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Zebrano and Aluminium Rollerball Pen With Gun Metal

ZEBRANO - Microberlinia brazzavillensis

Also called Zebrawood, Zebrano is a pale brown colour broken up by parallel darker streaks which create the zebra pattern that gives this timber its name. Zebrano has a coarse texture, and the interlocking grain is generally straight. With an oil finish, Zebrano can turn a dark brown colour.

Turned on February 12th 2015 from a nicely figured quite unique little piece of Zebrano with, rather than fairly even stripes, a clear division between light and dark woods. I used just a few coats of boiled linseed oil and cyanoacrylate to finish this pen to retain the warmth of colour and touch of the natural wood. The cap was made from a solid 20mm rod of aluminium. This pen may well be a one off because my wood lathe really didn't like turning aluminium. I am not sure if the swarfe was getting into the control box but it kept arching so I had to file the cap by hand which took nearly three hours! It was made whilst we were moored outside the newly refurbished Barclay Card Arena in Birmingham.