Shop/Sketch Pencil/Pen made with Afzeila Burl Wood and Chrome Trim (#2750)

This Shop Pencil use 5.6mm lead and also has a ball point refill that can replace the lead This pen comes with a felt lined gift box and comes with a tube of spare leads. This a great for the man in you life or the lady in your life. The wood differs on every pen, you have one of a kind. I can make this pen with a variety of exotic woods and even deer or elk antlers on quest.

AFZELIA

LATIN: Pahudia cochinchinensis ORGINS: Asia and Africa

Afzelia species are used primarily for wood, though some species also have medicinal uses. The timber is most commonly traded under the collective name "doussie", as well as under name "afzelia". One of the common names is also "pod mahogany", adding to the confusion surrounding the name mahogany. The seeds are red and black and are used as beads.

Mature trees grow between 10 and 20 meters in height. They are prized for their quality wood, their bark which has many medicinal uses, and their nitrogen-rich leaves which enrich the soil. Afzelia africana was used in the Middle Ages for ship building. It is one of the traditional djembe woods. The building of a reconstructed 9th-century Arab merchantman, the Jewel of Muscat, required thirty-eight tons of Afzelia africana wood, which was supplied from Ghana. Curved trees were chosen for the ship's frames and timbers.

Afzelia is a tree from Southeast Asia. It grows in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma in deciduous forests. It can reach 30 meters tall with a trunk up to 2 meters in diameter in a mature specimen. The seeds are harvested for medicinal purposes. The seed pulp can be used to make cigarettes, and the bark and seed are used for herbal medicine. The highly figured lumber is often sold as Afzelia Xylay. The wood is used for ornamental woodturning, pens, knife handles, carvings, and musical instruments.