Olive Wood Pen Blank by Zuluf Premium Crafting Supplies (3/4" x 3/4" x 5-1/4 Inches)

This olive wood carving is handcrafted by skilled Christian artisans in Bethlehem. Made from genuine olive wood, each piece is unique with natural grain patterns. Size: 0.7 inch. Ships worldwide with free US shipping on orders over $100.

About This Pen Blank

Pick one of these up and you'll see immediately why olive wood carving has stayed popular for centuries. The grain doesn't sit still. It moves, it swirls, it does something different every inch of the way down the blank. That's not a marketing line, that's just what this wood does.

Each blank is 5 x 0.7 x 0.7 inches, sized right for pen turning on a lathe. Cut from genuine Holy Land olive wood, the kind with tight grain and warm honey tones you can't fake with stain. If you've ever wondered is olive wood good for carving, the answer is yes, and a pen blank is one of the best ways to find out why turners keep coming back to it.

You can grab a single blank to test it, or order a set of 10 for the workshop. Either way, what you're getting is a real piece of Bethlehem in your hands. No two look alike. That part's guaranteed.

Features & Details

• ✓ Genuine Holy Land olive wood, cut for lathe pen turning
• ✓ Dimensions: 5 x 0.7 x 0.7 inches, fits standard pen turning setups
• ✓ Tight, intricate grain with warm honey tones and dark streaks throughout
• ✓ Every blank is unique, no two wood blanks for carving will look identical
• ✓ Available as a single blank or a set of 10 spoon carving blanks and pen blanks combined are popular buys too
• ✓ Cut and prepared by Christian artisan families in Bethlehem
• ✓ Works for pen turning, small sculptures, and hand carving projects

Product Specifications

Perfect As a Gift

A woodturning instructor in Ohio ordered a set of 10 last year, one for each student in his beginner class. He sent me a note afterward saying two of his students had never worked with olive wood before and now they won't use anything else for their pen projects. That's the kind of thing I love hearing.

If you know someone who turns pens or does small carving work, this is a genuinely good lathe gift idea. It's specific enough to feel thoughtful and useful enough that it actually gets used. Free US shipping on orders over $100 makes the 10-pack easy to justify.

The 10-pack ships worldwide and qualifies for free US shipping. Good option for carving groups or buying for a class.

The Story Behind It

Most carving blanks you find online are factory-cut from anonymous sources somewhere overseas. These are different. The families who cut and prepare these blanks in Bethlehem have been working olive wood for generations, and carving olive wood is something they understand at a level most suppliers of olive wood simply don't.

The wood itself comes from annual pruning of living trees. Nobody's cutting anything down. The trees stay, the branches get harvested, and the workshop turns what would otherwise be scrap into something a turner in Ohio or Texas or Australia can actually build with. That's a supply chain I'm proud of, for what it's worth.

We buy direct from these families. No importers, no warehouses, no markups stacked on top of markups. When you order, it ships from Bethlehem. That's where the whole operation lives, same as it always has.

Care Instructions

Olive wood is low maintenance once you know the basics. If the blank or finished piece starts looking dry, rub a small drop of olive oil in with a cloth and let it sit. Don't soak it in water. That's really about all there's to it.