Wood Types for Pens

Cocobolo

(Dalbergia retusa)
Color: Variegated orange, yellow dark red with irregular black stripes.
Source Region: Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua

Zebra Wood

(Microberlinia brazzavillensis)
Color: Golden brown with pronounced dark brown streaks.
Source Region: West Africa, especially Cameroon and Gabon

Red Heart (Chakte Kok)

(Sickingia salvadorensis)
Color: Color varies from bright red to pink or violet with dark streaks.
Source Region: Central America, Eastern Coast of Mexico

Purple Heart

(Peltogyne spp)
Color: Dull gray brown when freshly cut but soon oxidizing to a violet purple.
Source Region: Mexico to Tropical South America

Paduak

(Pterocarpus soyauxii)
Color: Deep orange red that will age to a deeper orange brown.
Source Region: West Africa.