Ironwood Ballpoint Twist Pen

Beautiful handcrafted ballpoint twist pen with metal accents made with Exotic Ironwood from the Sonoran Desert. Each pen is hand sanded, polished, and buffed to a high-gloss shine. It’s slim shape is nice in the hand, but there is a nice amount of weight to it. It is a smooth writing instrument which takes a Cross style insert.

More pens in this series coming soon with different metal accents such as Gold, Silver, Satin Silver, Chrome, Gunmetal, Copper, and Black Chrome.

This pen is made with Exotic Ironwood that has been cut out from the wood of an “Ironwood” tree. It has a beautiful grain and as its name implies, is very dense. Next to the Leadwood of Florida, Ironwood is the heaviest wood native to the United States and Mexico. The trees grow at an altitude of 2,500 feet above sea level in the deserts and coastal regions of Arizona, California, Baja California and Sonora Mexico. This species of Ironwood is “Olneya tesota”; and is the only species of this genus found in the Pacific Southwest. Live ironwood trees are not harvested for carving. Fallen ironwood is collected, after drying for several years to be used. The Seri Indians originated this handcraft in 1961. Today the Seri Indians, as well as other talented artisans in northern Sonora, Mexico are masters in milling this beautiful wood. Talented artisans have carved these pieces for you, each with varying shape, color and grain, making each pen unique. There may be natural imperfections in the wood, which also adds to the unique character of each pen.