Kitless Custom Bog Oak Fountain Pen

[yort81]

This Pen Started off Life as a Solid Rod of Brass (360) and a stick of Ancient Irish Bog Oak .
It Has a Bock two tone #6mm Medium Nib with a Bock Feed.
It Weighs in at 72.5 Grams Capped and 43.5 Grams Uncapped (28 grams = 1 ounce)

I Originally designed this pen as a desk pen... and I will install a brass button Roll Stop to it very shortly.. (Or leave it as is (depending on the buyers preference)
The pictures just can not display the Richness that this wood portrays when you pick it up in our hand. The Very Dark brownish... almost black with with the very dark black streaks throughout. The Heft of the pen is very well balanced and feels nice in your hands!
I left the wood and metal bare so the user can feel the sumptuous smooth grain of the wood and so the metal will patina with age.

Troy

 

[SteveG]

Very nice work!. I like to use the Bog Oak for the same reasons you expressed. I like the wood to show all the characteristic deep, open pore and grain texture, so I do finish it, but use just two wipes of wipe on poly, which leaves the surface very similar to your approach with unfinished. I think this is one of those designs that will work well with the eventual patina that will arrive on the hardware. Excellent pen making effort.

 

[lorbay]

When I first looked at this I just looked at the pictures and said I don't think so Tim. Then I read the post. All I can say it wow and very nice work.
Lin

 

[Skewer]

Awesome. You do great work!

 

[Band Saw Box]

Fantastic pen, very well done

 

[yort81]

Guys... Thank you for the kind comments....

 

[thebillofwrites]

Impressive craftsmanship !!!
Clean & simple lines with a classy look to it.
It will age well.

Bill

 

[Tom T]

Very nice work. Pen is impressive. That brass Rod looks great.

 

[Mintman]

Troy, i love the pen! The bog oak and copper go well together and the pen looks absolutely fantastic closed. My only nit is that the step between the barrel and where the threads start is a little bigger than I would prefer.

 

[csr67]

Excellent work and a great design. I love the very clean lines of the machined brass with the dark wood. Amazing pen!

 

[Charlie69]

Great combination of wood and metal! Can I ask what the body o.d. is at it's widest?

 

[yort81]

Hi Charlie,

The widest outside diameter is .610

Troy

 

[yort81]

Troy, i love the pen! The bog oak and copper go well together and the pen looks absolutely fantastic closed. My only nit is that the step between the barrel and where the threads start is a little bigger than I would prefer.

Mintman... i completely agree! Unfortunately.... to have the barrel and the cap to be even and flat together.... And to have a bit of wood that is larger than a whisper thickness... that step is the smallest i could get away with.. otherwise...I would have went with a 14mm thread on the body and the cap

Cheers,

Troy

 

[Bryguy]

Very pretty pen!