Amboyna Burl

[Jon Lanier]

Turned this a few days ago. Amboyna Burl, Jr. Gent/Rollerball Pen.

[Keith Christopher]

GREAT looking pen !

[ron hossack]

Now that is really nice

[Jim McFarland]

Beautiful pen! Hard to beat Amboyna burl

[Steve Schlumpf]

Beautiful pen as always Jon! Is that the natural color of the wood or did you enhance it somehow? Very rich looking! Thanks for sharing!

[David Walser]

Jon,

That's a very nice pen. How was the amboyna burl to turn? I turned some thuya burl earlier this year and I was surprised how cleanly it cut -- as long as you took a light cut. A heavy cut would simply lift out some of the burl's eyes. Was the amboyna burl the same way or was all the swirling grain a problem?

[Brian Novotny]

I've never seen that wood turned before. WOW! and a classy pen taboot! That pen actually makes me want to turn pens

[Bernie Weishapl]

Jon that is a beautiful pen. I really like turning amboyna especially because it cuts nice with light cuts and when you apply a finish it just jumps out at you. Great job on some nice wood.

[Jon Lanier]

Beautiful pen as always Jon! Is that the natural color of the wood or did you enhance it somehow? Very rich looking! Thanks for sharing!

Steve,

Thank you. That is all natural, all I did with it was to put a CA finish on it. I actually had even better looking pen that I used a Statesman kit with. I gave that one to a friend and the wood was about the same color, just had more pop to it. (forgot to take a picture of it)

-Jon

[Jon Lanier]

Jon,

That's a very nice pen. How was the amboyna burl to turn? I turned some thuya burl earlier this year and I was surprised how cleanly it cut -- as long as you took a light cut. A heavy cut would simply lift out some of the burl's eyes. Was the amboyna burl the same way or was all the swirling grain a problem?

David,

I would say it is about the same. I've turned both. But remember I use stabilized blanks, so that does help.

-Jon

[Jon Lanier]

Thanks everyone.