It is HEAVY. Probably twice as heavy as a regular Cigar pen.
It is not Tumbleweed Corian. I guarantee it, no matter what it might look like, it is Granite. If you don't believe me, cool, but don't try to argue with me about what the material is on this one because i know exactly what it is, where i got it, and who had it before that.
It came from a company in South Carolina called "Carolina Counter tops". It was a scrap from my best friend's remodel. He happens to be the youngest son of the owners of said counter top business, who specialize in Marble and Granite counters. I don't think they even sell Corian, and regardless of if they do or not, I know this is Granite. It does indeed have "pits" in both halves of the pen. I left them there on purpose. I have yet to turn a single piece of Corian that had a single pit.
Corian comes off the tool much quicker and easier than Granite. This stuff comes off in a super fine white powder as opposed to shavings. This stuff took 4 to 6 hours to turn one barrell as opposed to 10 minutes with Corian. This stuff fulled my HSS tools with two or three passes instead of two or three projects like Corian. Different characteristics, Different sanding properties, Different everything. It may look like tumbleweed Corian, but it is not.