square (ish) pen

[jalbert]

This was something new I wanted to try as a proof of concept, since I have an order for something similar. A customer wanted a pen with a square profile, but wanted it to be softer than being purely square. My solution was to have the faces rounded slightly, so the profile resembled a "cushion" shape, more or less.
This was made with some random acrylic I had gotten from Beartooth a while back, and has a bronze clip that I made.

I'm happy with how it turned out (for the first one), and found out some areas in which I can improve, such as the diameter of material I start out with before shaping. I went a little thick with this pen, and it resulted in a larger shoulder than I wanted where the grip transitions to the barrel.

 

[Dale Allen]

Nice. Must have been a real treat to sand and polish!

 

[dogcatcher]

I like the concept, but I believe a better choice would be a pentagon, a hexagon or a septagon shape. As a game callmaker even with rounding the corners and the "flats", the square shape has never been as comfortable to hold as a pentagon or hexagon shape. But without an accurate jig, and an indexing system, the concept is hard to execute.

 

[skiprat]

I am a big fan of all your pens but I think you have absolutely nailed the threads. Well done as usual.:good::good::good:

 

[jalbert]

I like the concept, but I believe a better choice would be a pentagon, a hexagon or a septagon shape. As a game callmaker even with rounding the corners and the "flats", the square shape has never been as comfortable to hold as a pentagon or hexagon shape. But without an accurate jig, and an indexing system, the concept is hard to execute.

It feels a lot more like a round pen to me than the pentagonal one did
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[jalbert]

I am a big fan of all your pens but I think you have absolutely nailed the threads. Well done as usual.:good::good::good:

Thanks Skip!

 

[leehljp]

Beautiful pen and your hand made clips accent the pen perfectly! GREAT!

 

[Woodchipper]

Most unusual and creative.
Lived in Louisville 1974-1977.

 

[jkeith]

wow! that is amazing!

 

[ivel]

AMAZING ! ! !

 

[Bryguy]

Very smart looking pen. Well done.

 

[Dalecamino]

You're completing my ambitions FOR me! Awesome work!

 

[Penultimate]

Wow beautiful. Square, and a pentagon. How about a dodecagon?


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