Thread: Hurley Burly Gent

Your gloss makes me salivate its that wet looking. Perhaps on a burl it needs more of a satin finish? It's still a stunning pen.

Neal.

Very nice

Originally Posted by thompy

Your gloss makes me salivate its that wet looking. Perhaps on a burl it needs more of a satin finish? It's still a stunning pen.

Neal.

G'day Neal. Yeah, I was debating wether to do this one with Shellawax. I have another one prepped up, (light colored Tiger Myrtle) so I think I'll do that one with Shellawax & a couple of Coats of Traditional Wax. Post pics tomorrow. Cheers.

I like the look with the gloss. But as a bloke I got a red gum slab of said, you do not want to see your face,you want to see the timber.

Originally Posted by cookie48

I like the look with the gloss. But as a bloke I got a red gum slab of said, you do not want to see your face,you want to see the timber.

I totally agree with you !. I make a lot of clocks & box's ect too, and most of those have a beautiful close to the wood finish that is like silk to touch.

Lovely pen Pariss, greta piece of timber, excellent work, Amos

Hey Parris

That is a top pen mate I think it looks fine just the way it is and that timber look awesome

Ian

Top pen there Pariss!

Pariss, what a lovely piece of burl. The quality of your craftmanship is outstanding, the transition from the barrels to the components are flawless and the finish is smooth and clean,

Thompy mentioned about a satin finish, I did a Google and found this on MM finishing on timber,

http://www.sisweb.com/micromesh/refe...od_methods.htm

I was reading a piece by Hank Lee from the IAP where he did an experiment on two pens of the same timber one he polished all the way through to 12000 MM and buffed out. For the matt finish he polished to 8000 MM and then cuts back to 4000 MM and then down to 3200 MM. This is a link to his thread on the IAP, it is an interesting read,

To Shine or Not To Shine - International Association of Penturners

Cheers
Darren

Nice looking pen, Pariss. They are big arent they.

I know what you mean with the gloss finish. 99 percent of my customers want the high gloss, so thats what I normally try to do as well.
It is refreshing to do an oil and wax finish occasionally though.

Thanks guys for all the positive feedback. Also, thanks Darren for the info link to IAP. I'm going to try another Gent pen today (between jobs at work) using a nice light colored Tiger Myrtle blank I have ready to go. I'll MM sand to 6000 then coat with thinned shellac, then a light sand to 8000, then put 3 coats of Shellawax + 2 coats of Traditional Wax. I reckon that will look 'Supernatural' Post pics tonight

Great work there on that one , it only feels a bit big till you do a full size majestic or the like on the bigger pens it can pay to keep the barrels and caps straight , eg bush to bush ,this keeps the lines neat and reduces the overall thickness , As well as looking nice the CA does help to preserve the burl from moving after its finished and in use as there is no regular grain to hold it together ,especially with friction finishes which require heat and pressure applied to work properly ,enjoy the journey of discovery, cheers John

[QUOTE=gawdelpus; , As well as looking nice the CA does help to preserve the burl from moving after its finished and in use as there is no regular grain to hold it together ,especially with friction finishes which require heat and pressure applied to work properly.

Hey John, thanks for the great tip !. I never thought of that scenario with Burl / CA to bind it together. It is completely logical. That's one of the things I enjoy about woodworking, always something new to learn. Cheers mate.

Nice work Pariss and a real bling in that finish.

If you are looking for a satin finish then try a WOP satin finish it should do the trick