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This is a new blank from Beaufort, and a rare demonstrator pen from me. Given the nature of these transparent pens there is heightened focus in the finish, inside and out. I really enjoy buffing the outside of a pen - it’s when I do all my best thinking ?. But polishing the inside is one of my...

This one is made from Brown mallee (stabilised) and cellulose acetate (threads and section). The cellulose parts are glued into the wooden pieces using 2 part epoxy. Then the drilling, boring, threading and shaping. This model has a smooth profile when capped (no lip between the cap and the...

Morning all so two weeks ago I started to make a pen from a burl, and I was happy to say it was working out really well but then the unthinkable happened, the cap thread snaped my fault I turned it far to thin. It must have been a loss of concentration, so I left in in the kitchen for a week or...

Good afternoon all I'm having a bit of trouble with my threading Acrylic pen blanks. Size 14mm cap and barrel thread So I drill with a 12mm drill first to the full depth required to accept the Nib and external thread of Barrel then I drill with a 13mm drill to the depth required for...

Some vintage cellulose. This stuff is old and comes already drilled which isn’t so helpful, especially when wanting to make a section from it. It also comes in fairly narrow diameters so I went for a cap in a different colour, rather than making a more streamline or narrower pen all from the...

Have you ever had one of those days when everything you touch turns into a disaster? Well, I had one of them days today. Spent eight hours in the shed lost a pen body blank it just exploded on the lathe. lost another cap blank a chunk came off on the last pass. Had all sorts of problems with...

Locally grown Mulbery on this one with Conway Stuart acrylic section. I will probably make a wooden section to finish this one off. Just need to save up for the triple start tap and die for the cap now.

Hi all, I was asked to do a commission following on from viewing a set of Sirrocos I had made... customer wanted a fountain pen, from a pretubed Sirroco blank.... uhmm Well as you can see it is possible, next came the task of a colour matched cap......this is a bit of Ebonite from Phil, the...

Hi all, I was asked to do a commission following on from viewing a set of Sirrocos I had made... customer wanted a fountain pen, from a pretubed Sirroco blank.... uhmm Well as you can see it is possible, next came the task of a colour matched cap......this is a bit of Ebonite from Phil, the...

Euro Spalted Sycamore, wood cap, gun metal trim.

Hi all, sorry if this question has been posted before. I am using one of my all wood fountain pens and notice that ink is being absorbed through the wood in the cap. This is an all wood pen so no metal tubing. There’s probably not much I can do with this pen but for future builds the only...

Knotted Euro, Bocote and Poplar, wood cap.

Customer asked for postable cap. This is what I came up with. 5-3/4'' Capped 5-3/8'' Uncapped 7-3/8'' Posted Cap Need to find or make a better clip.

I've made many kitless pens with all types of material but never with a postable cap. Anyone ever do this? Angelo

Hopefully this picture might be a little better, thanks to Derek. I made this for my Daughter's wedding. I wanted to put waterslide transfers on the cap but it did not look too good, so I will have to find some other way of engraving. Cheers Frederick

Recently completed – 13mm cap threads, #6 Bock nib, and this green acrylic is really lovely. The Celtic knotwork clip and cap band are in nickel, as are the accent rings, section cap, and the finial caps. The finials feature Brigid crosses – today is Saint Brigid’s feast day and Imbolc-...

This one’s a handful! Italian acrylic, black acrylic accents, and all bronze hardware including my Deco-style clip and “deco-esque” finial fans. This one features 14mm cap threads, an overall length of 155mm, and a black Jowo #6 nib. This is a lot of pen to hang on to…but that’s what the new...

All this work and I over cut/under cut the blank just below the twist cap.:scratch_head:

Hi all, Another submission to POTW. I am not overly happy with this one but saying that, not very disappointed. The shape looks different to me now off the lathe. Unfortunately, I had to remove a lot of plastic from the cap which I didn't want to do. But not too bad on the whole. Cheers...

Many weeks ago, I posted a couple of prototype designs for a faceted pen idea I had. Lesson Number One: When using a triple start cap thread, the facets will only line up between cap and body a third of the time on an octagonal pen. Solution: Try a hexagon. ("Greg - you are an idiot...