If you are not set on Holyland olive wood, I believe George has had some really nice Ausie olive wood in the past. You might want to check with him.
Thanks for the heads up mate, appreciated and yes I have plenty, I cut the trees myself so, sizes are no problem however, the OP have made it clear that, he is looking after BOW (Bethlehem Olive Wood) and I don't have that, mine is AUOW, damn silly abbreviations...!:wink::biggrin:
Cheers
George
When it comes done to it, the cosmetics for most of my pens is prob more important than the birth place... plus I've got plenty of those "from the holyland" round stickers, no one would be the wiser :wink:
Well, that is an old story and only a "fool" wouldn't accept as an daily practice. I would probably be a rich man for very Olive wood blank I sold, that did get the sticker and authentication certificate attached to it, "treatment" however, I never encouraged anyone to do it and prefer not to sell them if I know, that's what they will be used for, period...!
It up to one's conscience to either continue to be part of the problem/rip-off or be part of the solution and be truthful about what they are selling.
The problem is that, when one puts truthfulness and honesty against dollars and greediness, the later wins every time or at least 99% of times.
Please, this is not open to discussion nor I will "ping-pong" once again with this issue, I will never stop expression my opinion about this issue, like it or not, some will agree some will not, and as I say, bad tities...!:wink::biggrin:
There will be "mountains" of these blanks available very soon, lets see what happens...!:wink::biggrin:
Cheers
George