Trustone FP

[Old Lar]

I have a pen collector that has ordered quite a few fountain pens from me. It started by my making some soapstone and alabaster pens and some woods and now trustone. She keeps me looking for new different materials and pen kits. I try to mix them up a little so there is some variety. She also buys vintage fountain pens on-line. I think she pays more for the vintage pens than mine, but I appreciate the challenge and I have learned a lot about turning different materials.

The pens in order are an electra in arizona jade; turquoise vail; an electra in larimar, azurite-malachite closed end; banded malachite closed end vail and medium lapis sedona. Most of the trustone and pens are from Bill at AS and Ernie at Beartooth Woods.

Thanks for looking. Any comments or suggestions are welcome.

 

[wizard]

HOLY COW! You have been busy. All beautiful pens!! Especially love the closed ended ones. I would love to take a closer look at the Azurite/Malachite
closed ended one.:wink: Thanks for showing! Regards, Doc
P.S. Actually... I also like the Medium Lapis Sedona Fountain Pen and the banded Malachite closed ended one...too

 

[65GTMustang]

My favorite is the azurite-malachite closed end.
It is one of my favorite trustones and I like double closed end pens!
Super work on all of them.

 

[wiset1]

Just love those closed ended pens! They all look awesome though

 

[arw01]

I too put a +1 on the closed end pens. Your finish looks quite shinny from the specular highlights in the photos.

BUT the photos are not doing your work justice. They all look fuzzy. And I can only conclude it's a focus issue. I did not seen signs of camera movement. Perhaps moving back another few inches would let you bring down the f-stop some more and get more depth of field and focus on the pens better.

Alan

 

[Old Lar]

Thanks for the interest. My photos suck, but the best I have and the pens are delivered. I have a couple other pictures of a couple, but not any better.
I really like the trustone and closed end pens and am working up my confidence to start on some kitless pens.

Thanks again.

 

[bitshird]

Larry those are a lot of fine looking pens. I also like the closed end pens, great work,

 

[boxerman]

Those are some pretty nice pens.

 

[corian king]

Very nice!!!

 

[Dan_F]

Those look might fine! I'll have to try some TS again. Last and only one I've done cracked on me when I pressed it together. It was an El Grande, and the blanks are turned very thin.

Dan