Sylvanite
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This was my entry in this year's Birthday Bash Modified Pen Contest. It is a capped ballpoint made with parts from 5 different styles of pen kits plus a part from a spare fountain pen section.
The cap/body couplers and the black grip section came from a partial fountain pen kit I had robbed for parts previously. I don't remember what kit it was.
The nosecone came from a Berea Flat-Top American kit. The trim ring came off a fountain pen section that I had bought years ago (to have different nibs). It is wider than the trim ring that was on the other fountain pen kit. I joined the grip, trim ring, and nosecone together with a tube from a slimline kit. I had to ream one end of the tube so that the nosecone wouldn't expand it too much when pressed in. I also cut it shorter. Then I glued the parts to the tube to make the front section.
I wanted matching caps on both ends, and chose finials from two cigar pen kits. I attached the finial to the pen body using a cigar pen nosecone coupler. It has the same thread as the finial coupler so the finial cap screws on. The threads are too long, however, so I turned them down. After taking the picture, I noticed that the threads are different on the modified coupler and the unmodified one. I guess that's a difference between brands of cigar pens. Oddly enough, though, the nosecone and finial couplers of each brand have the same threads. So, as long as one sticks to a single manufacturer, the finial cap will screw onto either.
I didn't want the pen to look too much like a cigar pen, however, so I used a different clip. I chose one from a Perfect-Fit kit. I had to enlarge the hole in the trim ring so it would fit the cigar finial coupler (using a dremel tool and plenty of patience).
The tubes, parker-style refill, spring, finial coupler, and finial cap came from another cigar pen kit. The blank was a reject from my black and white swirl alumilite casts.
I hope that was interesting,
Eric
The cap/body couplers and the black grip section came from a partial fountain pen kit I had robbed for parts previously. I don't remember what kit it was.
The nosecone came from a Berea Flat-Top American kit. The trim ring came off a fountain pen section that I had bought years ago (to have different nibs). It is wider than the trim ring that was on the other fountain pen kit. I joined the grip, trim ring, and nosecone together with a tube from a slimline kit. I had to ream one end of the tube so that the nosecone wouldn't expand it too much when pressed in. I also cut it shorter. Then I glued the parts to the tube to make the front section.
I wanted matching caps on both ends, and chose finials from two cigar pen kits. I attached the finial to the pen body using a cigar pen nosecone coupler. It has the same thread as the finial coupler so the finial cap screws on. The threads are too long, however, so I turned them down. After taking the picture, I noticed that the threads are different on the modified coupler and the unmodified one. I guess that's a difference between brands of cigar pens. Oddly enough, though, the nosecone and finial couplers of each brand have the same threads. So, as long as one sticks to a single manufacturer, the finial cap will screw onto either.
I didn't want the pen to look too much like a cigar pen, however, so I used a different clip. I chose one from a Perfect-Fit kit. I had to enlarge the hole in the trim ring so it would fit the cigar finial coupler (using a dremel tool and plenty of patience).
The tubes, parker-style refill, spring, finial coupler, and finial cap came from another cigar pen kit. The blank was a reject from my black and white swirl alumilite casts.
I hope that was interesting,
Eric
