A "Blunt" Cigar

[KKingery]

Well, needless to say, Mr. Murphy came to visit today, along with his Aunt, and 3 bad cousins! Nothing seemed to go right. This picture is what I managed to salvage from 2 kits. The lower portion, and internal mechanism, is your basic Cigar pen. However, the top is made from some spare Patriot parts. I think I'll have to call this cigar a "Blunt". It does work, since the Patriot cap fits on the cigar transmission. The clip is in place with CA.

 

[WoodChucker]

Excellent save and a great idea, the pen looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing your idea, it could come in handy someday. []

 

[tipusnr]

Who says there isn't room in this world for a short patriot? Good for those golf shirt pockets!

 

[opfoto]

Nice Pen. Great Save. Might work extremely well with the folks that have stubby fingers. Might wanna call it Stubby Cigar instead....[B)]

 

[jwoodwright]

Great Save! Neat Idea...[8D]

 

[Chuck C]

Nice looking recovery, Ken

 

[jkirkb94]

Interesting recovery!! It looks like it works! Kirk[8D]

 

[dougle40]

Great save Ken . You just might have started something there .

 

[Gary Max]

I love it---the one and only.
That in itself is worth a bunch.

 

[PenWorks]

You should thank him Ken [] That's kind of funky but cool. I bet it's the only one out there. Nice save. []

 

[Guest]

I like it as a regular design!
Have you "stress" tested the clip?
Ca glue sometimes will only stick when you don't want it to and not stick when you do in an application like this.

 

[Fleabit]

Excellent save! Good job on the pen.

 

[KKingery]

I have'nt stressed the clip yet - I wanted it to have ample time to cure. I seriously doubt I'll sell this one, as I don't want the headache if it ever busts. But it was an interesting fix to a problem. The whole thing started when I pressed the original clip in the wrong end of the original top barrel (stupid mistake - just was'nt paying attention) Of course, what goes in did'nt want to come back out! Luckily, I had saved the scrap end of the original blank because I thought it might make a nice centerband for something some day.