Hi pen people.
Well the big day is almost upon us and I suspect this will be my final post before Christmas. I may squeeze another pen out, but that’ll largely depend on the blood alcohol levels over the next week or so. Safety first and all that.
This is a cellulose acetate that was a bit of an R&D experiment by Vince at the Turners Workshop. I’m not sure if it made it to larger scale production but it probably should as it’s very beautiful. I have made a similar one before, so if it looks familiar then I’ve double-posted so apologies.
The metal accent rings are bronze that I cut and drill from round rod. The clip is bought and, along with the Bock no6 nib, is Rose Gold Plated. The finial coin is Argentium silver.
For those interested the cap centre rings are made by turning a long tenon with a short base (think letter T shape) and the metal rings and spacers made from the same material are slid onto the tenon. The remainder of the tenon is then inserted into the main upper part of the cap to create the overall effect. It does require quite high precision turning as you don’t have much room to play with for threading the inside of the cap with these wall thicknesses.
Anyway, assuming I manage to avoid becoming sober enough to make any more pens, I’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I hope Santa is good to you all. See you on the other side!
Cheers
Ash
Well the big day is almost upon us and I suspect this will be my final post before Christmas. I may squeeze another pen out, but that’ll largely depend on the blood alcohol levels over the next week or so. Safety first and all that.
This is a cellulose acetate that was a bit of an R&D experiment by Vince at the Turners Workshop. I’m not sure if it made it to larger scale production but it probably should as it’s very beautiful. I have made a similar one before, so if it looks familiar then I’ve double-posted so apologies.
The metal accent rings are bronze that I cut and drill from round rod. The clip is bought and, along with the Bock no6 nib, is Rose Gold Plated. The finial coin is Argentium silver.
For those interested the cap centre rings are made by turning a long tenon with a short base (think letter T shape) and the metal rings and spacers made from the same material are slid onto the tenon. The remainder of the tenon is then inserted into the main upper part of the cap to create the overall effect. It does require quite high precision turning as you don’t have much room to play with for threading the inside of the cap with these wall thicknesses.
Anyway, assuming I manage to avoid becoming sober enough to make any more pens, I’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I hope Santa is good to you all. See you on the other side!
Cheers
Ash
