Red mallee burr - cigar pen

[donegalturner]

Hi guys hope everyone's well.

I've finally started to really push away from the slimline pens as for some reason they don't sell at all in our shop.

Anyway.

My first pen today is a personal keep sake one I've wanted to do a nice pen for myself for the office for a while and I love wood so didn't want acrylic etc.

Local store had a few red mallee burr blanks and I jumped on 2.

Below is the final pen, charnwoods cigar pen in black and gun metal finished with the red mallee burr and that's sanded to 400grit and then friction polished and finished with microcrystalline wax.

I prefer the natural look of wood instead of the overly glossy but I will admit I'm a little disappointed I haven't managed to get this wood to pop :(

As always comments, criticism and reccomended improvements are welcome.

Thanks and have a lovely easter from myself in Donegal Ireland.

 

[flexi]

Very nice mate...I use melamine laquer, leave it over night and buff next day.

 

[alan morrison]

Here's a link to Mark's method.

https://penturners.co.uk/resources/achieving-success-with-melamine-as-a-pen-finish-tutorial.3/

I use that method mostly, though I buff with Tripoli and White Diamond as well.

 

[Bill Mooney]

A nice looking pen.
Friction polish soon goes dull. I, like Mark & others on here use melamine with great success.

 

[MikeC]

Nice grain.

I agree that Melamine would make it pop

Mike

 

[Adal6]

Lovely pen Aaron

 

[Hubert]

NICE!