First try - Businessman pen - subfossil oak

[Kenobi]

Not perfect, and hard to take a good picture

 

[jrista]

Wow. That is stunning. I love that you left the natural surface of the wood in play there. Beautiful pen!


Not trying to shamelessly plug. But perhaps this could help you with your photos (I know its long, but maybe something in here will help):

Creating & Lighting Effective Pen Photography Setups

Well, for a year or so now, I've been photographing my turned items for my Etsy store. I started out with a fairly simple setup, which improved my photos a bit. Over time, I kept refining the setup, looking for ways to improve it more and more. My setup is now fairly refined, but still rather...

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[mark james]

I absolutely love that you left the open pores, and resisted filling in the grain. Beautiful finished pen!

 

[Kenobi]

I absolutely love that you left the open pores, and resisted filling in the grain. Beautiful finished pen!

Thank you. I have worked with oak (not subfossil) a lot before,its basically a "crown wood" where I live, oak wood furniture lasts forever. Also,like half of my turning tool handles are made of oak. I knew exactly what look & feel I wanted to achieve, to make the user feel the real wood when holdin the pen. I have sanded only 120 grit (a lot, to get the shape) and then directly to micromesh set. Finished with mixture of beeswax and mineral oil, as CA would totally ruin it