End-grain Black Palm Euro pen

A great looking pen Douglas. Very brave to tackle that one.

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

The pen looks great, but the box top really intrigues me. I’ll be waiting. :-)

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

looks good Douglas .. the facebook gadget worked for me without even trying. it seems to be automatic

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

Nice looking pen, Douglas. Thanks for sharing.

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

Pen looks great. I haven’t had much luck with black palm so it is encouraging to see that it can be done.

I’ve never seen that treatment before Doug.
Excellent!

Bob

-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner

No personal luck on the Facebook feed…although a pop-up opened and a log-on dialogue ensued. Nothing has shown up over there.

Thanks ever one for your kind comments. I think the end grain looks a little like guinea-fowl feathers.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Very cool effect Douglas. I’ve used black palm but never in this way…it has a unique look.
Thanks for posting it. (also I agree with Charlie…let’s see that box too)

-- Martin, Kansas

Huh A Bordnerized end grain pen, a tough turn no doubt.

-- DocK, WV

Nice job Douglas. A fine looking pen.

Hey Douglas….....I like how the black palm looks after turning, it looks to have texture. Is it an open grain wood???? That circular black detail in the upper section of the pen leaves a nice ring as a focal point.

Black palm provides interesting results Douglas….......Neil

The black ring is a laminate of ebony between the palm slices. End grain is not open, although the long grain aspects as lumber could be described as open-grained – like walnut. Thanks for stopping by Neil.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Hi Douglas;

Happy New Year;

A beautiful pen indeed, BUT a gorgeous top it lays on.

TELL US MORE!!!!!

Is that a real project, or more of your photoshop magic? (in other words, are you cheating?) LOL

Great Post;

Lee

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Very tricky way to do it Douglas but a great result in the end. Very unique finish.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

Very nice…I like it a lot.

-- Steffen

Thanks to everyone.

Good to see Steffen around…thanks for the kind words.

Lee & Charlie: I swear there’s a real wood and finish box at the bottom of all this. I’m just needing to get some decent pictures together. Shouldn’t be too long…and there are two other boxes and some turnings, a shooting board, a shop cabinet and a step-stool (the last two made of Lowe’s #$^&&^%@$! birch ply, so vile that paint will be in order) in the chute as well. Sub-freezing shop is slowing up the progress.

I think there will even be more marquetry soon, but I’m soaking up as much of Dennis Zongker’s kind mentoring as possible before I start abusing er, ah, Bordnerizing (yeah – that’s the ticket!) my shop made veneers.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Great pen

-- God grant me the serenity to accept "design changes" which I can not "fix".