Prepared casing. Choose the kit and the pen is assembled as you wait. Under options choose one of the kits for online orders. You are also able to choose a special pen box instead of the standard box. Choose your delivery method. When freshly cut, Purpleheart is actually more a dull brown with feint purple overtones. Within minutes, these colors quickly change into a variety of different purple hues (depending upon species, growth environment, etc.), but generally mutate back towards a darker brown with purple tint with continued exposure to UV rays. This process can be slowed and minimized by using a finishing product with UV-inhibitor additives. While the wood is generally very cooperative when worked, given its hard, dense nature, dull tools and blades can be an issue. When resawing a board with a dull saw blade, it hardness can cause the wood and blade to overheat, producing a black, tar-like resin which requires some very patient sanding to completely remove. Despite its large natural range and 23 different species, recent surges in popularity in this new millennium have led to some isolated cases of "near extinction" levels of tree population reduction in several Central American regions where it grows.
