Some time ago, William Wood-Write had a sale on Mun Ebony pen blanks ($1 each). I had never heard of Mun Ebony, so I thought I would give it a try. When they came, they were coated in plastic and they looked and smelled absolutely awful. I held off doing anything with them till today when I decided to make a segmented pen with one of these blanks.
This is my first attempt at making a segmented pen with different woods and am reasonably happy with the way this one turned out. I cut a slice of red oak and glued it in the middle of the ebony blank, then drilled and turned the blank normally. The finished product is not overly smooth despite using my micromesh, and I will have to work on that in future.
The oak also got a bit stained with the oils in the ebony, but I like it anyway. I finished this with Turners finish and Conservator Wax.
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