Whew, this was a toughie. Hundreds of segments

[sumterdad]

Wow that is awsome

 

[jasontg99]

Holy #%$&! That is absolutely amazing.

 

[micah]

ok...I'm never going to post one of my crappy pens again.
That is art.

 

[boxerman]

Wow very elegant.

 

[Tom D]

Now that I am done drooling all over my keyboard I can say FANTISTIC PEN.

 

[JimB]

That is absolutely amazing!

 

[Haynie]

I can not even imagine how you did that. Absolutely amazing.

 

[hewunch]

Classy! Great work!

 

[Jim15]

I clicked that I like it, but that not enough that is just outstanding.

 

[plano_harry]

That is amazing! How did you do that??? Any photos of the work in progress?

 

[Dalecamino]

Nice work Dennis. Your labor paid off again. Beautiful pen.

 

[rsetina]

Oh my, that's gorgeous. How do you do it? I could study that for days and not figure it out. Simply beautiful.

 

[mrburls]

What a work of beauty. This maybe my most favorite pen I've seen posted here in the few years I've been a member of IAP.

Do you even have an idea of how many hours it took you to create this beauty?

FRONT PAGE PLEASE, NO BRAINER

Keith "mrburls"

 

[skiprat]

Simply Superb !!!!!

 

[firewhatfire]

I have no where near enough comprehension skills to imagine how that works, but I wish I did. Truly a masterpiece.

Phil

 

[Twissy]

Gobsmacked!

 

[Freethinker]

Now THAT is what I aspire to eventually do as a penmaker.

I'm not really sure HOW it's done ( i have copied some of the styles that Eagle did, but not that one) but I'd love to try someday.

Just awesome.

 

[andy fischer]

It is amazing what creativity you have. Absolutely beautiful.
Just wondering what pen kit you used?

 

[witz1976]

It is amazing what creativity you have. Absolutely beautiful.
Just wondering what pen kit you used?

This is a kit-less pen. Meaning all the parts outside of the clip and nib he made. Which makes this even more special. Last time this design was seen it was made with kit components.

 

[fiferb]

A Masterpiece! Congratulations for achieving something most will never comprehend let alone attempt.

 

[bluwolf]

That is awesome.

Mike

 

[scotirish]

The picture is great but having handled the real pen (yes I did try to put it in my pocket) and seen it up close and personal, GREAT WORK Dennis!! If you ever get tired of it, well, call and I will come running. All kidding aside it is a real well done pen.
Ron

 

[Ambidex]

pen

Truly remarkable!

 

[BRobbins629]

Well done Dennis. Figuring out how to do these is one hurdle, avoiding gaps between the pieces even harder.

 

[cnirenberg]

Dennis,
Wow, that is beautiful.

 

[luke39uk]

Great work

 

[Robert111]

Absolutely stunning! I'd love to know what it's made of.

 

[brownsfn2]

I can not think of the words. That is amazing.

I hope I can someday do work like that. I am so far away.

 

[soligen]

Thanks for all the compliments.

Here are a few more details to answer some of the questions.

The pen is kit-less. The only parts that I did not make are the clip and the refill ( A Schmidt).

The nose cone is made from nickle-silver aka German Silver

Finials, CB, and Section are black Polyurethane Resin.

The pen blank is almost all paper and styrene. The diamonds are wood - Hardware store dowel rod simply because it was the lightest color wood I had on hand.

I used almost an entire bottle of CA just making the blank - Yep, my sinuses are clear .

I spent an entire day just making the jig for this blank, then 2 or 3 partial test blanks over several days to tweak things. The first full blank had a major blow out (previously posted). All that led up to this blank. It took and entire day just to make the blank.

 

[eldee]

Fantastic!!!

 

[maxman400]

Amazing!

 

[soligen]

There were a couple questions/comments above that I didn't address in my previous follow up, so here goes.

I'm not ready to share exactly how I made this. However, I encourage you to ponder how this is done and emulate it. You will get a lot more out of taking the journey of discovery than me simply telling you.

As for saving this for the Bash contest, no I don't have anything else waiting in the wings, but I figure I have at least 3 weeks to come up with something different, hopefully 4. If there were going to be an "Eagle" contest, I would have saved it for that, but as there isn't, I prefer to come up with something that isn't so close to another person's work for the contest. This was a learning pen (Well, arn't they all?)

So, I decided to go ahead and post it, and now the pressure in on to get another pen made before the contest deadline. I'll have to swim through the idea's and see what I come up with.

 

[soligen]

I'll also add there there are at least 4 things I would change about how I did this. 2 in how the blank was made and 2 in the pen construction.

 

[LeeR]

I'm sorry to say that I never had a chance to get to know Eagle before his passing, but it's obvious that he inspired a great many people during his life and that's an amazing thing. I know that I'm one of probably like...well everyone on the IAP that's wondering how this was done. I don't like being told how to do stuff and would rather figure it out when it comes to stuff like this but it almost looks like a blank was turned and strips of ribbon were secured onto said blank and then finished. I'm sure that's not how it was done, but the mind truly wonders just how...

Dittos on knowing more about the process. I like to admire fine craftsmanship, but also enjoy seeing some level of project description. I certainly understand that the exact nature may be proprietary, but maybe a hint? :wink:

 

[thewishman]

Beautiful, beautiful work. Thanks for sharing it with us.

 

[kruzzer]

absolutely stunning.... If you do another one I'd really like to see the blank before you cut and turn it..

 

[Lenny]

Just INCREDIBLE!!!

One of the best pens I have seen here ... ever!

 

[1dweeb]

The pen looks great! Your patience and attention to detail are second to none as seen in your final product. As others have said, this truly deserves to be placed on the front page. Thanks for sharing.

 

[soligen]

absolutely stunning.... If you do another one I'd really like to see the blank before you cut and turn it..

Well, I snapped of pic of this blank, as I want sure it wouldn't blow out. Perhaps this also can give a little bit of a hint.

 

[alphageek]

absolutely stunning.... If you do another one I'd really like to see the blank before you cut and turn it..

Well, I snapped of pic of this blank, as I want sure it wouldn't blow out. Perhaps this also can give a little bit of a hint.

Nice hint!!! and even the blank is great (but nothing like the finished pen)... I can't wait to see what you do for the bash, cause this could easily have been a winner in my book!