Roy
When you say vintage Lucite, is this not the same stuff Ed sells now or is he selling something that is a knockoff of the original. I have looked at that material but not sure from his photos if it is something that had character. Yours has it. Is this transparent stuff that you need to treat the blank and tubes or just one??? How is it to turn??? Is it brittle and easily breakable if dropped??? I get that sense when I hear Lucite??? Thanks for the replys.
John,
A couple of years ago we were invited to look at some old Lucite, ebonite and Schaffer rods and bars that a fountain pen shop had. They bought it in the 70s and it was old stock when they purchased it. They had decided that they would no longer be doing any more pen repairs. The gal brought out a rather large box of all kinds of stuff which was predominantly Lucite. We were quite fearful of a large price tag for this box of goodies and were hoping to garner a few pieces from the treasure box. When she gave us a price for the box full, we could not write the check fast enough. Late last year I pulled the box out and started playing with the contents. and the first couple of pens we made from it sold in a matter of hours, actually one sold in a matter of minutes. Roy was doing some custom work for us and we sent him a few blanks of the Lucite as trade.
I love working with this stuff. Never had a piece crack, but I generally don't drop it on the floor. :biggrin: I have not found it to be brittle, but it is no fun to feel when you cut it on a table saw, as the shavings are hard and fly in your face, arms and neck. Some of it is transparent, I have some tortoise shell that I can read a magazine through. The next pieces I do I plan on painting the tubes, as you can see through some of a blank in the red, but not in the blue. As far as what Ed sells, I am unable to tell you anything about it, as I have never seen it.
