The original cactus blank I purchased from Curtis. I backpainted the blank and painted the tube. Polished to 12k mm then 6 coats of ca/blo with a wet sand to 12k mm. All comments, good and bad, are welcome.
Yes, you get two pens for the price of one blank. Curtis does a great job on these and other materials his blanks make my pen turning look great. He has an open door and will respond to anyone's questions. If you are interested go to turntex.com.