• Thanks for visiting The Penturners Forum today.

    There are many features and resources that currently you are unable to see or access, either because you're not yet registered, or if you're already registered, because you're not logged in.

    To gain full access to the forum, please log in or register now. Registration is completely free, it only takes a few seconds, and you can join our well established community of like-minded pen makers.

Gatsby Click Turquoise

qquake2k

Fellow
Joined
Sep 9, 2015
Posts
1,070
Location
Northern California
First Name
Jim
This is a Gatsby Click pen with an acrylic acetate blank called Crushed Turquoise. The blank was fairly soft and easy to turn, and I was afraid it wouldn't polish up very nice. But it did. It looks better than I expected.
 

Attachments

  • 038.JPG
    038.JPG
    326 KB · Views: 68
  • 039.JPG
    039.JPG
    308.7 KB · Views: 67
  • 040.JPG
    040.JPG
    276.2 KB · Views: 69
  • 041.JPG
    041.JPG
    263.1 KB · Views: 68

brody2123

Fellow
Joined
Feb 13, 2014
Posts
3,058
Location
redditch
First Name
Brody
That is a beautiful blank Jim. The card is a nice touch. Anything that helps emphasise the fact that handmade pens are special is a good thing in my book. This turned out very well.:thumbs:
 

angelo49

Registered
Joined
Jun 19, 2013
Posts
2,827
Location
Lancaster, PA Brooklyn, NY USA
First Name
Angelo
Beautiful pen Jim. Nice blank. Nicely Done:thumbs::thumbs:
Those cards came with Rhodium kits I bought from PSI about 2 yrs ago.
Good thing, gotta show something for paying 3X's more for the kit.
PSI is a little more than an hour from my place in PA. Gas and $4.50 toll. I only buy from them
when I'm really stuck or on my way to Brooklyn, NY. They're a little high priced and have to pay the sales tax.
Better off paying less on line and pay the shipping instead.
 

silver

General dogsbody
Executive Member
Joined
Jun 29, 2013
Posts
6,301
Location
Somewhere in Staffordshire,
First Name
Eamonn.
Can't make my mind up on this one Jim.

I looked at earlier today and looked several times since.

I love what you have done with the blank, finish and fit are superb. I think it's the Gatsby kit that's not growing on me..


Nicely :thumbs: done.
No description of what the barrel is made of on the card?

Les

The card came with the pen kit Les.
 

Penpal

Grand Master
Joined
May 26, 2013
Posts
25,340
Location
Canberra AUSTRALIA
First Name
Peter
Morning here Jim I have a number of kits that are clicks from a bulk buy with other kits these I have had a bad name in fact so many jammed sales dropped right out. A bloke in the states came up with a simple cure for the problem to do with an identical spring that fits on the biro refill on my kits he felt the tension was too great on the spring and cut the open end of the spring shorter ie the biro tip spring. so I have been thinking of removing the soft grip from the bottom brass and using these kits. Looking deeply into the Gatsby Penkits Uk directions say put a drop of glue on the click housing to hold it in place do you do this? and if you do on the top or the sides of the click housing? Is it a neat fit? How have you found the click mechanism in all respects for the Gatsby. I note all clicks seem to depend on the top shape in the black part of the biro sell the biro section with the spring end that is double ringed in the bottom relying on the twist action on the refill to set it in or out. Thank you in advance. Kind regards

Peter.
 

Jim

Grand Master
Joined
Oct 19, 2011
Posts
15,617
I like the idea with the card Jim, the blank looks very much like Truestone my friend .. :thumbs:
 
Warning! This thread has not had any replies for over a year. You are welcome to post a reply here, but it might be better to start a new thread (and maybe include a link to this one if you need to).
Top