A couple of pens whilst I ponder.

[James Combs]

Here are a couple of slimline pens I finished yesterday while thinking about what my next larger project might be and also what kind of lid/finial treatment I want to do to finish out the plum HF recently posted. Both pens are finished with CA, acrylic polish and wax.

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Gold Slimline dressed in simple maple - A customer order

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Gold Slimline dressed in Canary Wood - A Spec. Pen

[David E Keller]

Nice looking pens, JD. How's the canary wood to turn? I like the looks of it, but I've never managed to turn any.

[Donny Lawson]

Nice looking pens. I like the Canary one best.
Donny

[Bernie Weishapl]

James both are great looking pens. The canary I really like.

[Rod Torgeson]

James....Nice looking pens. If you have a board and not just a canary wood blank, and you were to cut the blanks for a canary wood pen at about a 15 degree angle across the wood, you would get a completely different look to your pen. I have done this and liked the results.

Rod<---in Appleton, WA

[James Combs]

Nice looking pens, JD. How's the canary wood to turn? I like the looks of it, but I've never managed to turn any.

I didn't stand out as being significantly different to turn then most of the exotics I have turned so I don't recall any pros or cons.:o


James....Nice looking pens. If you have a board and not just a canary wood blank, and you were to cut the blanks for a canary wood pen at about a 15 degree angle across the wood, you would get a completely different look to your pen. I have done this and liked the results.

Rod<---in Appleton, WA

It was a grab bag pen blank and the only one. Wish I had some more. The 15* cut is typically the way I cut my blanks if I have a choice.:) The grab bag did not ID it so I had to find it here, http://hobbithouseinc.com/personal/woodpics/, after finding something that looked similar in a Woodcraft or PSI catalog.