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I was invited to a Super Bowl Party at a Paleontologists house. He is a son-in law of a friend of mine. I told my friend I would make a nice pen for his son-in-law for having the party. There is going to be 150 or more people there.[:0] So for putting up with all of us, I figured I would make him something nice. At least I hope it’s nice enough.[:I] I had Ken at Kallenshaan Woods do the engraving on the box. I think the box looks awesome. It’s an Emperor Jr.. The Mammoth has some real interesting coloring, some faintly darker areas. I really took my time with it, taking the tools to the Jet Wet Sharpener a couple times per blank. Drilling 1/8 inch, then another, then letting everything cool down. All performed on a Paul Huffman Vise. Awesome craftsmanship on that vise. I did all the lathe work without a mandrel, using johnnycnc’s bushings, dead and live centers. His stuff is amazing, perfectly fitting and perfectly round barrels. I got the Mammoth from a guy in Tucson, AZ. He sells on Ebay. I’ve heard of Mammoth cracking with changes in humidity or temperature. I’m thinking it will be fine as we have the same humidity and temperature here in Phoenix as Tucson where it was cut. I turned it a week ago and it still looks fine. To keep the pen looking good, I’ll give him a Polishing Kit I purchased from Chris (cd18524). Anyway, as you can see, I made this pen with a lot of help from many people on this site. So, thanks everyone! It’s too bad Ed (ed4copies) didn’t have Mammoth Ivory, or I would have purchased that from him.[8D]