Types of wood available 

• 1) Birds eye maple: Creamy white to brown with birds eye figure a natural occurrence found predominately in hard maple causes 'eyes' to form that give a striking figure to the wood. Straight grain with intermittent eyes make this a great wood for writing instruments. U.S.A.

• 2) Redheart: Pale dark red that will deepen in color with age. Grain is straight and tight. Machine well but has a tendency to burn. Turns well. Fresh cut material has a bright red look that will darken with exposure. Central America.

• 3) Rosewood: Deep dark chocolate brown to purple black in color with occasional strips of even darker tones. Hard, heavy, fine texture with variable grain patterns. Machines well with sharp hand and power tools. Turns well. South America.

• 4) Purple heart: Medium to hard wood with tight, fairly straight grain with moderately coarse texture. Bright purple when cut, darkens to a brownish purple with exposure. Machines well with sharp tools. Turns &finishes well. Central & South America.

• 5) Mahogany: Medium density hardwood, pale brown to pink to dark reddish brown. Firm straight wavy grain. Great workability with  hand and machine tools and takes detail very well. Premiere carving wood. Central America.

• 6) Padauk: Medium to hard wood, heartwood is deep orange red that will age to a deeper orange brown. Moderately course grain texture with straight to interlocking grain patterns. Machines well and turns well with a high polish. Africa.

• 7) Ebony: Jet black color with only the slightest possibility of dark brown streaks. Somewhat difficult to turn but worth the effort. Great for knobs, pulls, inlays and accents in cabinetry. Excellent turning wood & takes beautiful shine. Extremely expensive Africa.

• 8) Walnut: Dark chocolate brown wood with wavy and curly grain colors of light yellowish brown to dark brown or black. Used for furniture. Turning. West Coast, U.S.A.

• 9) Bloodwood: Color is fairly uniform dark red-orange. The grain is close, and straight to interlocked and varies from medium coarse in texture. Common uses include boat building, decorative veneer, fine furniture, medical use, canoes, excelsior and parquet flooring and fine turnings. Specific Gravity is .61(Dense). Turns extremely well. Africa.

• 10) Cocobolo: One of our most beautiful rosewoods, red to orange with variegated black, striping. Very dense and oily, taking a high polish. Turnery, knife handles, pens & pencils, bird calls, walking canes and all forms of fancy woodwork. Weighs around 6 lbs/board foot. The color turns deep orange red with exposure. Central America. 

    I Will Be Offering Many other types of wood, and wood combinations in the near future.

   Other Types of Materials Being Used

• 1) Turquoise true stone: True stone pen blanks are the result of a unique process of pulverizing semi - precious stones into fine particles, combinding them with other natural pigments and materials, then reforming them under tremendous heat and pressure. The end result is a material that looks so real, it's nearly impossible to distinguish it from genuine stone. Unlike many plastic pen blanks, these drill, turn and finish without melting, chipping or breaking. They can be finished with a fine plastics polish, or a high friction polish. 

• 2) Malachite true stone: True stone pen blanks are the result of a unique process of pulverizing semi - precious stones into fine particles, combinding them with other natural pigments and materials, then reforming them under tremendous heat and pressure. The end result is a material that looks so real, it's nearly impossible to distinguish it from genuine stone. Unlike many plastic pen blanks, these drill, turn and finish without melting, chipping or breaking. They can be finished with a fine plastics polish, or a high friction polish.  

•  3) Nero true stone: True stone pen blanks are the result of a unique process of pulverizing semi - precious stones into fine particles, combinding them with other natural pigments and materials, then reforming them under tremendous heat and pressure. The end result is a material that looks so real, it's nearly impossible to distinguish it from genuine stone. Unlike many plastic pen blanks, these drill, turn and finish without melting, chipping or breaking. They can be finished with a fine plastics polish, or a high friction polish.  

• 4) Water buffalo horn: The asian, or water buffalo is a native of india and other parts of asia. Their horns are permenant, so the horns are removed after they die. The horn is rare, and beautiful. The water buffalo horn turns very well on a wood lathe.

• 5) Alternative ivory horn: Alternative ivory is a product which may be used instead of elephant ivory. This is a cast polyester with the color, and other characteristics of ivory. It can be machined, drilled, threaded, and turned. It does not yellow, and is highly resistant to chemicals. The alternative ivory is not a composite ivory. 

• 6) Chital deer antler: The axis, or chital deer antler is from a deer native to the indian sub - continent, srilanka, and can be found in austraila also. The antler is a hard bone, and cream colored with some hints of brown, and grey in it. The antler is a little harder to turn on a wood lathe due to the hardness of the bone, but it is well worth the extra effort because an antler pen is one of the most beautiful pens you will probably ever see.

• 7) Pearlized acrylic: Many of the world's finest pen manufactures use acrylic in the production of their collector grade pens. The acrylic pen blanks offer unique patterns not found elsewhere in the market. Acrtlic pen blanks are easy to turn and can be polished to a glass - like finish with the end result being a beautiful one of a kind pen.  

• 8) Blue & white acrylic: Many of the world's finest pen manufactures use acrylic in the production of their collector grade pens. The acrylic pen blanks offer unique patterns not found elsewhere in the market. Acrylic pen blanks are easy to turn and can be polished to a glass - like finish with the end result being a beautiful one of a kind pen.

• 9) Black & yellow acrylic: Many of the world's finest pen manufactures use acrylic in the production of their collector grade pens. The acrylic pen blanks offer unique patterns not found elsewhere in the market. Acrylic pen blanks are easy to turn and can be polished to a glass - like finish with the end result being a beautiful one of a kind pen. 

• 10) Yellow & black acrylic: Many of the world's finest pen manufactures use acrylic in the production of their collector grade pens. The acrylic pen blanks offer unique patterns not found elsewhere in the market. Acrylic pen blanks are easy to turn and can be polished to a glass - like finish with the end result being a beautiful one of a kind pen.  

• 11) Black & orange acrylic: Many of the world's finest pen manufactures use acrylic in the production of their collector grade pens. The acrylic pen blanks offer unique patterns not found elsewhere in the market. Acrylic pen blanks are easy to turn and can be polished to a glass - like finish with the end result being a beautiful on of a kind pen. 

• 12) Blue crushed velvet acrylic: This cast plastic material is very easy to turn, and takes a high gloss, showing depth of color and clarity not shown in wood materials. Crushed velvet acrylic is used on expensive european pens, some selling for several hundred dollars. 

• 13) Black crushed velvet acrylic: This cast plastic material is very easy to turn, and takes a high gloss, showing depth of color and clarity not shown in wood materials. Crushed velvet acrylic is used on expensive european pens, some selling for several hundred dollars. 

• 14) Brown crushed velvet acrylic: This cast plastic material is very easy to turn, and takes a high gloss, showing depth of color and clarity not shown in wood materials. Crushed velvet acrylic is used on expensive european pens, some selling for several hundred dollars.

• 15) Green crushed velvet acrylic: This cast plastic material is very easy to turn, and takes a high gloss, showing depth of color and clarity not shown in wood materials. Crushed velvet acrylic is used on expensive european pens, some selling for several hundred dollars.

• 16) Yellow crushed velvet acrylic: This cast plastic material is very easy to turn, and takes a high gloss, showing depth of color and clarity not shown in wood materials. Crushed velvet acrylic is used on expensive european pens, some selling for several hundred dollars.

• 17) White tail deer antler: Today, whitetail deer range from the atlantic to the pacific, and from southern canada to peru. It is a hard bone. It ranges in color from white to dark brown patterns, dots, and lines. The whitetail deer antler is very beautiful. Antler is a little harder to turn than other materials, but well worth the extra effort. 

         I will be offering more types, colors, and styles of acrylic, stone, antler, and horn in the near future.