Buckeye Burl

[propencity]

Perhaps my favorite wood to turn for pens. You just never know where those eyes will pop out until the finish is applied. Thanks for viewing and comments are always appreciated. Merry Christmas everyone.

 

[David Keller]

Nicely done. Gorgeous wood.

 

[phil]

Wow that is nice. wood matches the kit very nicely! (listen to me talking like im a pen connoisseur :tongue I just plain like it! never turned buckeye before, but ive got one in the mail heading toward me! cant wait to work it after seeing this!

Phil

 

[ctubbs]

Good looking pen Mark. It all goes together very well./
Charles

 

[ldb2000]

I've never been a big fan of Buckeye but that piece is making me think twice . Beautiful timber and pen .

 

[propencity]

Hey Phil. Thanks for the compliments. The wood is very light and very porous. I took extra time to periodically apply thin CA to stabilize areas of wood that I thought were suspect, especially as you get closer to the finished thickness.

 

[propencity]

Thanks Butch. Yeah, in its unfinished form, the wood does not look all that impressive. But boy, after applying the CA finish, those eyes just pop out.

 

[propencity]

Thanks everyone for compliments. Happy Turning!

 

[Jim15]

Awesome pen.

 

[ToddMR]

Great pen! I love Buckeye burl too. You did a nice job on this one. Nice and straight too. I always like when it has the nice dark or black sections in the piece too. Good fit & finish!

 

[Ankrom Exotics]

Very nice. Buckeye is one of my favorites, too.