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Emerald Acrylester RB

Mike — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:05:47 +0000

With African Padauk accent.

Brazilian Rosewood RB

Mike — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:57:28 +0000

Brazilian Rosewood RB

Mike — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:58:46 +0000

Brazilian rosewood is very rare and is no longer legal to import. I fully appreciate how lucky I am to be able to use such small pieces of wood. Scrap pieces from projects by earlier woodworkers are plenty large enough for me.

Grape Vine Knot and Lignum Vitae

Mike — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:33:02 +0000

The cap for this came from the knot of a grape vine. I was wondering what the grain could look like inside that convoluted mass, but I couldn’t foresee the pineapple that appeared. My wife says it’s a wolf instead, but I still say pineapple. I may remake the body in grape vine also, but the lignum vitae is such a lovely wood to work with and the color seemed to work. Let me know what you think.

Lacewood, Zebrawood and Cocobolo

Mike — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:52:19 +0000

This was just fun to make, picking and choosing colors and textures and creating a pen from the ground up. The top of the cap is Lacewood and the bottom of the pen body is Cocobolo. The rest is bits and pieces of a variety of woods and acrylics.

Majestic Jr. – Cocobolo and Acrylic

Mike — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:02:05 +0000

This is slightly larger than most of the pens I make. Personally I am not a fan of anything bigger than this, but I am willing to make larger pens if you want the big “signing the peace accord” kind of thing. The quality of the parts for this are very good and this has a nice heft to it.

Cocobolo, Chakte Viga, Acrylic Rolling Ball

Mike — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 09:26:15 +0000