When I was a kid, my dad was fascinated with lignum vitae. He had a small block of it he used to show me. He said it was used for prop shaft bushings in WW2 submarines. I think he would have liked this pen.
Your Dad was correct!
... but sometimes us youngsters don't realize it ..... or feel inclined to acknowledge it at the time ... often not until we become dads !!!!
I thought Argentine was greener. This definitely has a green cast to it.
Brings to mind my favorite Mark Twain Quote "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."
I love back stories, too. I wish I could have gotten some of that wood. I remember years ago, a local bowling alley closed, and they had piles of the maple from the lanes out in the parking lot. I'm still kicking myself for not picking some up..
