Well, the barrel is from my good friend Neil Drumheller who makes fishing rods for sale. One day Bruce Robbins and I called on him to see if he would try to make a pen barrel using the same technique that he uses on his fancy rods. He agreed and we left him alone for a couple weeks. Then, he showed up with a bunch of pen blanks at the Mid-Atlantic pen-turning symposium we had about 4 yrs ago. The blanks were an instant success and he made me this one for my thanks. So the pen you see is mostly his! Neil sells his blanks thru Exotics these days. Well Done, Neir, an ole "salty dog" from our Navy days.