Bolivian Rosewood

Hi all

A nice bit of Bolivian Rosewood and blue cellulose in this one.

Jowo nib, 13mm cap threads, oiled, waxed and buffed.

Cheers
Ash

Just beautiful

Another cracking pen, Ash.
Are you able to elaborate more on your finishing technique?
type of oil and what wax?

Thanks
Alan

Pleasant change of pace in finishing your excellent pen.

Peter.

That is another lovely pen, an excellent piece of timber there with a great choice of acrylic too.... Really nice job
I have used two oils to finish pen's with in the past with great results.... True oil on Walnut( its a gun stock finish) and Peacock oil which is a blended hand tool handle finish

Lovely pen, excellent photos.

That is a beauty Ash.

Very Elegant Ash.

It would be nice to see a tutorial of how you produce your stunningly good Pens.

Yet another stunning pen.I agree,a tutorial would be greatly appreciated.

alan morrison said:

Another cracking pen, Ash.
Are you able to elaborate more on your finishing technique?
type of oil and what wax?

Thanks
Alan

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Thanks Alan.

I am still developing my finishing approach, but what I currently do is sand to 400 then apply sanding sealer and cut back (I repeat this until the grain no longer rises). Then I sand to 800 and add a few coats of Danish oil which has a small amount of varnish in it. I use the Hampshire Sheen toy-safe variety. The number of coats depends on how thirsty the wood is (cut back between coats).

Then I finish with hard wax (I use carnauba). I also buff as required using a buffing wheel and compound.

I always stress to new owners that this finish means this is a desk pen, and not one for throwing in a handbag. People who buy these pens are generally happy to forgo the hard-wearing benefits of lacquer/CA in favour of having a more natural feel.

I have used the melamine approach in the past on kit pens and liked the effect so I am looking at how that could work on these pens too.

Thats it in a nutshell!

Cheers
Ash

A real beauty Ash.