The wood in these pens have a unique history. The history was written on a label that was placed on the wood. Here is what the label says . . . The Kauri forests originated in the northern island of New Zealand. It has been scientifically proven that they were around before the Ice Age. According to one theory, they were knocked down by a giant Tsunami and buried in peat bogs where they were perfectly preserved from the elements that would otherwise have rotted them away. Through careful extraction, these logs are pulled out of the peat bogs using heavy equipment with minimal impact on the environment. Then they are sawn up and used in a variety of decorative application. The piece we purchased and used for this pen is carbon dated to be 30,000 to 50,000 years old. For more information about this wood visit www.cormarkint.com/mammothkauri.html.
Don noticed as he started turning the pen that the mammoth Kauri wood is a soft wood and did not require as heavy a hand or as much pressure as some of the hard woods do.
For the pen on the left Don used the Wall Street II 24K gold pen kit and the pen on the right is made with the Wall Street II Elegant titanium and platinum pen kit.
I get to choose which pen I want for my collection and as they are both so beautiful to date I have still not made up my mind!
