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I'm asking for some help with a decision I need to make. Here's the story.
In 2016 my wife and I were on a trip to Hawaii and spent two weeks on Kauai. While we were there we took a tour of the Coco Palms Resort. This is the resort where the movie "Blue Hawaii" starring Elvis Presley was shot. The wedding scene as well as the bungalow scene (and many others) were shot at the Coco Palms. The Resort was bought by a Japanese firm and after hurricane Iniki the resort was vacated and left to waste away. It later caught fire and most of the hotel part was ruined but the grounds and bungalows didn't suffer from the fire. During the tour we were taken to what is called the "Elvis Bungalow" (from Blue Hawaii) where I saw the wooden shutters that I found were made of Brazilian Rosewood. I made a deal with the tour guide, Bob, for a shutter off the Elvis Bungalow for one of my knives, which he agreed to.
I now have in my possession a shutter from the Elvis Bungalow and just found out that the bungalow has been destroyed during the renovation and also that the renovations have come to a complete halt and there is no time frame of when the resort will reopen, if ever. My shutter is the last remaining piece of the Elvis Bungalow. I've kept in touch with Bob and he likes the idea of turning the shutter into pens so that many people can have a piece of the Elvis Bungalow. I've got written documents from Bob stating that this shutter is in fact off the Elvis Bungalow and I've also have a picture that shows the shutter from the tour my wife and I took. The shutter is 3/4" think probably 6" wide and 4.5' long. Some of you may mention the CITES restrictions on Brazilian Rosewood which I'm very familiar with, but this is pre-ban and I don't sell outside the U.S.
Here's where your help comes in. I'm looking at a pen kit design that will work well with this shutter. I want to make sure the pen design is equal to the status of this piece of wood. I've had several people contact me this year, after taking the tour and Bob telling them about my knife, so I know people know I have the shutter.
Thanks for your help and ideas and I look forward to hearing them.
In 2016 my wife and I were on a trip to Hawaii and spent two weeks on Kauai. While we were there we took a tour of the Coco Palms Resort. This is the resort where the movie "Blue Hawaii" starring Elvis Presley was shot. The wedding scene as well as the bungalow scene (and many others) were shot at the Coco Palms. The Resort was bought by a Japanese firm and after hurricane Iniki the resort was vacated and left to waste away. It later caught fire and most of the hotel part was ruined but the grounds and bungalows didn't suffer from the fire. During the tour we were taken to what is called the "Elvis Bungalow" (from Blue Hawaii) where I saw the wooden shutters that I found were made of Brazilian Rosewood. I made a deal with the tour guide, Bob, for a shutter off the Elvis Bungalow for one of my knives, which he agreed to.
I now have in my possession a shutter from the Elvis Bungalow and just found out that the bungalow has been destroyed during the renovation and also that the renovations have come to a complete halt and there is no time frame of when the resort will reopen, if ever. My shutter is the last remaining piece of the Elvis Bungalow. I've kept in touch with Bob and he likes the idea of turning the shutter into pens so that many people can have a piece of the Elvis Bungalow. I've got written documents from Bob stating that this shutter is in fact off the Elvis Bungalow and I've also have a picture that shows the shutter from the tour my wife and I took. The shutter is 3/4" think probably 6" wide and 4.5' long. Some of you may mention the CITES restrictions on Brazilian Rosewood which I'm very familiar with, but this is pre-ban and I don't sell outside the U.S.
Here's where your help comes in. I'm looking at a pen kit design that will work well with this shutter. I want to make sure the pen design is equal to the status of this piece of wood. I've had several people contact me this year, after taking the tour and Bob telling them about my knife, so I know people know I have the shutter.
Thanks for your help and ideas and I look forward to hearing them.