Laburnum Fattop

[paulm]

A Laburnum Fattop finished with ca. My apologies to whoever gave me this lovely piece of wood, I forgot who it was.

I had to look twice at the pen as it looks like there's a gap in the middle but its just a reflection of the light

 

[Terry]

That is a smart looking pen Paul with a lovely finish !!!

 

[PhillH]

Another piece of spot on grain matching, great looking pen !

 

[bassethound]

Nice pen Nice finish!

 

[chas_41_uk]

Lovely pen and great grain matching as well

 

[Matt]

Beautiful pen Paul

 

[yorkshireman]

You've done that blank justice Paul

 

[rayf6604]

Lovely pen and laburnum is really nice.

 

[Paul]

May I be so bold? The grain match is spot on, and the finish is very classy, but I'm not sure if the distinction between the two sizes is big enough IMHO, as the curve is missing on to the middle band area is not there, it could look like you have down two perfectly matched and finished halves, but at slightly different sizes, a bit like a wall of text with slightly different font sizes?

Ie, is the difference intentional or accidental etc? Just my two pence. But I would love to be able to do that myself etc

 

[Grump]

Nope sorry mate, I hate it.
Laburnum too nice, shine to much and fits too well init?
Put it in the post to me and I'll burn it for you.

 

[paulm]

May I be so bold? The grain match is spot on, and the finish is very classy, but I'm not sure if the distinction between the two sizes is big enough IMHO, as the curve is missing on to the middle band area is not there, it could look like you have down two perfectly matched and finished halves, but at slightly different sizes, a bit like a wall of text with slightly different font sizes?

Ie, is the difference intentional or accidental etc? Just my two pence. But I would love to be able to do that myself etc

You are right Paul. Normally when I make these pens I do make a bigger distinction between top and bottom but the blank for this was fairly small so I didn't have any choice. While in the hand it looks ok, I should have made it a streamline probably.

 

[wm460]

That is a beautiful pen Paul

 

[Woody]

Amazing Paul just amazing but then what else would we expect from you love it mate

 

[angelo49]

I kinda like the slight taper from top to bottom.
Nice!

 

[Jim]

Great looking pen, with a great finish to it, but i can see where Paul is coming from here, maybe rounding off the bottom barrel at the centre would had been the answer ..

No taking anything away from the workmanship that has gone into the making of the pen my friend ..