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Aluminum - This is probably the most beautiful pen ever made. Smooth, shiny, light-weight Airplane metal makes
this a real stand-out for anyone's
collection. *** Available only for Rollerball and Fountain Pens ***
Birds Eye Maple Burl- 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.
Bloodwood -A medium to hard wood with red to crimson color with tight straight interlocking grain. (South America)
Bocote-
Dark brown to reddish with various colored stripes (Mexico, Central America)
Canarywood - A reddish/yellow hardwood. The sawdust has a spice like odor. Not a large tree or strong wood mainly used for small turnings and inlay. (South America)
Cocobolo- Varigated purple to red mixed with brown with black markings.
(Central America) Deer Antler - Gorgeous marble looking natural material, creamy white with streaks of brown and purple.
Maple, Spalted - A stage of decay causes these dark markings on a normally light colored wood. These markings create stunning patterns and contrast. (USA)
Olivewood- Yellowish brown with dark brown streaks. Hard & heavy. Grain is straight to wavy, very fine texture. This is an expensive but very beautiful wood. Machines well and takes a fine finish.
(Mediterranean
Tulipwood- Pinky to yellowish with stripes of rose and salmon (Brazil)
Teak- Uniform golden brown to red brown with a very fine texture.
(Africa)
Zebrawood - Distinctive in appearance, Zebrawood is white with dark brown lines, Used mainly for turning, tool handles, skis, inlay, and furniture. (Cameroon and Gabon, West Africa)
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