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Black Titanium Mesquite Eurostyle Pen

Project by scottb posted 382 days ago 606 views 1 time favorited 9 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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This may have replaced the Platinum Bamboo Cigar Pen as my favorite.
I just love the chatoyance of the swirling grain, and how well it goes this wood looks with the black titanium hardware.

The mesquite hails from Texas. I’ve made one pen with it before, and it turned out to have a salmon/pinkish hue with bits of grey… This one however is totally different, beautiful grain with shades of brown, fairly accurate to the screen shot (at least on my screen).

This is the 3rd item in my 30 day project/challenge
& auction.

(oops, it’s the 3rd pen, but the 4th project overall)

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/


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trifern

7894 posts in 659 days


posted 382 days ago

Your 3 for 3! Keep up the good work.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

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Karson

25792 posts in 1292 days


posted 382 days ago

I’ve made a Mesquite burl pen. It was redish/chocolate and it was great. I like your pen.

-- What happens in the workshop stays in the workshop. No wait that doesn't sound right. Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com †

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Kerux

511 posts in 775 days


posted 381 days ago

Your favorite? Don’t worry that won’t last. You’ll have another favorite…. and then another…. and then another…. etc.

-- http://inhisgrip1.blogspot.com/

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scottb

3403 posts in 1219 days


posted 381 days ago

Probably Kerux… but I’ve made quite a few, since the Bamboo pen (which is the only one I tend to carry) and as soon as I put this one together It pulled at my soul. Probably much like the One Ring to Gollum, but slightly less so… I hope I still get that feeling once in a while as I proceed on this journey.

Karson, Wow, i’m surprised to see/hear about the diversity of this wood. Lets see if the next mesquite one looks more like a distant relative than a kissin cousin.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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darryl

1392 posts in 1218 days


posted 381 days ago

great looking color and shape. and you are right, it goes great with that black titanium kit.

-- www.darrylmasterson.com ~ www.darrylmasterson.etsy.com

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itsme_timd

676 posts in 723 days


posted 381 days ago

Another great one Scott, I love the mesquite and it does match very well with the kit.

-- Tim D. - Woodstock, GA

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scottb

3403 posts in 1219 days


posted 381 days ago

thanks! and thanks for noticing the shape Darryl… I really like how it looks and feels, Makes the straight Euro, (from bushing to bushing) look a little emaciated on the bottom, or disproportional to me now.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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scottb

3403 posts in 1219 days


posted 380 days ago

(oops, it’s the 3rd pen, but the 4th project. Stupid copy/paste ;)
Just posted the 5th item (which is really the 6th or 7th)... I have a bottle stopper top that I’m not quite happy with, the price of experimentation, and trying to post 30 sellable projects at the same time! I’ll elaborate in a 1st week wrap up blog post.

-- I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it. - Pablo Picasso -- http://blanchardcreative.etsy.com -- http://snbcreative.wordpress.com/

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rikkor

11338 posts in 766 days


posted 380 days ago

Looks great!

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