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Wenge and Chrome Ballpoint Twist Pen 

WENGE - Millettia laurentii

Wenge (pronounced weng-ay apparently) is a very dark brown colour with black streaks. Wenge grain is generally straight, with a very coarse texture. With an oil finish the wood can become nearly black.

Turned on September 22nd 2014 in Rugby from a hard dark piece of Wenge. Wenge is quite an oily but dense wood. Its grain however is quite open and as such there is a choice to be made, either lots of finishing coats that can make the finished pen look a little plasticky or as few as possible and have a few open grains. with this pen I used a tiny amount of boiled linseed oil and a few coats of cyanoacrylate to finish this pen.