Tigerwood is a ToolPost discovery: a colourful extravaganza of a timber product ideal for the age and sized to suit the production of pen and pencils as well as other turned projects such as key fobs and perfume dispensers.  This is a timber-based product, based on a strong laminate of brilliantly dyed timbers: the secret to the making this such a clean turning timber without the chipping and delamination which plagues so many competing products is that this laminate is impregnated with phenolic resin to create a tough durable timber blank.

The accompanying picture gives an idea of the colours of Tigerwood available, with their reference numbers (used in the first part of the part number: i.e. PB1 K1913 indicates a blank in the PB1 colour combination shown in the reference photo.)  This photo also shows the appearance of a couple of typical pen kits made up using Tigerwood.

We provide Tigerwood pen blanks, which are a full 19 mm (3/4 inch) square, instead of the 16 mm (5/8") delivered by other such products, and in a choice of lengths to suit your pen project.  For items requiring a chunkier approach we also stock 45 mm (1.3/4 inch) square blocks of this amazing material, 80 mm (3.1/4 inches) long.
 

Acrylic has become a very popular material for penmakers.  It is colourful, available in a variety of colours and patterns and can be brought to a very high finish - with due diligence.  Above, is a representation of the acrylic blanks available from Chestnut Products, with the titles listed alongside.  This photo also shows the blanks from left to right, in the same order as they are listed below.

Although we offer the various alternatives to "real wood" we appreciate that, for many people, the simple elegance of a wooden pen cannot be surpassed.  We keep two mixed packs of pen blanks each containing ten pieces, termed our Exotic Selection Pack and our Tropical Selection Pack.  The exotic pack, in typical form, is shown above (the contents may vary form time to time as species availability varies).  The tropical pack typically contains 2 blanks each of Lignum Vitae; Goldfield Burr; Bocote; Ebony and Cocobolo - though again contents may vary dependent upon availabilities of suitable timbers.