The wood part of the pens is handcrafted from exotic wood. The mechanism is one of the following: gun metal, chrome, satin plated, or gold plated. Each pen has its own character of style. The many woods are: eucalyptus, mahogany, oak, laminated dyed $ compressed wood, zebra wood, bocote, katalox, Chechen, East Indian rosewood, Black Palm, yellow heart, padauk, Purple Heart, red heart, & Yucatan Rosewood, finished with 2 coats of tung oil