New Virage Pen in Amboyna.

[Ruby pen turning]

This is the new Virage pen that is based on I believe it is the sierra ballpoint pen. It seems like a decent pen, this being my first. From my first experience with the gold I wish I had stayed away but I hoped for the best and got the worst. The gold on the nib looked strange/ 2 different colors so I buffed it a little and I believe the entire gold plating was removed to the base metal. So I took a nib section out of an unopened zip bag and it to has spotting on it.
Thanks for looking.

 

[crabcreekind]

Very cool pen, The clip is very different. Never seen one like that.

 

[Don Gaiser]

You may think I'm some kind of perv, but I think that pen is dang sexy!!

 

[EricJS]

Those new Virage kits "dress up" very well with amboyna. Excellent choice of materials!

 

[maxman400]

Very Nice indeed.

 

[jimr]

I really like the looks of this new pen. I checked the assembly instructions. Is it mor complicated than usual or am I just spoiled with some of the latest kit assemblies?

 

[SGM Retired]

Nice looking pen, slick.. One day I will be able to turn pens of this level. Thanks for the pics.

 

[Ruby pen turning]

I really like the looks of this new pen. I checked the assembly instructions. Is it mor complicated than usual or am I just spoiled with some of the latest kit assemblies?

It is not difficult, it is just that they have a few weird parts that are not normally in a pen kit. the weirdest being the short piece of tube that needs to be pressed into the nib until it stops.

 

[G1Pens]

So....Is the plating a deal-breaker?

 

[jskeen]

Interesting looking kit, if it's available in ti or platinum it might be a good seller. That much metal to finger contact is pretty much a killer in gold though. The body is just your usual exceptional work

 

[Ruby pen turning]

This is 1 spot that is visible in a cluster of 3-4 (very hard for me to get a good picture)
The other one almost looked like it was plated on half the nib but the rest polished completely off.

 

[ed4copies]

Don't mean to sound nasty, but buffing the plated parts is very rarely going to turn out well.

Since this is a brand new model, you should make Berea aware of the difficulties so they can co-ordinate with their factory guy.

 

[Ruby pen turning]

Ed, it looked horable so I thought I would just polish it a little since I thought it might be residue from something but the stuff just kept coming off. Now if you cannot polish the metal (I am not talking polishing wheel here) then there is some serious short comings of the plating on these pens/any pen. This is supposed to be TI gold.