Voting for the Advanced Beautiful Pen contest sponsored by Exotic Blanks.

[mredburn]

I would like to personally thank Exotic Blanks for sponsoring the Advanced Pen Contest this year.
In line with the other contests I am eliminating the judges choices and going straight to the members choice.

This is the first poll to determine the top 5 Pens. You can choose 3 pens in this poll. It will close on Febuary 23rd. The final poll will post the 24th and close the 27th. Winners will be announced the 28th.

There are 20 entries to choose from.

Good Luck to all of you who entered a pen!

Pick your top 3 choices.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 1

Tell us about your entry:

The cap, barrel and finial are Quartzite cebloplast. The grip section is black alumilite. The nib is a #5 Bock, with a cartridge/convertor fill. The cap to barrel threads are 12mm triple start. The section to barrel threads are 10mm and the finial to cap threads are 9mm. Overall dimensions are 5.6" capped and 7.0" posted.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 2

Tell us about your entry:
Made using Majic!! Used Translucent polymer clay, Gold Leaf, Inks, embossing powders and pixie dust

 

[mredburn]

Pen 3

Tell us about your entry:

This is a Nouveau Sceptra Rollerball wrapping in a Stabilized in Buckeye Burl

 

[mredburn]

Pen 4

My pen is turned from King wood and the finial accent is black acrylic. It is based on the El Grande kit.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 5

Tell us about your entry:
Kitless fountain pen, made from damascus steel and titanium. Damascus rod was forged for me by local blacksmith from a steel wire rope and machined by me. Finial and centerbands turned from titanium rod, clip made with a dremel from 1.5mm titanium sheet. All titanium parts anodized, all joints threaded. Bock feed and holder with Heritance #6 nib.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 6

Tell us about your entry:
Custom Button-Filler Fountain Pen made with vintage acrylic and ebonite.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 7

Tell us about your entry:
This is my most complicated pen so far. It is uses Jr. Gent 2 parts, but with several modifications. The barrel finial has been modified to rotate an internal converter. This allows you to fill up the pen without taking it apart. Just dip the pen in ink, and twist the finial. The blank was made by Neil Pabia (wolftat). The barrel features windows on opposite sides made of clear plexiglass. The cap finial has been replaced with the same material as the barrel, and the barrel finial has been drilled out to accept a plug also made of the barrel material. The nib has been replaced with a Bock extra-fine nib.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 8

Tell us about your entry:
Kingman Turquoise Tru-stone rollerball with custom-made aluminium section and clip.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 9

Tell us about your entry:

Vienna acrylic cartridge/converter fountain pen. Fitted with a JoWo polished stainless steel nib. All the bands are made from Sterling silver, whilst the clip is silver plate. Capped......155mm Uncapped....140mm Barrel......14.5mm Cap.........16mm

 

[mredburn]

Pen 10

Tell us about your entry:
Pen kit: Venus Roller Ball - Black Ti Blank: 250+ hand cut/hand laid pieces of Abalone and Mother of Pearl; Mosaic Finish: 100% CA build up & finish (blank was not cast) Details: Blank was created with 250+ Abalone and Mother of Pearl shell pieces. Each piece was cut and laid by hand to the desired design. I would classify this pen as a very elegant woman's pen. A very beautiful pen to look at under direct sunlight. Well balance and the roller ball fill makes it a pleasure to write with. This pen can easily become a family treasured heirloom for years to come.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 11

Tell us about your entry:
Material: Solid Marble from the same quarry as the Lincoln Memorial. Hardware: Solid Sterling Silver, Solid 18k Gold nib plated with Rhodium. I wanted to make a pen made from a unique, challenging material. As I began to craft the closed end body, I really liked the curve where the marble met the silver. I carefully replicated that curve on both ends of the cap. It has some weight yet sits nicely in your hand.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 12

Tell us about your entry:

Nouveau Sceptre Roller Ball(Rhodium and 22kt Gold finish). This pen is turned in Blue dyed Buckeye Burl and white Corian segments, separated with brass. Cap has a brass mosaic insert centered upon segmented intersection. Both ends also have custom finials turned from white corian with smaller mosaic inserts. Finish is CA.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 13

Custom Lever Fill Fountain pen made with Circa 1920's Cellulose Acetate with a Japanese black ebonite front section. Pelikan F point nib. 10mm cap to body threads for a sleek slender pen.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 14

Tell us about your entry:
The blank is a double dyed and stabilized spalted Palo Rio from TurnTex. The body of the pen is tubed using a piece of 3/8" 316 Stainless Steel, each end is tapped for M8x0.75 threads. The nose cone, tail cone, cap body, and cap finial are all machined from 6061 Aluminum and anodized. The cap consists of three pieces; the finial, the body, and a wood sleeve that goes over the entire aluminum cap then the finial screws on to retain it. There is a rollerball spring in the tailpiece.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 15


Tell us about your entry:
Midnight Blue resin inlaid with pearlescent blue/green resin, reminiscent of abalone. Inlay elements are as small as 1/32 of an inch. Clear coated with clear casting polyester resin.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 16

Tell us about your entry:

This pen uses Gent Jr size feather blanks, trim rings and Gent Jr style clip. Everything else is custom. I felt this blank set warranted something that worked better with its color scheme than any of the kits. The tube sizes necessitated some compromises, including dangerously thin walls, so I used aluminum in two places for strength. Adding trim rings made it even more complicated, but I learned some good things for future use. Overall the pen is still much lighter than a kit pen version of these blanks would be. It uses a number six nib and does not post. The tapered finials are intended to mimic the feather shapes a bit. Thanks for your consideration.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 17

Tell us about your entry:

Brown Crush Cellulose Acetate with Ebonite front section and caps. Custom clip from copper wire hardened by a combination of twisting and hammering. The wire becomes hardened while maintaining a good spring back necessary for use as a clip.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 18

Tell us about your entry:

This is a look back at the flattops of the 1930s. The material is Mazzucchelli cebloplast in Cobalt Glow, a material Scheaffer selected for one of its last limited editions. The cap bands and finial washers are jewelers brass cut from sheet stock and turned to size on the lathe in a shop-made jig. The clip is a traditional ball like those found on the early flattops. I am using a size 6 steel nib made in Germany by Knox. The section is styled after the Wahl Eversharp Skylines.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 19

Tell us about your entry:
Angle art. No chisels, no sandpaper, no drill bits were used in the production of this epic penmakers guild worthy pen.

 

[mredburn]

Pen 20

Tell us about your entry:

I have only turned 15 to 20 pens but I entered the advanced because I cast my own blanks. I don't even want to post what is in my pen because I know it has not been done and I know people will copy but oh well.. I know I originated it. This pen has sea urchin spines that were stabilized purple and cast in my own mixture of black and gold with alumidust.

 

[mredburn]

There you have it. 20 pens, 3 choices, the top 5 will move on to the finals.

I want to thank all of you that entered a pen. There is some amazing talant here on IAP.

Please leave your comments of support for the pens!

 

[kronewi]

The pictures for Pen 18 are not showing up for me. All the others are good. Is anyone else having this problem?

Kevin

 

[mredburn]

I can see them but that may not be a good indicator.

 

[mredburn]

Make sure you pick up to 3 pens. Even at that I had a hard time narrowing it down.

 

[mredburn]

browsers?

 

[Si90]

No pictures for 18 for me also. Same story using Safari, Chrome or Firefox.

 

[mredburn]

Hmmm Im using Chrome.

 

[Ed McDonnell]

Make sure you pick up to 3 pens. Even at that I had a hard time narrowing it down.

DOH!!! Note to self - Read the instructions BEFORE you vote.

Ed

 

[Ed McDonnell]

Hmmm Im using Chrome.

Chrome is my primary browser. Not pictures in 18. Try this. Rename the picture files for 18 on your computer and see if you can still see them in the poll.

Ed

 

[Ed McDonnell]

That worked. I can see those pictures.

Ed

 

[mredburn]

Will someone let me know if they can see them now?

"Can you see me now?" future Verizon phone comercial:biggrin:

 

[Ed McDonnell]

Look up.

Ed

 

[Indiana_Parrothead]

I can see them in post 33 but not the original yet

 

[mredburn]

Ok is it all better now? They should have been fixed

 

[longbeard]

No pics on 18 for me either. I believe my phone uses chrome but sure.


Edit: i can see it now, i didnt go to page 4 before i posted the above.


Harry

 

[longbeard]

Awesome job by everyone. Pens look amazing. Im glad we had 3 choices this round.
Gonna be really tuff on the next round.


Harry

 

[JohnGreco]

WOW! Incredibly difficult to pick just 3...

 

[firewhatfire]

I see them on IE. some nice entries.

 

[Pitoon]

no pics for #18 for me. I'm using IE.

Pitoon