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Thread: Three Biblical Timbers
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19th December 2011, 03:35 PM #1
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Three Biblical Timbers
A Christmas order I delivered this afternoon.
Bethlehem Olive wood, Bethlehem Carob wood and Shittim wood grace these 'Fisher of Men' pen kits and all have 10 coats of Med CA except for one.
Of all these the Shittim pen blank has the best chatoyance and I tried to capture it.
An interesting thing happened with the first BOW pen on the left. It would not take a finish on the end by the nib and acted like it was oily. This one also was the first spalted BOW I've ever ran across and I had to take care of that as I turned with the super-thin CA.
I ended up doing one of my Iso bathes I normally due for cocobolo and then using some super-thin CA and flooded the area and made a slurry paste and worked it into the wood.
I then did two coats of super-thin CA and then two coats of Thick CA and polished the blank with Plastx and a final coat of Kiwi Natural Shoe Polish.
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19th December 2011, 04:21 PM #2
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You've done a good job on them Rhos. They look like a Sierra kit but I noted the fish symbol on the pen. Very nice indeed and beautifully finished.
Greg
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19th December 2011, 07:19 PM #3
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Very nice pens Rhossack. You guys have a lot of variety in your kits over there, a kit for every occassion.
Dallas
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19th December 2011, 09:43 PM #4
never can have too much wood
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21st December 2011, 10:01 AM #5
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I agree the Shittim looks like a nice timber. Did you have more blanks? Is there a lot of colour variance between them?
Yes the BOW is (olive) oily. I normally wipe down with acetone once it's sanded, before putting the finish on. I forgot on one pen, which I did with Shellawax, and it ended up a very Matt finish which I couldn't get to shine up.
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21st December 2011, 10:25 AM #6
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I have a couple more blanks and there isn't any color variation in these. These came from a house that was being remodeled and the flooring in the house was this Shittim wood. So all pieces are 3/4" thick.
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21st December 2011, 11:16 AM #7
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Excellent work and great combination of blanks and kit.
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Cheers John
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