Most of my pins are made of metal, but this one's made of zebrawood, an exotic wood from Africa. It gets its name from the fact that the wood's grain really does look like a zebra's stripes. The pin plays on that by alternating slivers of dark and light wood to make the striped chevron pattern you see here.
The workmanship is extraordinary: the pin is actually a flat, slightly rounded surface, and it's silky smooth to the touch. The impression of there being hills and valleys arises from the chevron pattern. The pin was a gift from Caroline and Martin, who have an eye for this sort of thing.
The pin's pretty versatile. I wore it horizontally today (indicating my expectation of a neutral day), but I can rotate it 90 degrees clockwise for a stronger, shield-like effect (meaning "don't bug me"), or 90 degrees anti-clockwise for a tombstone effect (meaning "crap day in prospect").
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I swear it looks like there are ridges in this pin. It is very cool (like you obviously are). Are you French?
Thank you, stranger :)
But just in case you really ARE a stranger, I'm from England.
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