Unknown wood Slimline

[Philly]

I'm not sure what wood this is but I like the finished item, it's my 4th pen and I'm happy.



I tried something a little different, I'm not sure if its been done before so I may have reinvented the wheel but I sprayed some teak oil onto a lintfree cloth and rubbed it into the wood until my fingers couldn't take the heat and it gave the nice dark colour shown. Before hand it was quite white and really tough to drill. Then I gave it a few coats of CA and it's shiny but it's overcast outside now so no reflection :(

 

[Terry]

It's a new way of finishing a pen for me but you have made a good job of it !!!!

 

[silver]

Looks good, maybe the edges are showing a little "flake" or two and may be down to the CA finish on the edges. Only my opinion

But looks superb for the 4th pen, wished mine looked that good, some say they still don't look that good..

 

[Grump]

You have every right to be happy with your fourth attempt, it's a lovely pen init?

 

[scouseroy]

Nice looking pen and nice bit of wood

 

[paulm]

Well thats a new way of finishing to me and it has made a lovely pen. Unfortunately I can't help with the wood.

 

[bassethound]

Whatever it is it looks good!

 

[chas_41_uk]

Thats a very nice looking pen, whatever the wood is

 

[bluntchisel]

Well done, Philly!

Bob.

 

[Jim]

Looks good Phill, i also like the satin finish on the accents, overall a great looking slimline ..

 

[Woody]

Nice looking pen well done

 

[Philly]

Cheers guys, I quite like the satin kits, I wasn't a fan before using it!

I have another blank the same, if I post a pic of it before it's turned do you think it will be easier to identify, it's pretty heavy compared to the other blanks.

 

[Grump]

From the way you describe the wood it sounds like it could be Holly.
Dense, heavy, white, and tough to drill but with good sharp tools peels of lovely and doesn't need much to finish it off smooth.
Your method of finishing is well known for French polish / Shellac.

 

[Neil]

Fraxinus excelsior.

 

[Grump]

Fraxinus excelsior.

Go wash your mouth out young man how dare you use language like that in this nice place.

Fraxinus excelsior — known as the ash, or European ash or common ash

 

[rayf6604]

Very nice pen

 

[Neil]

Go wash your mouth out young man how dare you use language like that in this nice place.

Fraxinus excelsior — known as the ash, or European ash or common ash

You had to google that didnt you!!! Woody referred to his bowl as Prunus, and I thought that after six years I had finally got to him so I just called it as I normally do. Fraxinus americana is the one used on door frames and is a lot straighter grained that our stuff. For some reason American Ash will not go "Olive" like excelsior.

 

[Grump]

I have my trusty android app mate, don't need google.
Yes I googled it wiki is also goodly init?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.agiletech.forestcomm&hl=en

 

[wm460]

Very pretty pen Phil.