Very nice looking pen. Shar are you aware of how ebony has a bad tendency to crack? Every pen that I have made with it has ended up cracking, mostly a few weeks after it was finished. Most of us I believe, have started using an alternative. Something like african blackwood I think is what most use. What I plan on trying is to send some holly out and have it died black and stabilized. I have a couple pieces of holly that is died but have not had a chance to turn it yet, a teal and a gold.
I hope that I did not ruin your day:~(
Wayne