A couple of kitless click pens

[ldb2000]

These are a couple of kitless click pens I made with click mechanisms bought from Richard Greenwald (penmaker56) .
The first is a Cap click pen made from green crushed velvet . I like the basic design and the click mechanism works good but is a little rough at times , I'm hoping it will improve with time .

The second is a Finial click pen made with blue dyed curly hickory . This is the nicest click mechanism I have ever used , it is as smooth as silk . The only problem with it is the size , it's sized for a slimline type pen but I'm working on that problem so I'll be using more of these in the future .

As always , comments are welcome

 

[maxman400]

Those are some good looking Pens Butch, I like the color of the Blue Hickory.

 

[ldb2000]

Thanks Max , the hickory is dyed with blue food coloring (McCormick brand) .

 

[mickr]

both are very nice..but the green one is just plain sleek and elegant...

 

[mbroberg]

They both look good to me Butch. I lean towards the green one. Nice work on both,

 

[cnirenberg]

Butch,
Pretty cool. You know I'm a big fan of the Crushed Velvet. I like the style where the cap is the "clicker".

 

[artme]

Smart looking units, both.

 

[Mrs Rojo22]

Great looking pens!

Robin

 

[Dalecamino]

Very nice work Butch ! I like the kitless stuff you're doing .

 

[ldb2000]

Thanks for the kind words everyone . In some ways I like the cap click the best , I love the crushed velvet and wish that the photos would show the depth they have , but the finial click is just sooooo smooth in operation .
The finial click pen didn't want to be , after blowing up two acrylic blanks trying to make this pen I finally used this piece of the hickory I got as a freebie . The wall thickness on this pen is verrrry thin , thinner then a B2B slimline and the acrylics just couldn't take it , so I used the hickory incase it blew up again it wouldn't cost me any more good blanks .
I'm going to make some stainless finial caps to put this click mechanism into so I can make bigger pens with them .