Wood and Acrylic pens can be made to order.  Provide us a piece of wood or acrylic 3/4" high x 3/4" wide x 5" long and we can turn it into a memory or keepsake for you.  We have been able to make pens from smaller pieces (branches and even saw dust) using resin to join the pieces together.  If you're interested, please contact us.

Acrylic pens are $30 each and wood pens are $35 each.

Special orders: Acrylic or Wood Pen: $65 each (cost may increase due to difficulty)

Our eldest son serves as a firefighter/EMT for Woonsocket, RI.  We made this pen using olive wood that our daughter brought back from a concert tour to Israel and Palestine.

We can make pens for the Police, Military and many others.  Please contact us if you're interested in these types of pens.

This specialty pen with the box is $100 each

The story of Kauri…

The Kauri Forest originated in the northern island of New Zealand.  It has been scientifically proven that they were around before the Ice Age.  According to one theory, they were knocked down by a giant Tsunami and buried in peat bogs where they were perfectly preserved from the elements that would otherwise have rotted them away.  Today, through careful extraction, these specimens are pulled out of the peat bog using heavy equipment with minimal impact on the environment.  Then they are sawn up and used in a variety of decorative applications. This piece is carbon date to be 30,000 to 50,000 years old.

Gold, Gun Metal Grey and Silver shown.  Brushed Gold, Brushed Silver and Copper are available.

These unique pens are $40 each

The story of the original Amistad…

On July 2, 1839, the Amistad (which means “friendship” in Spanish) was sailing off the shore of Cuba when a group of Black Africans who were being sold into slavery rose up against their captors on board the ship.  Two months later the Amistad reached the waters off Long Island, New York. There the ship was seized by the U.S. Navy, which towed it to Connecticut. The rebels were jailed and charged with murder and piracy. However, political pressures caused a delay in the case of the Amistad. Since Cuba was then a colony belonging to Spain, the United States government felt it should turn the Africans over to the Spanish government. Eventually the case was heard before the U.S. Supreme Court. Former president John Quincy Adams represented the captives. In March 1841 the Supreme Court agreed with the earlier decision: the rebels were not guilty. In an 8-1 decision the judges proclaimed the men were “entitled to freedom,” even “by the laws of Spain itself.” In November the 35 survivors of the Amistad set sail for Africa. They arrived in Sierra Leone in January 1842.

The name of the ship became a symbol of the fight against slavery.

Our family got these pieces of the Amistad II keel while the ship was being build at the Mystic Seaport in the late 1990's.  There was a barrel full of chips and the construction crew let us take the treasures!!

These special pens are $40 each