Jet Black Baron

[marelton]

After seeing a Classic pen I was using my boss asked me for a "shiny black" pen a few weeks ago so I mixed up a batch of black PR and made up this Baron.
The trouble is it turned out so glossy that it shows every fingerprint and dust fleck!

He was a very happy man today when I handed it over.

 

[Blind_Squirrel]

Sweet!!

 

[Skye]

Nice job on the very gentle curves. Gold isn't the first plating I'd chose for a black pen, but it works better than I would have thought.

 

[LanceD]

Nice job on the Baron. I hope you used the Titanium gold and not the upgrade. Oh and gold and black goes real well together. I sell quite a few in that color combination.

 

[Dalecamino]

Very nice pen Martin ! I really like black pens . [8D]

 

[bitshird]

Martin, pretty hard to beat the classic elegance of Basic Black, it makes for a beautiful pen

 

[VisExp]

Very elegant! The black and gold are a classic combination and the shape of the pen is very nice. Your boss should give you a raise

 

[mikes pens]

The gold and black look awesome together.

 

[louie]

Nice job. I first saw it on the front page and it caught my eye right away.

Lou
NJ

 

[Ligget]

The clip is overlapping the centreband, was the tube a little shorter than normal?

Fantastic work on casting that blank, very classy with the gold metalwork![]

 

[marelton]

Gold medal for observation goes to Mark!! I thought I'd got away with it!

When I bought the drill table up to the barrel trimmer it caught the edge of the cap blank and chipped it. It was a case of all or nothing at that stage because I didn't want to disturb the clean lines (I could have segmented it), so I trimmed about 2mm off the end of the blank and tube to get it clean and square and carried on. It actually came out better than I was expecting, but obviuosly not good enough to get past the experts.

You got me and I promise I'll come clean from the outset if there is a next time!!

 

[drayman]

Martin, i noticed it too. but i am far from an expert lol.
but it still looks great well done and nice recovery.

 

[ed4copies]

If you ever "knick" another one, make a repair and position that under the clip. It's less obvious than shortening the cap.

FWIW!!!

Better, of course, is to start over