On the burner...

[drgoretex]

This subforum is waaaay too slow. So, I just thought I'd put a couple pics up of my latest project - a series of walnut cigar pens, all destined for a cool hand-rubbed urushi finish. The final result is months away, but I am impatient, and like to share what I'm working on, so here they are:









The cap and barrels are obviously all of walnut, and once the urushi lacquer is done, the grain should line up. The cap threading, the barrel threaded tenon and the nib section are all out of black ebonite, all in matte finish to make the urushi adhere better.

Of course, unfinished wood pens tend not to look like much, but in some ways, that's the point. I will post the final results when they are done, and we can see a 'before and after' comparison.

Thanks for looking.

Ken