This weekend I turned some ebony that I've have for about 15 years. One is a pen that my daugher and I did together. She is 6 and loved helping shape it. She has also asked if it could be hers. So now she owns a black ebony pen. I will be turning another tonight and tomorrow for a 40th birthday present for my brother-in-law. The ebony is very hard and really didn't need a finish, but I went ahead and put a coat of HUT Crystal Coat on anyway.
I also turned a bottle stopper from a piece of the same ebony and I think it turned out ok. I may put it back on the lathe and refine the finish a little more. You can see a few machine marks, but overall I think it turned out pretty well for my first attempt.
I also turned a bottle stopper from a piece of the same ebony and I think it turned out ok. I may put it back on the lathe and refine the finish a little more. You can see a few machine marks, but overall I think it turned out pretty well for my first attempt.