288 strips of aluminum
192 strips of dyed veneer
48 strips of emulsified,homogenized,dyed wood by product from Columbia
24 inlay cuts and glue ups
About 3 ounces of CA
10 hours to make the blank
Comments welcome

Congratulations Eagle, what an exceptional stunning pen !
The pattern is so beautiful, never seen anything like it.
I'm surely interested to learn how you came to this impressing result, would like to learn from the master !
Francis

Outstanding, Eagle! Your workmanship is really extraordinary.

Outstanding!! Bravo! Fantastic work!
Thanks for sharing.
abhik.

I'm afraid the pen is definitely not to my personal taste.

The workmanship and execution is, however, obviously wonderful.
The finish is just what we are used to from you - spot on!

Congrats,
Ruaidhrí

Nice!
Ever thought of making a closed-end pen out of that material?

Yes but I got snapped back into reality.
The blank is not a "material" but a series of inlays that I made in a solid piece of ebony.
The original piece of ebony for all intense and purposes is removed leaving only "specks" of diamonds in the pattern.
I considered myself lucky to have had it survive drilling let alone remain intact while turning.
A closed end might be in the future but I have too many other ideas I am working on.

I am impressed.

Impressive.
Gorgeous pen
Love the pattern

I'm impressed. The only thing that's not to my personal taste is the black, but if it were blue....