Full Custom using a 'Firewhatfire' blank

[drgoretex]

Hello all.

I recently received a few blanks from Phil (Firewhatfire) to see how they would work out for a custom 'kitless' pen. Here's one I just finished using one of his absolutely beautiful translucent white pearlescent/Mother of Pearl blanks. It is done up using the M12 triple start threading cap-to-barrel, with a roller end clip, sized to be about 'Pelikan M600' size. It is fitted with a polished steel #5 medium JoWo nib from NibMeister.

Thanks for looking. Comments and criticisms welcome. Talk to Phil for some of these cool blanks!

Cheers,

Ken

 

[firewhatfire]

hey look, someone made one of my blanks look like it was meant to be a pen.

Well this does tell me one thing. It is the operator on this end that is destroying those blanks and not the blanks fault. Now I have some practicing to do.

Phil

 

[watch_art]

oh that's GORGEOUS!

 

[studioso]

Beautiful! Really stunning pen, love the color.
Had you considered reverse painting the nib segment? Perhaps painting the feed housing?

 

[Donovan's Corner]

Beautiful! Really stunning pen, love the color.
Had you considered reverse painting the nib segment? Perhaps painting the feed housing?

"love the color"... what color is being talked about? I saw a pen that was magnificently lacking color and yet interesting, deep, and splendid.

 

[Brooks803]

Well done Ken! Looks perfect just like it is.

 

[boxerman]

Wow nice pen.

 

[Flaturner]

Whoa! N i c e p e n. Absolutely magnificent blank that "hints" at color without being obvious.

 

[drgoretex]

Beautiful! Really stunning pen, love the color.
Had you considered reverse painting the nib segment? Perhaps painting the feed housing?

"love the color"... what color is being talked about? I saw a pen that was magnificently lacking color and yet interesting, deep, and splendid.

Donovan - That is really the most lovely thing about this blank - so white, yet iridescent with subtle swirls of red and green, really quite nice. The camera just doesn't do it justice.

Studioso - I think if I were to permanently mount the nib unit inside the front section, I would consider painting. But given that a nib unit could strip off the paint as it is unscrewed, I felt I'd better leave it as is. Too bad they don't make white nib units :tongue:

Ken

 

[bluwolf]

That is really sharp looking. And great job on the blank Phil.

Mike

 

[Dustygoose]

WOW!! Beautiful!

 

[cnirenberg]

Looking good!!!!

 

[MarkD]

Gorgeous pen!

 

[Tom D]

Fantastic job on a really pretty blank