I haven't made anything with it yet, but I got some of the lacey sheoak from Scott and it is just like this pen- a beautiful red color, so I'm sure whatever he might send you would be nice Anthony! In fact, I got several different types of wood from him and they all had great color, nice reds!
And Scott, the pen looks great! I don't know exactly how big the pen is (I need that comparison chart someone made...) but personally, I like the larger pens a lot better, although I'm sure there's a size where they're too large and wouldn't be comfortable anymore. And people sometimes seem to assume that women like the smaller sizes better, which I don't think is true. Not only do I know that I like the larger ones, of the last two women that I've given a pen to, where I gave them a choice from several options, they both chose cigar pens that I had made on the larger side. So you might be surprised at who really likes this!