I bought some blanks @ woodcraft labeled African Ebony. I've made 2 pens so far, both times the CA finish was I'll say blotchy and uneven.. At 1st I thought maybe the CA was bad so I made a pen out of Mahogany and it turned out fine.. I sanded all the CA off tried again, similar results, so I sanded the CA off again and finished with lemon oil and they turned out fine. My question is has anyone else had similar experience with African Ebony? In the meantime I have labeled all my African Ebony blanks to remind (alert) me not to try the CA again.