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A fountain pen to brighten your day

Chriscb

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Afternoon,
A touch of spring on this cold and stormy day (at least here in the UK).
Bed Sitter acrylic with Sage Green section.
Capped : 142mm
Uncapped : 132mm
Section min : 9.54 mm
Barrel diameter - 14.74 mm
Bock #5 nib.
Single start M13 x 1 and M10 x 1

As ever critiques please.

Thanks
Chriscb
 

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Chriscb

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Thanks - it didn't look balanced when I roughed turned it with a big step - around 1.5mm, so I gradually reduced it until it looked right. In the end the step was around 0.8mm. I'm still developing my style in pen making, virtually each one I make is a little bit different.

Regards,
Chriscb
 
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