Friday, January 06, 2006

woah... not yet.

When I got into the real job this morning, I made a b-line to the admin's desk to get back the Purpleheart and Bird's Eye Maple pens. Luckily she hadn't send them out yet. After last night's trials with that woodturner's finish, I decided that I didn't want to send out those pens unfinished. And man am I glad I made that decision! I just applied that finish tonight and those pens look awesome! Don't take my word for it, check it out for yourself.

Left to right is Purpleheart, Rosewood and Bird's Eye Maple.



And a special note to dear Cindy-rella-lou-hoo:
I realize you are dying to get your hands on one of these babies, but look at this way, if you wait for me to get the technique down and work out the kinks, you can get a spectacular pen to show off to all your friends! And if you are really nice, you might even qualify for the family discount! That's 10% off retail price!!!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well, I do beleive that I do already qualify for the "family discount" and I like the one in the middle, it looks perfectly fine to me, no improvement needed!!
CinderellaLu Who, that me!!

Jenn said...

Nice work, hon!

foxymama said...

Is that one on the left pregnant? Those sure are some beautiful woods. Will your nightstand look like the pen on the right when you're finished? That would be splendid... ~:^)

darrylmasterson said...

the front of the drawer will match the pen on the right. the rest of the nightstand will be a slightly darker shade as that is Red Oak.

thanks for the compliments!

foxymama said...

It sounds interesting looking. I hope I get to see it when you're finished with the finish... ~;^)