Rick_G
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Black titanium cigar in spalted box elder. CA finish. The wood came from a tree that was right on the property line between my place and a retired pastor next door. We took it down a few years ago and I've made a few pens from it since. There were a couple young guys always visiting him and I found out why a while ago. Turns out their father ran off with another women when they were young and he stepped up as a father figure for them. They are both in the military now, one in Afghanistan and the other is on a short term assignment in the middle east. This one will go to the guy in the middle east and I will be making another tomorrow for the brother in Afghanistan. With the history I figure it is only fitting they each get a pen from this tree.