Pen specimen and cherry comparison

This first pen is Honduran Rosewood. It feels like a tough wood. It sanded very nicely and gave me probably the best finished pen I've done so far. I really like this pen...the picture doesn't do it enough justice.


This next picture is a comparison of cherry, specifically for a friend named Jamie in wine country. The middle is freshly rounded barrels. On the right is a pen I made 2 months ago and finished. On the left is the first pen I ever made, which was not finished. I wanted to see how light and finger oil would change it...this pen is now about 2 years old. All of these were from the same cherry tree. For 'barfle' in Virginia, the lines are the maximum diameter...7/16ths.