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On the right is the most expensive pen kit I’ve done so far. The kit comes from William WoodWrite, it’s the Baron model but in Titanium Gold and evidently this a fountain pen. This particular pen is dressed in Box Elder Burl. Box Elder (Acer Negundo) is known in Canada as Manitoba Maple. The burl part is a growth in the tree consisting of many knots and layers. It is not fully known as to why a burl is appearing on a tree.

Now about the plating, all the pen kits are plated. There are many plating choices and they offer different wear resistance. Don’t expect me to explain the plating process but I can list a few plating variety and their resistance from the least to the hardests:
-24K Gold
-10K Gold
-Copper
-Chrome
-Sterling Silver
-Platinum / Rhodium
-Titanium

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