D.I. Jr. Statesman

[sparhawk]

This is a Jr. Statesman in Desert ironwood(the blank came from Dario.) My first Jr. Statesman and had a small amount of trouble with the centerband coupler. I put the centerband on and when i went to line up the nib end grain the inside threads on the coupler slid up in the tube. Thought these were one piece . Havent had the problem on the other Jr. Gent but these are the only 2 of these style(jr. gent,retro, jr. statemsan)that i have made. First pic in a while. Just got another camera. Looks like I need some practice.:biggrin:

 

[CaptG]

Thats one good looking pen. Love that DI and the statesman Jr.

 

[toolcrazy]

Beautiful pen, nice work.

 

[Ligget]

Beautiful pen!

 

[angelofdeath]

AWESOME KIT w/ AWESOME BLANK....great job with the entire pen....looks beautiful. thanks for sharing

 

[Dalecamino]

Very nice looking pen . Love that DI .

 

[papaturner]

Beautiful!

 

[bitshird]

Still a nice looking pen! ever figure out what happened with the threads?

 

[Whaler]

Great work! That Ironwood is beautiful.

 

[erbymcbrayer]

WOW, what else is to be said.

 

[sparhawk]

Not sure about the threads but they seem to have slid up inside the centerband.After pressing on the nib end i tried doing the same with the finial end. with the finial just started on the end of the pen i could not get the threads to catch. They were too far up in the pen. So i took the finial of the blank,removed the little ring with the shoulder, and screwed th finial by itself in. Wasnt much there but was enough for me to grab with pliers and pull the threads back to the front. then pulled real hard on it and hoped it would stay.as long as it doesnt turn it will be ok. (quess i have to keep this one:biggrin

 

[george]

Very nice pen. Congrats.

 

[guts]

Great looking pen,gotta get me some of that D.I.stuff.

 

[workinforwood]

Awesome looking pen. Punch out the final cap. Use a dowel and push the plastic coupler back down into position and then press final back into place! Or...if the plastic is a loose fit..do the same thing..punch out the final...then push the plastic through the top and pull it out, then punch out the centerband. Put the plastic piece back into the centerband, a bead of ca around the outside and push it back in. Don't let any CA get on the threads. Just a couple drops of thick on the outside where the coupler and plastic meet and a quick shot of accelorator should do the trick, then re-assemble.