Eagle recently made a post in the $250 pen thread about hoping to create a pen that he would not sell at any price.. something that was so special to him that it was beyond value....
Well I was lucky enough to make what I hope will my first one.
Total outlay on my part about $7.00 for kit and finishing supplies.. time spent making it about 1 hour. Wood was a nice piece of cocobolo finished with CA polished to a high gloss.. here it is...
CSU 10K Fountain Pen
What makes this so spectacular that I would not sell it at any price...
My daughter asked me to teach her to use a fountain pen.
My daughter (you may have heard me mention her in the past
) was watching me write a letter to a friend with my Baron.. she asked what kind of pen I was using.. I explained about fountain pens to her..
"Daddy, can you teach me to use one like that??".. "Well, of course dear"... Needless to say I was not going to make her a Baron for her first FP and I was not going to go out and buy some piece of garbage either... I remembered I had a couple of these kits around.. so off to the shop we went. She picked the wood she liked (She loves cocobolo, the kid has good taste. Must get it from her mother).. and Daddy made a pen... tuned the nib on some brown paper bag and put in a Private Reserve ink cartridge and off we went. She took to it like a duck to water.. understood that you don't have to press hard like a ballpoint.. UH.... IS DADDY PROUD???.. YUP
This kit writes a lot nicer than I expected for so inexpensive a pen.. The nib is a bit firmer than I would like, but perfect for someone her age just learning to use one... and if she screws it up, I am not out big bucks... LOL
Oh, BTW. Have I mentioned that I have a daughter that loves my pens []
Well I was lucky enough to make what I hope will my first one.
Total outlay on my part about $7.00 for kit and finishing supplies.. time spent making it about 1 hour. Wood was a nice piece of cocobolo finished with CA polished to a high gloss.. here it is...
CSU 10K Fountain Pen
What makes this so spectacular that I would not sell it at any price...
My daughter asked me to teach her to use a fountain pen.
My daughter (you may have heard me mention her in the past
) was watching me write a letter to a friend with my Baron.. she asked what kind of pen I was using.. I explained about fountain pens to her.."Daddy, can you teach me to use one like that??".. "Well, of course dear"... Needless to say I was not going to make her a Baron for her first FP and I was not going to go out and buy some piece of garbage either... I remembered I had a couple of these kits around.. so off to the shop we went. She picked the wood she liked (She loves cocobolo, the kid has good taste. Must get it from her mother).. and Daddy made a pen... tuned the nib on some brown paper bag and put in a Private Reserve ink cartridge and off we went. She took to it like a duck to water.. understood that you don't have to press hard like a ballpoint.. UH.... IS DADDY PROUD???.. YUP
This kit writes a lot nicer than I expected for so inexpensive a pen.. The nib is a bit firmer than I would like, but perfect for someone her age just learning to use one... and if she screws it up, I am not out big bucks... LOL
Oh, BTW. Have I mentioned that I have a daughter that loves my pens [
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