Patent ID: 7467904

Claim:
A writing instrument, comprising: (a) a writing element that leaves a marking line if moved across paper or other similar surfaces, and (b) a wood elongated holder surrounding and encasing said writing element, and with said wood made from cutting a tree transversely so the direction of the grain of said wood runs substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of said elongated holder to thereby reveal said tree's annual rings which extend circumferentially around said elongated holder, and (c) a marking of the year of said tree's wood formation on one or more of the annual rings as means for displaying the tree-ring chronology through the writing instrument, and (d) whereby said writing instrument becomes memorabilia that serves as a natural annual chart for important dates of an individual, company, organization, or other entity, and whereby said writing instrument can communicate the natural history of said tree's existence and the natural history of its surrounding environment.