thanks all for the comments
I personally like the masur birch the best out of them, and its probably second best overall to my favorite pen (the wifes, 2 tone amboyna)
ahoiberg - all 3 are jr gent II's from CSUSA.
Goodturns - yes it was stabilized, and turned much like plastic for me. I've got another with much more dark grey in it that I will be doing this week. hopefully it turns out as nice