Not kit-less, maybe kit-little?

[stoneman]

Got to fooling around today and wondered if I could make the lower barrel of an antler pen totally out of antler, you know, no nib? Since I have a closed end mandrel I got from Bill at A.S. a while back, I decided to give it a whirl.

Both barrels are deer antler tines turned on a 7mm closed end mandrel. Then the lower barrel was drilled out like a cartridge pen bullet (al la Rick's tutorial on bullet pens in the library). Added a slimline transmission & refill and a confort pen chrome centerband I had laying around to complete it all.

The two antler tines turned out to be different shades and next time I may use a custom wood centerband, but I was happy with the result for a first try.

Comments welcome as always.

 

[winpooh498]

That is very nice! It appears that it would be comfortable to hold and write with.

 

[ldb2000]

That came out real nice . That would be considered to be a kitless slimline in my book .

 

[guts]

Steve,that looks great,how about some more antler for the center?

 

[papaturner]

Very good..........I really like the antler pens, they seem to have a good weight to them regardless of the kit used or not used.:biggrin:

 

[Firefyter-emt]

Great job Steve, I for one think the center-band chosen works better than one from wood. I think it would be too much "natural material" and would distract from the antler. I also think the chrome is a prefect choice all the way around. Looks great!

 

[MobilMan]

Very unique. I like the upper end being different than the nib end.

 

[CaptG]

Sweeeet. I really like that one. Great job.

 

[toolcrazy]

Very cool pen. Nice work.

 

[rick_lindsey]

I'm normally not a fan of antler, but that's a very nice pen, i like it!

-Rick

 

[jkeithrussell]

Looks really nice. Any concern about the nib portion breaking under the stress of the ballpoint pressing against the sides?

 

[stoneman]

Keith,
Good question. I purposely flared the nib end wide, but only time will tell. I've decided to use this pen myself at home to see how it holds up.

 

[jackrichington]

good first try..be careful..don't fall on your pen! (like falling on your own sword?)

 

[stoneman]

LOL

And of course, as penmakers, we all know.......






The pen is mightier than the sword :biggrin:







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