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Barry Stratton

07-12-2006, 11:57 PM

Finally stepped up to a "real" pen kit, CS USA cigar in Black titanium. Wood is cross cut olive, finished with lacquer, then waxed.

Sweet smelling wood, great kit (you called it Corey).

Thanks for looking!

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Bernie Weishapl

07-13-2006, 12:02 AM

Barry that is a beautiful pen. I like the finish on it. Great work my friend.

Ken Fitzgerald

07-13-2006, 12:05 AM

Barry..........Nicely done! Beautiful wood!

Corey Hallagan

07-13-2006, 12:07 AM

Nice job Barry! That black ti looks real sweet! Can't beat it! I have some olivewood to try. No problems with the lacquer I take it. I hear sometimes the olivewood is so oily that finishes are tough to get without clouding up. The finish is top notch!

Corey

Tom Sherman

07-13-2006, 6:36 AM

Nice Cigar Barry, I carry a pen that LOML made for me out of Olive wood but not xcut, had a tuff time getting a finish to stick but it is smooth as a baby's bottom.

Keith Burns

07-13-2006, 8:07 AM

Very nice pen Barry. Great fit, wood and finish.:) :)

Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan

07-13-2006, 8:25 AM

".....Smoking....." :D

Nice units for sure, got to try some of those.

Cheers!

Henry C. Gernhardt, III

07-13-2006, 10:11 AM

Looks very nice, Barry. What's that it's resting on?

Barry Stratton

07-13-2006, 11:05 AM

Thanks for the kind words! I use mineral spirits between grits, and then give the blanks a final rub down before finishing. Seems to work on the oily woods.

And Henry - it is resting on a Panache pen out of redheart.

Jason Christenson

07-13-2006, 5:35 PM

My first cigar was a Te Amo robusto. Now I tend more towards Partagas, CAO and Indian Tabac :D Nice pen, by the way!

Barry Stratton

07-14-2006, 3:41 AM

My first cigar was a Te Amo robusto. Now I tend more towards Partagas, CAO and Indian Tabac :D Nice pen, by the way!

Good one:D

I think mine was a Swisher Sweet!

Stu Ablett in Tokyo Japan

07-14-2006, 3:54 AM

Good one:D

I think mine was a Swisher Sweet!

Oh, the humanity........ :eek:
I'll have to send you some real cigars in the next shipment of wood ;) :D

Ernie Nyvall

07-14-2006, 6:22 PM

Nice job on the pen Barry. I've never tuened any olive wood. How is it?

Ernie

Barry Stratton

07-14-2006, 11:28 PM

Nice job on the pen Barry. I've never tuened any olive wood. How is it?

Ernie

Turned real easy in my limited experience. Being end grain, I kept the gouge and skew sharp and took my time to avoid flying chunks at bad moments:D Good thing the blank was thick!

Thanks again.