Omega in Horse chestnut

[flexi]

Hi all an Omega in a lovely piece of Horse chestnut from Neil Lawton he is a true gent to deal with( as are most of the members on here) with some cracking timber...many thanks.

 

[billyb_imp]

Lovely pen Mark, great blank with lots of character

 

[Terry]

Superb finish Mark. Great looking pen.

 

[Jim]

A super looking pen with a great looking finish Mark ..

 

[qquake2k]

Beautiful pen!

 

[21William]

Lovely piece of wood and a great finish, what did you use?

 

[flexi]

Lovely piece of wood and a great finish, what did you use?

Hi William.....a lot of CA...because chestnut can be soft i used thin CA to soak it prior to finishing and sanding. Then a good few coats of medium CA as a finish with micromesh and a final buff with burnishing cream.
Its to be a gift to a good friend for the Charles Dickens museum at the school where i work

 

[Neil Lawton]

Nicely done Sir!
Looks great with the gun metal, nice choice.

 

[Penpal]

Beaut blank the variation is interesting overall impact high well done Mark.

Peter.

 

[flexi]

Nicely done Sir!
Looks great with the gun metal, nice choice.

I wanted to try and do justice to the wood

 

[wm460]

That is a beauty Mark.

 

[Vic Perrin]

That's a beauty

 

[Doug]

Lovely pen Mark

 

[Terry Q]

Very nice indeed. Great figure in the blank and wow what a finish! Well done Mark.

 

[chas_41_uk]

That's a beauty Mark

 

[Treeesa]

One of my favourite woods Mark and you've made a great match with the gun metal finish. Spot on work mate

 

[Les ELm]

A great looking well turned and finished piece of timber.

Les

 

[bassethound]

That's a very nice pen with a lovely blank well turned and finished!

 

[GeordieB]

Thats a cracking pen Mark Great match of kit and blank

 

[Scots Bill]

hi Jim,
yes that is a super pen. Just wanted to thank you Jim for welcoming me onto this forum but could not figure out how to, anyway thank you.