Sorry Phil, glad it worked, my blanks are for a pen sold to a doctor. There is an association between the medical profession and Lignum Vitae. You can make a brew with the chippings that is supposed to be excellent for arthiritis, but the I think the benefits are probably more inline with colonic irrigation! Its name is Latin for wOOD OF lIFE, ITS OTHER NAME pALO sANTO, IS THE PORTUGESE (OR IS IT sPANISH?) FOR hOLY WOOD. Bollocks, not retyping that.
National wood of the Bahamas, national symbol of Jamaca and the national flower of Trinidad and Tobage, just in case you are short of info to recommend a pen to an individual from these parts of the world. Wood native to the caribbean and northern shores of South America.