Hi Greg,
Have you ever had one of those months when all of a sudden a ton of work comes all at once? I feel like I can not catch up! To top is off a couple of weeks ago I ended up in the emergency room! Amazing, all of those dangerous woodworking machines and I jab a carving gouge into my hand hitting the knuckle! Five stiches and a lot of pain. It makes getting everything much harder to do!.
Anyway I have some addersses for you!
The 2 Woodcraft addresses can be found on their site
The Woodworkers Shop is probably the only one that is right in your path
Woodworkers Shop
3385 N State (Rt 47) Morris Il 60450 They are not open on Sundays
They have limited pens supplies if any, anymore but in the wood room in the back they have a lot of exotic and domestic boards. Phone# 815-942-5865
Rockler
253 W Golf Rd.
Schaumburg Il Phone# 847-301-0447
Hardwood Connection
1810 Wt State Rt 64
Sycamore Il
All wood planks. No turning blanks but lots of exotic wood you can cut up for pen blanks
They also have a nice room displaying woodcrafts for sale
If you plan on going out of the way for any store, make it one of the Woodcrafts. The one in Woodridge is probably going to be closer.
I hope this helps.
Take Care, Alice