Species  Coconut Palm  Length   3 3/8"  Base  .480"  Body  .455"  To top of pick  2 3/4"

Hardly. Though it looks as exotic as leopard or speckled puff adder, it's coconut palm from the Florida Keys. Thing is, it's crosscut, exposing the wide capillaries that quickly draw water from even quicker tropical showers to the swaying fronds and heavy fruit before it's soaked into the warm sand. Now before you say "but it'll snap like a pretzel" or "palm is punkwood", let me assure you it's quite strong due to resins forced through its bundled tubing and cellular interstices. Which makes for one eyecatching display of wild, deep mahogany spots on opposing sides, with flashy horizontal venation thrown into the mix. Quite a show. And it has nice water buffalo horn on top and a brass tamping end with a pick. Large, stylish, unusual; it's sure to draw notice and the inevitable "just what is this, anyway?"