serpent-pens

[George Watkins]

hello folks

A Goood friend of mine sent me some blanks recently and in amongst them was these- he tells me that the material is ceblopast and that they were made by Mazzuchelli in italy for a limited edition pen for sheaffer in the early 90's- the design is called serpent
they are stunning and I am very fortunate to have been sent them.

two tone chrome sierra

Black TN executive

 

[Pioneerpens]

wow, that is cool looking! very nicely done, and it looks great on those style pens!

 

[witz1976]

Holy cow!! Now both of those are a beauty!

 

[Craftdiggity]

Very cool blanks. Nice work.

 

[bitshird]

Out standing pens, I think you'll find the material is older than from the 90's I love it and have a few sticks left, it's fun to work isn't it. :biggrin:

 

[Bill Sampson]

Serpent blanks

George,

The serpent blanks make a great looking pen and yours were done very well.
The rods were made for Sheaffer in the early 1930's. I went to the International Pen Show near Washington (DC ) last year and saw several old Sheaffer sets, made from serpent rods, dating back to 1931. One dealer had several sets of these pens and a serpent rod for comparison. Tried to buy the one he had, but got a resounding NO! I am going to this show on the 14th and expect to see quite a few of the old Sheaffer serpent pens. I don't, however, expect to come home with any rods.
I do have several of these rods, but only use them for special gifts. They take more time to drill and finish but produce a great looking pen.

Bill Sampson, Richmond

 

[JohnU]

Very nice! I have a few of these rods myself for special pens. Yours turn out beautiful. This material isn't easy towork with it's low temp melting point.

 

[George Watkins]

Thank you all for your kind comments and extra info on this unique material

 

[Pen_Turner_297]

Nice set of pens,good job

 

[Stick Rounder]

Very nice pens.

 

[animefan]

Its a great looking set of pens, to bad they stopped making the material in the thirties.