What kind of wood is this

[jared herbert]

A friend that lives on Maui sent me box of pen blanks, some were labeled, this one was not. The blank was basically half creamy white and the other half was a nice pinkish red color. This blank may or may not be Hawaiian in origin. Some of the blanks were but I know some were not. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks in advance Jared

[jared herbert]

This is another picture that shows the color a little better.
A friend that lives on Maui sent me box of pen blanks, some were labeled, this one was not. The blank was basically half creamy white and the other half was a nice pinkish red color. This blank may or may not be Hawaiian in origin. Some of the blanks were but I know some were not. Anyone have any thoughts on this? Thanks in advance Jared

[Bruce Pratt]

If it is not a tropical, it might be either eastern red cedar or yew, both have cream-white sapwood and reddish heartwood.

[jared herbert]

thanks for the reply. I know it is not eastern red cedar. I have worked with that stuff before and I know that is not what it is. jared

[Ben Pierce]

Is it hard? Looks kind of like hickory or pecan, but who knows?

[jared herbert]

The wood did not seem to be hard. It sanded and finished very well.

[Ben Pierce]

Also could be any one of many different white woods w/ a bit of the inner bark.

[Kyle Iwamoto]

If you had a bigger unfinished piece, that would help, but I personally don't think that does not look like any of the "local" trees that we have. But my knowledge is not that exetensive concerning trees......

Nice pen!

[Jim Sevey]

I'm gonna go with ash juniper. That would not be growing in the islands but it looks exactly like that. It's all over the Texas hill country.

[Dick Strauss]

Flaming Box Elder possibly...?