I promised to make a little review on this version on Tomahawk too so here it is
I received the material a few days ago and made a ferrule out of it yesterday.
First impression was a little mixed, the colour of material is very gray, not black like Juma rods are even before taking a cut. I was sure that it would clean up nice when turned and polished and so it does. It cuts pretty much exactly like the white Tomahawk does, no surprise there. The interesting part working with the black version is making it shine. It takes a bit of patience to get all the tool marks out and a polishing compound is a must have if you want a glass like finish. I used Mirka Polarshine for final polishing as it is the best finishing compound that I have come across for ferrule jobs. I found this material a little tougher to polish than for example black Juma is. It takes a while to get all the little scrathes polish off. Its not necessary to make a ferrule look like a mirror but I wanted to try how well I am able to make it shine. Later on this post is a close up picture of the finished ferrule with a red pad and a pressed Elkmaster installed. Thats how I was able to make it look, there are still tiny imperfections but those are invisible unless looked up on under bright lights and up close.
Oversize ferrule waiting for the glue to set.
And the results. Ready to play, Pressed Elkmaster with a red fiber pad put on.
And to for those interested, a short video showing the cutting properties of this material. Excuse the shaky camerawork and horrible audio, I ran out of hands trying to hold the camera with one hand while making the ferrule with the other :smile:
https://youtu.be/Trpbl66lH-I