A Gentleman at last!

[Dan_F]

Here is one I just finished, first full sized fountain pen (alliteration not intended).

A rhodium Gent in red morrel burl, with CA finish. Sporting one of Lou's Heritage 18 gold nibs. Writes like a dream!

Dan

 

[karlkuehn]

Holy mother of ..

Dude, that is either a great photo for great finish, or both! You're going to have mister Ligget looking over his shoulder at you, and you've got a light tent! He's stuck with plain old daylight! Great looking pen and finish!

 

[stevers]

Awesome finish. The wood goes great with the plating. Nice choices.

 

[Buzz]

Wow!! Just perfect[]

 

[Dalecamino]

Good Golly Miss Molly !! Where did you get that FINISH ? That looks like one of Karls ! I love that timber . You have it figured out to the T ! That is beautiful , Dan ! I must be using the wrong CA .[8D]

 

[Ligget]

Absolutely beautiful pen, great finish too Dan![][8D]

 

[johncrane]

l must agree with Mark![]

 

[VisExp]

Beautiful. Just beautiful. You must be very pleased with that pen. The photo is great as well.

Looking at the second picture I can't help but wonder how the pen would look with a red morrel burl cap finial. Maybe a challenge for your second Gent

Well done!

 

[papaturner]

I think we all agree that is one awesome pen.........SALUTE!

Perry

 

[Marc Phillips]

Good Grief! ... talk about nailing a finish!

Stunning pen.. great job indeed...

 

[bitshird]

Ya, what every body else said !!! Man that is a killer chunk of wood, the finish is WOW the kit is a nice choice,
and with one of Lou's 18kt. nib, I'd be more than happy to test drive it for you

 

[Tanner]

Oh dang, that's an awesome looking pen! Your fit and finish look great!!

 

[Geo in Winnipeg]

Congratulations ... That is one beautiful finish[^]

 

[constamj]

Very nicely done. The finish looks great.

 

[Grizz]

Stunning!!!! [:0]

 

[Dan_F]

Thanks for the comments. These are heavy buggers! I think a closed end would balance a little better, thats a big chuck of metal for the finial (looks cool though). What I would really like to do, is make a desk pen, having the same size and shape of this one, but in reverse, in effect changing the finial into the section, and tapering the other end out into a closed end. Probably would base it from one of the "El" type kits though, so I could turn down the section and build it up to the proper diameter.

Dan

 

[Sfolivier]

Wood, clean lines, finish, nib and pictures. Everything seems fantastic!!!