Thanks for all of the positive responses! Looks like I made the right choice going with a natural look. I got really lucky with the blank because it was a short (I think about 4"), so I didn't have many options for positioning, but the contrast in the color came at a perfect point in the pen. As for the alignment, I didn't realize the cap was triple-start threaded, when I put the cap on for the first time I was baffled as to why it was misaligned. Took me longer than I would like to admit to figure it out :tongue: