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Higdon Writing Instruments is a small pen maker specializing in custom handmade pens made from fine and rare woods. Each wood is hand selected for figure and color and then lathe turned to reveal its full beauty.
The artist, Christopher Higdon, has been referred to as, "one of the most exquisite pen artisan's in the United States. These pens make a statement, complementing your wardrobe like Tiffany Cuff links or a Rolex on your wrist" (Atlantan Magazine).
Higdon Writing Instruments are owned by important business persons, politicians, famous actors, and pen collectors locally and around the world, including England and Japan. |
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African Blackwood: The National Tree of Tanzania |
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Written by Taylor Higdon
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Monday, 25 January 2010 15:15 |
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This is our fifth wood feature giving information about rare and unusual woods of the world. Some of these woods are used by Higdon Writing Instruments for making our custom writing instruments and others are ones that we think are interesting and worth highlighting. This week we are highlighting a wood most everyone has seen but few are familiar with, African Blackwood. African Blackwood or Dalbergia melanoxylon is also known as known as Mpingo. African Blackwood grows in most areas and countries south of the Saharan Desert in Africa but with most of the significant numbers being in eastern Africa. Tanzania (where it is the National Tree)
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Last Updated ( Monday, 25 January 2010 15:26 )
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