Bubinga Pen~! And Wood ID please

[MrAudio815]

Hey NCWW's,


Over the Weekend I turned this Beautiful Bubinga Pen. I was going to turn more, but I found out Saturday at 1:30pm that we got the house to rent... It's a 4 bd, 1 ba, 2 car garage (Longer and wider than the garage I have now~!) and on a 1/2 acre...So huge garden here we come. Oh it's the same as we are paying now~! What a Miracle~!


This is my 6th pen so Criticism is highly welcome~! :gar-Bi




Anyway I was planning on turning more, maybe when I get my shop set up again~! :eusa_doh:

So can anyone ID this wood pen blank?






I am guessing it is either KOA or Osage orange??? Maybe Monkey Pod???

Thanks for looking and commenting~! :icon_thum

 

[PChristy]

Nice job on the pen:icon_thum Can't help you with the unknown blank:icon_scra

 

[Elmojo]

Great work Matt!
That pen is really clean looking.
What kit did you use? It looks familiar, but I can't place it.
As for the wood blank, it looks a lot like the bubinga on the pen!
The grain looks wrong to me for Osage; Koa is a possibility I guess.
Where did you get it?

 

[cskipper]

The grain makes me think of tulipwood.

 

[Gotcha6]

Padauk, I believe.
Nice pen. :icon_thum

 

[CrealBilly]

That is very special wood, imported from a far away land. Chances are pretty high it sailed the ocean blue, not only that I'm pretty sure it's expensive too.

 

[Charlie]

Matthew, Nice job on the pen:icon_thum

 

[CaptnA]

All the osage I've done is as yellow as can be.
It looks like any of several options that I have in the shop right now. Makes me think of tamboti, cocobola, and bacote first off.
What does it smell like?