#153

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Wenge and Chrome Ballpoint Twist Pen

WENGE - Millettia laurentii

Wenge (pronounced weng-ay apparently) is a very dark brown colour with black streaks. Wenge grain is generally straight, with a very coarse texture. With an oil finish the wood can become nearly black. 

Turned on October 19th 2014 from a hard dark piece of Wenge. Wenge is quite an oily but dense wood. Its grain however is quite open and as such there is a choice to be made, either lots of finishing coats that can make the finished pen look a little plasticky or as few as possible and have a few open grains. with this pen I used a tiny amount of boiled linseed oil and a few coats of cyanoacrylate to finish this pen. It was made whilst we were moored outside Lime Farm Marina on the Oxford canal.

1. Wenge and Chrome Ballpoint Pen
2. Turned pen on the lathe
3. Lime Farm Marina is situated on one of the truncated loops of the old canal that were left behind when the canal was straightened.