This is the third pen in my Asian Collection. It is made of Bamboo with laser etched figure and symbols by Ken at Kallenshaanwoods. He also laser engraved the pen box.
the bamboo for the first two pens, The dragon pen and the lotus pen came from csusa, but the blanks they sell were to small for me to do the emperor pen. So I went on line and found Fine Hard Woods located in Washington State (www.woodbillets.com). They sell a bamboo baseball bat billet (3"X3"x37") for around $19.00 ea. The billet I received is a little lighter in color than the blanks from csusa but worked out for me. take care
wayne