Beautiful mixture of colors, 8.11.2009

Reviewer: Phil Ellerbee (Chester, VA)

Great mixture of different types of wood.

Never had a chance to finish, 7.28.2009

Reviewer: Stephanie Pace (Belvidere, IL)

I used a barrel trimmer to square off the blanks, the wood totally split and broke off from the brass tube. I have since purchased a sanding jig to square the ends of my blanks, which works pretty well, tho I had to get a sanding disk for the table saw-couldn't afford to buy a disk sander. This hobby just keeps getting more expensive every day, at this rate I would have to charge $200 per pen, if I could sell any! I'm about to give up on the whole thing. I still haven't tuned this into a pen yet, so other than being careful while trimming and turning because of the fragile grain, it's pretty.

Oceana Color Grain, 7.8.2009

Reviewer: Alonzo Franco (Sinton, TX)

Looks great on a designer pen. Gets darker when wax polish is put on.

Very showy, 3.11.2009

Reviewer: Pamela Prioli (Lock Haven, PA)

I really like the way these turn out, though these laminated blanks always seem to dull my chisels very quickly. But the end product is well worth it!

Awesome color, 3.11.2009

Reviewer: Shawn Zembles (Lee's Summit, MO)

These pen blanks are easy to work with and always make a nice pen. I constantly sell out of pens made from the Oceana blank.