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laurie sullivan
07-04-2006, 8:27 PM
hello everyone, here is some black palm i worked on for 2 hours. real tough turn. needed to keep sharping my gouge. then sanded it down to final size. i used 4 coats of CA, then polished it.

laurie

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Jim Becker
07-04-2006, 10:25 PM
Now, that's a kewel looking pen, Laurie! Nice job.
Bernie Weishapl
07-04-2006, 10:28 PM
Nice job Laurie. I was thinking of turning some palm but heard it is hard to do. Great looking pen.
Wayne Bitting
07-04-2006, 10:38 PM
Wow, that's one nice looking pen! I've turned plam once as my first bottle topper and didn't enjoy turning it much, it was fairly difficult. Looking at your pen makes me want to take another stab at it.
Ernie Nyvall
07-04-2006, 11:32 PM
Wow Laurie, that is a pretty pen. Very nice job.

Ernie
Curt Fuller
07-04-2006, 11:43 PM
Beautiful pen! I've never seen one like that before.
Corey Hallagan
07-05-2006, 12:14 AM
Don't think I have ever seen a cigar turned in palm before. That is a sharp pen Laurie! Nice job.

Corey
Barry Stratton
07-05-2006, 12:35 AM
That is one amazingly beautiful pen, Laurie! Great work.
Keith Christopher
07-05-2006, 1:46 AM
Laurie,

I've turned palm a couple of times, and yes it is tough stuff to work, sometimes it just comes off in splinters. Found the best way was to turn it with a skew. The bevel cut seems to work best.

Your pen came out as a beauty ! Very nice !
Vaughn McMillan
07-05-2006, 2:24 AM
Very nice, Laurie. I really like the look of the palm, and you did a fine job working it.

- Vaughn
Tom Sherman
07-05-2006, 12:27 PM
Real nice pen Laurie. the finish makes the grain reach out to you.
George Conklin
07-05-2006, 1:48 PM
Nicely done, Laurie. I've always wondered about palm?
Henry C. Gernhardt, III
07-05-2006, 5:23 PM
Looks like it was worth the two hours, Laurie. That pen is gorgeous!
Colleen Devine
07-05-2006, 7:01 PM
...especially because of the grain direction. I really like the unique look of the palm. Nice, nice work!

Colleen
Mark Cothren
07-06-2006, 10:40 AM
Fantastic looking pen!
Rich Stewart
07-06-2006, 11:15 AM
Hard for me to imagine palm being hard. I cut a palm tree down for a neighbor years ago that was about 12 inch diameter and my first hit with the ax went about three quarters through. Very wet, stringy wood. two chops and it was down.

Really nice looking pen. I'd say worth the effort. Way to hang in there.