It all starts with an unassuming little block of olive wood. Leroy Armstrong stands that up on a drill press, scrunches his brow in deep concentration and lowers the bit down into the block. Tiny wood ...

They say the pen is mightier than the sword. And at times, it might just be prettier, too. Xzotic Pens, for one, creates such pens. A homegrown brand, it produces beautiful personalised, hand-turned ...

MIDDLETOWN - Growing up in Coney Island, Brooklyn, and moving to Monmouth County over 50 years ago, Paul DeSaro always enjoyed woodworking in his spare time. And he successfully turned that hobby into ...

For years, Jon Ortmann considered woodcrafting a hobby and nothing more. Then a friend asked him to create, or turn, a wooden pen. Before creating his first pen, Ortmann made larger wooden items like ...