latest pens - redwood burl and carbon fiber

[Joe Aliperti]

Here are my latest pens. Thanks for looking!

Lace Redwood Burl Jr. Statesman rollerball in rhodium/22K gold:

http://www.silverlakewoodworks.com/images/pens/lace_redwood_burl3.JPG

http://www.silverlakewoodworks.com/images/pens/lace_redwood_burl1.JPG


Carbon fiber cast in clear resin. CSUSA Zen and Sienna kits, both in black titanium:

http://www.silverlakewoodworks.com/images/pens/carbon_fiber_zen1.JPG

http://www.silverlakewoodworks.com/images/pens/carbon_fiber_sienna1.JPG

[Chris Zeigler]

Wow those are really great.

[Van Huskey]

Really nice!

[John Keeton]

Joe, nice work. That Redwood burl is fantastic!! The carbon is high tech looking, and very eye catching, too, but I am drawn to the wood. Nice pics, too.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Both of those are beauties. Really nice burl.

[Brian Effinger]

That sierra is sharp. Well done on all of them Joe.

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful work on both pens Joe! That burl is very pretty but I really like the carbon fiber - real high-tech feel to it!

Very nice work - great photos as well!

[Baxter Smith]

Very nice looking pens. Great burl!

[Eugenio Soto]

LOVE the carbon fiber, great sofisticated look.

Eugene

[Harvey Ghesser]

Beautiful work, Joe!

[John W Dixon]

Joe your pens are fantastic! You are really doing some nice work. I think I'm partial to the redwood burl.

John

[James Combs]

Great looking pens Joe. I am more partial to the wooden ones but the black ones are still stunning. Just keep them coming, they give me ideas.

[Joe Aliperti]

Thanks for comments! I prefer wood myself, but it's nice to try a variety of materials.

[Roland Martin]

Not taking away from the carbon fiber, but that burl really does it for me. Nice pens!

[Doug W Swanson]

I like them both!

They both have redeeming qualities about them. The wood has an organic feel but the carbon fiber is more futuristic....

Very nice!

Doug

[Tim Rinehart]

Quit guys...just quit.

I'm not looking forward to my CSUSA invoice as it is...and now I MUST order that Zen Pen kit. Very stunning and clean. I like it.
The choice of carbon fiber was a great one for use with the Black Titanium finish.

How hard was the carbon fiber stuff to turn? Is it actually carbon fiber (me thinks would be too hard to turn, but maybe not if encapsulated in resin).

Any other tips on what you learned turning it, if so.

Nice!!

[Joe Aliperti]

Tim,

The carbon fiber is a real sleeve of carbon fiber material wrapped around the pen tube and then cast in clear polyester resin. They are made by a guy on the penturner forum with the username CaptG. So they are actually very easy to turn, and shine up really nice with micromesh and plastic polish.

The Zen kits are very cool. And the cap is magnetic which is a neat feature. Here are a couple other Zens I've turned recently:

Figured Koa:

http://www.silverlakewoodworks.com/images/pens/koa_zen2.JPG

Purple-dyed box elder burl:

http://www.silverlakewoodworks.com/images/pens/purple_zen2.JPG

[ron hossack]

That piece of burl is going to make any other material look like a second class citizen and I'm afraid in my poor opinion those other pens kind of lack luster. Nice job