A Majestic fountain pen. This is a piece of Honduran Rosewood Burl I purchased from Johnm here on IAP. Thanks, John! Finished with several coats of thin CA, then med. CA. Micromeshed up through all grits, then polished with Novs2 and PlastX. Finally a...

haven't found a spare minute in months for hobbies. so I'm glad the hour I spent tonight in the garage gave me this pen. pretty happy with it, except for this: the wood right under the finial thins out too much. you can see through it! will gift this to my father, who is coming in this weekend...

This is similar to the double closed-end I made last weekend but I thought a fountain would be more appropriate. I made the bottom barrel about 1.5cm longer than I did last time. The centerband is made from trustone turquoise and buckeye burl. I am more pleased with how the hidden clip turned...

Here is my latest pen. It is Red Malle burl with swirly blue stripes, finished with CA on a Jr. Statesman Titanium Gold Kit. Whadaya think? Eugene

I was fortunate enough to find a large wedge of beautiful amboyna locally. It made some great pen blanks. It didn't have any sap wood around the outside though. This is one of the pens that I have made with it. This is a Majestic pen kit from Penn State. The amboyna was first sanded down to...

Here's a cigar pen I made from some of Wolfdancer's Lace Redwood Burl. Thanks again, Rod! Turned between centers and drilled on the lathe. Check out how accurately centered the hole was drilled. Sanded to 1500 wet/dry automotive paper. I used several coats of CA, sometimes adding a BLO wipe...

Has anyone ever seen purple heart burl...is there such a thing? If so any pictures or places to purchase? Thanks, Steve

A couple of weeks ago, I proudly finished my first pen after a dozen DNFs. That made it number 13. Unlucky number 13. Photo enclosed. Not a bad looking pen, although it had some mistakes. It was definitely a keeper. It was, after all, my first pen. In my real world, I had a client that had...

I studied everything I could before put a chisel to wood. I'd get a little further with each pen, solving the problems as they arose. I had purchased this blank of amboyna burl two tone from eBay about two months ago. The kit, as you probably recognize is a designer from PSI. I was so excited...

Just received the Jr Marshall kit from Karen at KJP and mated it with a perfect Rosewood Burl blank from Chris at BestBurl.com http://bestburl.com/burl.html Pen is for a fellow wood turner at Chesapeake Woodturners who is retiring and moving to Maine. Black Titanium kit - Rosewood Burl blank...