Woodturning | Handmade Bloodwood Pens!

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In today's video, I turn some ball-point and fountain pens from bloodwood. This was my first time ever working with bloodwood, and I have to say, it was a very nice wood species as far as turning goes! The dust that came off the blanks during the turning process was almost pink in colour, so I really had no idea what the final product was going to look like. Once finished, though, the wood took on a very nice rusty red colour, and I love how it looks on these pen kits.
Which pen kit colour do you think goes best with this wood?
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Key equipment/products I used:
Rikon 70-220 VSR Midi Lathe: www.leevalley....
Pen Mandrel: www.amazon.ca/...
Woodstock 1/2 inch bowl gouge: www.amazon.ca/...
Ballpoint pen kits: www.penblanks....
Pen Blank Chuck: www.amazon.ca/...
Pen Press: www.amazon.ca/...
Starbond Thin Cyanoacrylate (Pen finish): www.penblanks....

[@_zhawkeye_9808]

...they all look great!...👍
Matt

[@curiousworld7912]

Just beautiful. I love your pens - it's not only nice to see what lovely work you do, but it's also great that some of us still use pens. :) (Minor rant: I remember being in the British Museum and looking at the handwritten pages of Dicken's 'David Copperfield' and Bronte's 'Jane Eyre', and wondering - what will future people look at? A hard drive? There is something that's so 'human' about handwriting.)

[@kevinperry3197]

Beautiful 💜