Zircote pen with bloodwood

Very cleverly done Pinkfish.

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nice looking lamination work.

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Great wood combination. I really like the design. Thank you for sharing.

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Good looking pen. How Do you make the ribbon in the wood? Run the pieces together through a fine tooth bandsaw blade or ??

Alan

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I cut a random wavey line in the blank with a scrollsaw, then cut a very thin strip of something else on the band saw (in this case bloodwood). Then I sand it down to make it nice and smooth and a bit thinner. Using the two halves of the original blank as moulds I put the thin bit of wood in the middle and clamp it hard, after applying glue either wood glue or superglue. You can then optionally make other cuts in the blank and add some more wavey bits, but I think it looks better with just one after experimenting with more than one a couple of times.