cigar with opal

[seriola]

Having recently turned a sedona that had a piece of abalone shell within the wood I thought I would have a go at inserting some opal into a blank. The photography skills are not too flash but was trying to show some colour from the opal. The blank is local red mallee burl, a large chunk of the bottom blank blew out just as I got it within a ghnats kneecap of size, fortunately it was in one piece and I found it amongst the shavings.

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[minus459]

seriolo, I've been planning something similar for a while. Now I'll just have to steal your idea :U
Beautiful pen, blank and idea.

undies

[artme]

I like that - a lot!!:):):) Very well done!!!:2tsup:

[BettyBoop]

that does look very nice is it difficult to turn opal

[seriola]

that does look very nice is it difficult to turn opal

HI, I did'nt turn the opal, just used a dremel to enlarge holes in the blank. Used CA to secure it and build up to blank size with more CA, cheers seriola

[seriola]

seriolo, I've been planning something similar for a while. Now I'll just have to steal your idea :U
Beautiful pen, blank and idea.

undies

Thanks for the comments, I'm sure it would have all been done before. Opal was a substituted for my original plan as I could'nt find what I needed on the day. Hopefully I will get the original concept done this week, cheers, seriola