Mexican Rosewood

[paulm]

Mexican rosewood on an Exec (now a Churchill). Finished with 10 layers of ca and polished with Autoglym.

 

[bellringer]

like the wood and finish but the kit still dose nothing for me

 

[paulm]

like the wood and finish but the kit still dose nothing for me

I agree with you to some extent Alex. I would like the kit if the quality was there but its just not. I bought a herd of them a while ago but only 1/2 a dozen or so to go and I won't be buying any more... probably.

 

[Woody]

Nice bit of turning there Paul and a good finish

 

[edlea]

Another well made and well finished job there Paul.

 

[Penpal]

Fine Pen Paul I particularly like the appearance open and ready to use that kit is pleasing undone unlike so many that are a lot of kit towards the nib IMHO.

Peter.

 

[Doug]

That's some seriously nice timber Paul, top job

 

[silver]

Really nice piece of wood there Paul, but I'm not sure of the kit. But it doesn't detract from a well turned and finished pen..

 

[geo]

Just exellent
Fantastic colour of the wood

 

[Jimjam66]

Lovely timber well turned and finished. I like the look of the kit, but I haven't handled one. Pity the quality isn't there.

 

[Woody]

It Looks very much like Bocote which is a Mexican R/W

 

[stevenw1963]

Looks a good un Paul. Pen looks better in photo 1, I think its the nib end that don't look right in photo 2.

 

[paulm]

It Looks very much like Bocote which is a Mexican R/W

I think they're one and the same Woody aren't they?

 

[Woody]

I think they're one and the same Woody aren't they?

It looks like it Paul but there are quite a few RoseWoods that grow in Mexico Bocote normally has a spicy smell when you turn it

 

[yorkshireman]

Looks good Paul

 

[paulm]

It looks like it Paul but there are quite a few RoseWoods that grow in Mexico Bocote normally has a spicy smell when you turn it

Oh, I couldn't say about that Woody I had my respirator on.

 

[rowdyyates115]

Nice one Paul and as Woody says ' Looks very much like Bocote'.
Excellent piece, nicely turned and finish...

 

[amazilia]

It looks classy to me, the nearest wood I have used like that is wenge. No criticism intended but from a photographic point of view if you stand the cap up you need more depth of field. When the pen and cap are flat and adjacent the depth to be in focus is say an inch, with the cap up then say 3 inches. So more problems getting everything in focus, plus a slower shutter speed with more risk of shake, making a rod for your own back !
Regards Terry

 

[Neil]

I think they're one and the same Woody aren't they?

Here's the boring bit.

Bocote is the more correct name, but fundamentally they are the same wood. Bocote is of the Cordia spp, the exact name attributed to either eleganoides, gerascanthus or alliodora, there seems to e much debate. It is technically not a rosewood, being of the Cordia family, the same as Ziricote, and not the Dalbergia family which are the true rosewoods. Santo Rosewood is also one of the "fake" rosewoods. Regardless, its a nice wood!

 

[paulm]

Here's the boring bit.

Bocote is the more correct name, but fundamentally they are the same wood. Bocote is of the Cordia spp, the exact name attributed to either eleganoides, gerascanthus or alliodora, there seems to e much debate. It is technically not a rosewood, being of the Cordia family, the same as Ziricote, and not the Dalbergia family which are the true rosewoods. Santo Rosewood is also one of the "fake" rosewoods. Regardless, its a nice wood!

Thanks Neil, I can always rely on you to know... the Oracle of woods.