He said that he didnt like segmentation

[alan morrison]

A bowl turner recently sent me a pile of his offcuts so I told him that I would make him a pen as a thank you.
He quickly informed me that he didnt like segmentation ( though he was probably talking about bowls )
Anyway here's his pen made with some of his cocobolo.

 

[silver]

Looks good Alan, nice looking finish and deep colour to it.

There is no please some people though TBH.

 

[Geoff Kent]

That is gorgeous.Love the finish,what did you use?

 

[flexi]

Yup, that is a little bit special.... Lovely colour in that and great finish too

 

[Bill Mooney]

A beautiful pen Alan. He should be pleased.

 

[Penpal]

Swiming against the tide takes courage trust it is appreciated mate. Difficult from over here to see the virtue in your pen,like the design. I have a wonderful friend who photographs his pens using his mobile phone using daylight and acheives the best results with very dark timbers. I have a modicum of success with an open conduit frame,a light either side and a 10 watt daylight fluro on top,using an 11x14 sheet of copy paper curved at the bottom and back. I would love to show previous pics but my computer crashed and I lost years of pics.

 

[Penpal]

Found one pic recent with another difficult subject a small chromed object using my open box. Cheers peter.

 

[Garno]

Very nice, great finish. I struggle on the darker woods more than the lighter ones to get a good finish for some strange reason.

Lovely pen

 

[alan morrison]

That is gorgeous.Love the finish,what did you use?

Thanks for the comments, Geoff.

Pen was sanded to 600 grit and buffed with White Diamond. Just finished with carnauba wax after that.

Alan

 

[TonyMilner]

Swiming against the tide takes courage trust it is appreciated mate. Difficult from over here to see the virtue in your pen,like the design. I have a wonderful friend who photographs his pens using his mobile phone using daylight and acheives the best results with very dark timbers. I have a modicum of success with an open conduit frame,a light either side and a 10 watt daylight fluro on top,using an 11x14 sheet of copy paper curved at the bottom and back. I would love to show previous pics but my computer crashed and I lost years of pics.

Yes - I know the feeling, when my last computer died, I was fortunate to have made a backup of about 70% of my work so some was saved. At least with analogue one has the negs & can reprint!

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen Alan.