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9th November 2008, 07:23 PM #1
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Buckeye Emperor
After cisco teased us last week with his buckeye burl, I managed to get hold of a few pieces to have a go for myself. The first victim is my sole remaining emperor (come on payday!
).
Following cisco's advice, after I sanded the barrels I gave it a coat of BLO - very dramatic change!
The blank went from a pasty cream and washed out blue to the colours below (top photo has the most accurate colours).
I havent got the CA finish mastered yet (still experimenting on some scrap), so I stuck with rustins.
I did manage to make one minor stuff up - the cap profile is ever so slightly curved, so the barrel actually touches the inside of the clip
. I was trying to make that one dead straight - guess I need to get my eyes checked! 
(and clean my hands before taking pics - 'scuse the grubby fingerprint on the cap.)
Coffee, chocolate, women. Some things are better rich.
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9th November 2008, 07:32 PM #2
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wow make you that blank look heaps
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9th November 2008, 07:46 PM #3
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Dave, that is one beautiful Emperor, the blank has many faceted look,
Amos
very well done.
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10th November 2008, 07:28 AM #4
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Nicely done!
That second photo took my breath away. I reckon that blank was worthy of an Emperor kit. Is that a keeper, or are you going to sell it?
When all is said and done, there is usually a whole lot more said than done.
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10th November 2008, 08:21 AM #5
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Yep! Dave that one has the real wow! affect lovely pen and a fantastic blanks.
I have a whitish one in stock I will f=definitely be giving it the BLO treatment, thanks Al
The blank was certainly worthy of the emperor, be hard to part with that one.
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10th November 2008, 04:08 PM #6
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Thanks guys, I'm rather taken with the buckeye, it's an amazing timber!
This one I'm keeping (unless someone offers me an insane amount of money!
). Tempted to go the extra mile and put an 18 karat nib on it, if the finances can stretch that far...
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10th November 2008, 08:51 PM #7
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That is one super pen - If it was me I'd keep it and watch all my workmates drool
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