Is it a kitless?

[18111]

Hi all, it's been a while since last post. Here is what I made few days ago. The furniture is from Churchill kit. The barrel and cap are made of home cast Alumilite clear with blue dye, and black ebonite section with #6 JoWo steel nib. No clip and no brass tube are used. Is it a kitless? How do you describe it? Thanks for looking. C&C welcome. Yoshi

 

[Fordwakeman]

I'd say so. that is one sweet pen.

 

[OZturner]

Great Pen, Looks Superb
Congratulations,
Brian.

 

[Pitoon]

that's one sweet looking FP!

Pitoon

 

[BradG]

Very nice pen Though I think you should be doing your own threading for it to be classed as kitless. Maybe modified kit pen?

 

[Dalecamino]

I would call it a modified kit as well as Brad. However, makes no difference to me. It's very well made and, it's a very attractive pen. That material is really nice in color and, finish. Nicely done.

 

[Carl Fisher]

Very nice!

 

[Jim15]

Great looking pen.

 

[18111]

Very nice pen Though I think you should be doing your own threading for it to be classed as kitless. Maybe modified kit pen?

Thanks Brad. Though I didn't do threading on metal furniture, I did ebonite section with threads to barrel and feed housing. Now, Is it kitless?:biggrin:

 

[edstreet]

Personally it seems to me that many get caught up in comparing kits to custom sets for some weird reason and phrases like 'kitless' seems to be slung often. 'Kitless' reflects there is some foundation base of using a kit when in fact there was no kit used. Reflection from where the skill advanced from seems to be one way that many denotes their advancement, i.e. I went from kit pens to non-kit pens.

This would be like saying yesterday I used my trainingwheelless bicycle. Or I drove my drivers-ed instructorless car.

When I look at this it seems that phrases like 'modified kit' or 'closed end kit' would best describe things. One other possible way to look at it would be to break this pen down into it's 7 basic sections. In this case 3/7 of those parts were fabricated.

 

[BradG]

Very nice pen Though I think you should be doing your own threading for it to be classed as kitless. Maybe modified kit pen?

Thanks Brad. Though I didn't do threading on metal furniture, I did ebonite section with threads to barrel and feed housing. Now, Is it kitless?:biggrin:

Nope. As if you were to remove the kit pieces the lid wouldn't stay on :tongue:

This is all politics anyway. Great looking pen regardless. Try not to get tied up in the categories, it'l tarnish the fun of it

 

[johncrane]

Outstanding pen! Modified/Custom doesn't matter, what matters is the design fit and finish and i think you nailed it, The chrome bands and the chrome thread stand out beautiful and really show of the blank,also the steel threads will outlast any Alumilite thread.i also agree with Brads last words.

 

[Haynie]

Who cares it is a nice pen

 

[18111]

Very nice pen Though I think you should be doing your own threading for it to be classed as kitless. Maybe modified kit pen?

Thanks Brad. Though I didn't do threading on metal furniture, I did ebonite section with threads to barrel and feed housing. Now, Is it kitless?:biggrin:

Nope. As if you were to remove the kit pieces the lid wouldn't stay on :tongue:

This is all politics anyway. Great looking pen regardless. Try not to get tied up in the categories, it'l tarnish the fun of it

Yep. I Agree. Let's just have a fun!

 

[Russianwolf]

Nice pen, I really like the blue. is it fairly translucent?

I would call it a modified kit as well as Brad.

I've never gotten into naming my pens, but to each his own. Weird that you would name it Brad though, since Brad just commented. :tongue:

 

[John Den]

It looks like a very nice Fountain Pen to me!!!!!!!!!!!
Regards,
John

 

[18111]

Nice pen, I really like the blue. is it fairly translucent?

I would call it a modified kit as well as Brad.

I've never gotten into naming my pens, but to each his own. Weird that you would name it Brad though, since Brad just commented. :tongue:

Thanks Mike.
Yes it is fairly translucent. The hint of blue is noticeable only the part that see though the silver fitting. It is like seeing a blue ink bottle. It looks like a black but not quite a black but feels blue and it is blue...

 

[Tom T]

Very nice very smooth and classic