Thread: Osage Orange Take 2

as posted previously with the osage orange pen and pencil set, they came out pretty good

but on having the cigar sitting beside the pencil i decided that the pencil would go better if i put a bit of ebony on each end

raced home last night and into the SHED, grabbed another piece of osage with a nice knot to add character, some gaboon ebony for the ends

not sure if i did this bit the correct way but it worked no worries

i cut a couple of short pieces of ebony and trimed the osage to the required length, i then proceeded to drill all the pieces, i glued the tube into the osage after this was dry i glued the ebony on each end, the blank finished up looking great so off to the disk sander to clean up the ends and onto the lathe

it takes a lot longer to type this story than tell it but please keep reading it is worth it

turned up a treat, 3 coats of medium CA and about 8 coats of thin CA, micro mesh with the 5 finest pads, brasso polish, and a quick hit on the buffing wheel with Sutton Tools white buffing compound, spectacular finish

over to the work station to get out a gold pencil kit, WHAT NO GOLD KITS LEFT, man was i disappointed you have no idea

while sitting there taking pride in the finish i had acchieved i noticed a face laughing at me contained with in the wood

NOW DOES THAT ADD INSULT TO INJURY, AND FROM MY OWN CREATION!!!!!!!

SWMBO decided it is a tree spirit haunting me

sorry about the pickies but they are up to my normal appauling quality, for some reason there is a couple of white lines , but i assure you they are not on the pencil at all

thanks for reading, it was a story i just had to tell

MIK