CaptG
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I got one of the Teak railing blanks recovered from the Andrea Doria from Ron and Shipwrecked woods thru Dawn and the Exotic Blank site. This one may get me to drinking, have not made up my mind yet, lol. More to that story later. I chose the Jr. Emperor in rhodium and gold. Decided to make it a closed end pen to use more of the wood and also take some emphasis off the kit and put more on the blank. I thought long and hard on the shape of the closed end and decided simple was good. As for finish, I went with a hand rubbed oil finish after sanding to 1500, a warmer, softer look than the hard shine look. Then I got one of Lou's anniversary 18K special nibs and with instructions from him, modified it to fit the Jr. I agree with Lou, the large nib looks good on this pen. Then I had Ken at Kallenshaan Woods laser engrave a picture of the Andria Doria on the lid of one of his pen box's. Here are the pictures, all comments are welcome. Thanks for looking.