The wood is a really wormy piece of persimmon, and the finish is strait CA, 6 coats, then mm'd to 12000. I had to do fillings in 3 places that were to the tube. I just used hole material from the pieces I cut off the blank and CA to fill them. I am very please and think it came out quite nicely. I'm claiming this one, as all of the other 6 pens I have made so far are all gone.
Emerson