Griffin Exotic Wood

Exotic PEN BLANKS
Why buy from us: Careful professional selection of your blanks and
We let you buy one at a time for the same price as most suppliers 10 packs!

So far, about 75 types available, some that aren't available anywhere else!

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See bottom of page for newest pieces!!!


New!!
Burma Blackwood and Beeswing Narra, two beautiful species from Southeast Asia: 

 Newest pieces are at the bottom of the page.

<<<<<<<Don't forget to check clearance page for pen blanks!


Pen blank  sizes are 5/8" square to 3/4" square and 5" to 6" long unless noted otherwise. (Most are 3/4")
(click on the photos to see photos or get more info.)


Wood type:. botanical name: Place of origin (typical) Price each:
dalbergia melanoxylon Africa
Price: $1.90
Qty: 

 African Blackwood
(part burl)
dalbergia melanoxylon Africa
Price: $3.00
Qty: 


stocked occasionally
dalbergia melanoxylon Africa
Price: $7.00
Qty: 

(extremely rare!)
African Wild Pear . South Africa $2.20*
pterocarpus indicus Southeast Asia
Price: $5.25
Qty: 

pterocarpus indicus Southeast Asia
Price: $2.00
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olea hochstettleri South Africa
Price: $3.00
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afzelia xylocarpa Laos
Price: $4.00
Qty: 

Apricot . USA hybrid
Price: $1.00
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dalbergia olivera Laos
Price: $1.50
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dalbergia maritima Madagascar
Bois de Rose pen blank
Price: $2.20
Qty: 

. Mexico
Price: $1.00
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dalbergia cearencis Brazil
Price: $1.50
Qty: 


Brazilian Kingwood pen 10 pack
Price: $12.50
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disopryros embryopteris Laos
Price: $3.80
Qty: 

. Bolivia
Price: $1.20
Qty: 

Bolivian Rosewood pen blanks, save on 10 or more!
Price: $0.90
Qty: 

 . Southeast Asia
Price: $2.00
Qty: 

Black Palm pen blank 10 pack
Price: $17.00
Qty:

 . Borneo
Price: $1.00
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dalbergia retusa Mexico--tends to have more reddish brown and more defined lines.
 

Honduras--tends to be more orange with solid color and minimal lines.
 

Note:  The above descriptions are generalizations and color varies from one piece to the next.  All are beautiful!

Cocobolo pen blank 
(Mexican Cocobolo)
Price: $1.00
Qty: 

Cocobolo pen blank
(Honduras Cocobolo)
Price: $0.95
Qty: 

Coffee Burl   coffea arabica . Bali, Indonesia
Price: $2.50
Qty: 

dalbergia latifolia India
Price: $1.50
Qty: 

diospyros spp. Gabon or  India
Price: $1.90
Qty: 

Ebony pen blank 40 or more, each
Price: $1.45
Qty: 

. United States of America 
Price: $1.20
Qty: 

combretum schumannii Africa

Price: $1.20
Qty: 

guiacum spp. Mexico, Central or South America
Cannot be shipped outside USA
Price: $3.00 Was 3.50
Qty: 

Lignum Vitae pens, save on 5 or more!
Price: $2.00  Was 2.50
Qty: 

diospyros celebica Phillipines
Price: $2.00
Qty: 

Madagascar Rosewood dalbergia spp. Madagascar
Price: $2.00
Qty: 

diospryos spp. Southeast Asia
Price: $1.90
Qty: 

acer macrophyllum USA-Pacific Northwest
Maple Burl
Price: $1.75
Qty: 

Maple Burl pen blanks,
30% off for 10 or more!
Price: $1.22
Qty: 

Maple Burl pen blanks,
40% off for 20 or more!
Price: $1.05
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betula pendula Finland
Masur "Ice Burl" pen blank
very good figure
Price: $4.50
Qty: 

betula pendula Finland
Masur Birch pen blank with figure or green spalt lines
Price: $3.50
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NEW!
Masur Birch pen blank with very high figure!
Price: $5.00
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casaelpina echinata Brazil (no longer imported)
Cannot ship outside USA after 8/15/07

Pernambuco pen blank
(becoming rare, virtual import ban)
Price: $1.90
Qty: 

Pernambuco pen blank, 10 or more, each
Price: $1.50
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berchemia zeyheri  South Africa
Price: $3.00
Qty: 

Pink Ivory pen blanks, 10 or more, each
Price: $2.50
Qty: 

Poui (poo-ee) tabebuia rufescans Thailand out of stock 
aspidosperma spp. Brazil
Price: $1.00
Qty: 

. South America
Price: $1.90
Qty: 

. South America
Price: $4.75
Qty: 

Redheart . South America
Price: $1.10
Qty: 

Redwood Lace Burl sempervirens spp. California, USA
Price: $2.00
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1/2" sq. piratinera guianensis Suriname
Price: $3.50
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Snakewood pen blank 1/2" , 10 or more, each
Price: $2.70
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5/8"sq. piratinera guianensis Suriname
Price: $5.50
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Snakewood pen blank, 10 or more, each
Price: $5.00
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3/4" sq. piratinera guianensis Suriname
Price: $9.50
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Snakewood pen blank 3/4, 10 or more, each
Price: $8.00
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(genuine, fragrant)
ossyris wightiana Nepal or Tanzania
Price: $4.80
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Sandalwood pen blank, 5 or more, each
Price: $4.20
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(genuine, fragrant)
ossyris wightiana Nepal or Tanzania
Price: $11.50
Qty: 

tamarindicus indicus Laos
Price: $3.50
Qty: 

Spalted Tamarind pen blank, 5 or more, each
Price: $2.90
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Thai Rosewood (Cochen rose.) dalbergia cochinensis Thailand
Price: $1.80
Qty: 

dalbergia frutescans Brazil
Price: $2.00
Qty: 

spirostachys africana Tanzania
Price: $1.90
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tetraclines articulate Morocco
Price: $4.90
Qty: 

bulnesia sarmentoi Argentina
Pen blankPrice: $1.20
Qty: 

Argentine Lignum pen blank, 10 or more, each
Price: $0.90
Qty: 


 
 

More Pens!  Many have limited availability and some are unusual.  Not in alphabetical order.   Newest at bottom of chart.
 
Afzelia (very high figure) afzelia xlocarpa Laos
Afzelia figured pen blank
Price: $4.00
Qty: 

Olivewood  (very high curly figure) olea hochstetteri South Africa
Olive pen blank (figured)
Price: $4.50
Qty: 

Pink sandalwood (genuine/ low scent but bright color) ossyris wightiana Nepal
Pink sandalwood pen blank
Price: $4.00
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Desert Rosewood (Very dark purple, very dense with fine grain)
very limited supplies!
Arizona, USA $5.00 each
olneya tesota Arizona, USA
Desert Ironwood pen
Price: $4.50
Qty: 


Desert Ironwood pen with high contrast or some figure
Price: $6.00
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diopyros mun Laos
Mun Ebony pen blank
Price: $3.50
Qty: 

dalbergia tucurensis Nicaragua
Nicaraguan Rosewood pen
Price: $0.90
Qty: 

7/8"  piratinera guianensis Suriname
Snakewood pen blank 7/8"
Price: $11.50
Qty:

microberlinia brazzavillensis Cameroon
Zebrawood pen
Price: $0.75
Qty: 

Snakewood (medium fig.) piratinera guianensis Suriname
Snakewood med. fig. pen
Price: $2.50
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Sandalwood (2nd grade)  ossyris wightiana Nepal
Sandalwood 2nd grade
Price: $2.80
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Chechen metopium brownei Mexico
Chechen pen
Price: $0.80
Qty: 

Granadillo platymiscium spp. Mexico
Granadillo pen
Price: $0.90
Qty: 

brosimum paraense Brazil
Bloodwood pen
Price: $0.90
Qty:

Brazilian Laurel (dark brown/ grey green) very dense. Brazil .90 each
diospyros crassiflora Cameroon
Striped Ebony pen blank
Price: $1.90
Qty: 

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USA  (Pacific Northwest)
Yew pen blank
Price: $1.40
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(ultra fine grain)
(some have gray/green  lines)
buxus sempervirens Great Britain/
Turkey
Boxwood pen blank
Price: $3.50
Qty: 

Boxwood pen--big savings on 3 or more!
Price: $2.30
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Wenge milletia pendula Africa
Wenge pen blank
Price: $1.20
Qty: 

Gmelia Burl
pentacryl stabilized* and dried
Unknown! Laos
Gmelia Burl pen blank
Price: $4.00
Qty: 

Cordia dodecandra Mexico
Ziricote pen blank
Price: $2.80
Qty: 

microberlinia brazzavillensis Cameroon
Zebrawood pen with curl/pomele figure!
Price: $1.90
Qty: 

Erica arborea Turkey
Briar Burl pen blank with high figure
Price: $5.50
Qty: 

Centrolobium paraense Central & South America
Canarywood pen blank
Price: $0.90
Qty: 

high figure rhamnus zeyheri Southern Africa
Pink Ivory pen blank with high figure!
Price: $6.00
Qty: 

Granadillo High figure! platymiscium spp. Mexico
Granadillo pen with high curl/quilt figure!
Price: $2.00
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myroxylon balsamum S. Mexico to Argentina
Balsamo pen blank
Price: $1.40
Qty: 


Acrylic with beautiful
quilting.  Catches the
Light!
   (Acrylic) click for another photo   Canada
Royal Purple Quilt Acrylic 5/8" pen blank
Price: $2.30
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Royal Purple Quilt Acrylic 3/4" pen blank
Price: $2.90
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Royal Purple Quilt Acrylic 3/4" pen blank Deal on 3 or more!
Price: $2.50
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(these require you to coat them with superglue to fill any tinyl voids or natural splits in this burl) 

dalbergia cochinchinensis   Thailand
Cochinchin burl pen blank 3/4" (very uncommon)
Price: $5.00
Qty: 

Figured Maple
(has fiddleback and/or burl 
acer macrophyllum Oregon, USA
Figured Maple pen blank (fiddleback and/or burl)
Price: $1.20
Qty:

Figured Maple pen blank Discount on 6 or more! 25% off !
Price: $0.90
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Acrylic pen blank.  Has the 
3 colors of the tundra (blue-sky,
green-grass, and white-snow)

  Click here to see larger photo Canada
Tundra Sky acrylic pen blank (5/8" to 3/4" random thickness)
Price: $3.00
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Acrylic pen blank.  Has colors
reminiscent of the glass made in Venice, Italy that has been famous from the 1300's.  Maybe as close as an acrylic can get to the famed genuine Murano glass.

Be sure to click for large photo !! Canada
"Venetian Glass" acrylic pen blank (5/8-3/4 random thickness)
Price: $3.25
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dalbergia cultrate
click here for photo
Thailand, Southeast Asia region
Burma blackwood pen blanks, interesting color and grain!
Price: $2.00
Qty: 

pterocarpus indicus Southeast Asia
Beeswing Narra pen blank with striking figure!
Price: $1.70
Qty: 

*pentracyl stabilization:  means that this wood has been treated with a product that coats the cells inside the wood with a polymer that prevents degradation during drying.  It is different than resin impregation, which tends to make the wood similar to plastic.  This type of stabilization leaves the wood looking normal and lighter in weight than resin.   Pentracryl does not fill holes or gaps.   When finishing pentracryl treated items (they are marked with a "P" on the wood) wipe them with mineral spirits before applying your finish, allow a few minutes to dry, then apply your finish.  This assures proper adhesion of the finish.