5th kitless - Stardust resin from ExoticBlanks

[yaroslaw]

Ok, this one was a bit tougher. Blank is, I belive, PR (correct me if I'm wrong) and I've heard a lot that PR is not easy for kitless. But I've had to try!
The other concern was that it has A LOT of metal flakes, I was thinking that it might be impossible to thread it. But with a care.... It is definitely much more brittle than alumilite, but possible to go kitless

Body/cap blank - one piece of 6" Stardust Blue Lagoon from ExoticBlanks
Section blank - Stardust Midnight Skies
Nib/feed - Schmidt from IndyPenDance

Capped length 125mm
Uncapped 118mm
Diameter 15.3mm
Full weight 20g, uncapped - 16g.

I really like look and feel of that pen! Resin look really pays of a bit of more effort put into it.

 

[anthonyd]

I really like it. I have yet to try making a kitless from PR but your pen has moved it up on my to do list.

Tony

 

[crabcreekind]

That is awesome!!!! Great job on that pen! That one looks like it took a long time.

 

[LL Woodworks]

Love it -- I 've made several kitless from PR and never had an issue.

 

[lyonsacc]

really really like that one

 

[yaroslaw]

One of the reason I've tried PR, is that I have still a box of blanks from Jonathon Brooks that I've won on Russ Fairfield contest Knowing it is PR I wanted to try something less valuable first))

Actually, it's my first "big" kitless, and still it took not that much time - around 4 hours, including design. I've managed to ruin first barrel threading, though, being not careful with drilling, had to redo that once

It already take me around 45min to make section, which is pretty fast (though I've ruined about 30cm of ebonite before I've got an idea how it should be done).

Finishing is slow, though, kit pens I finish much faster.

 

[ed4copies]

It's a great pen, Yaro!!! Execution is fantastic.

"Finishing" should not be difficult---you can buff it with tripoli, then with white diamond and it will develop as bright a shine as you choose, based on when you stop buffing!!

 

[dbledsoe]

You are much better than I. I have wasted probably 6 blanks or more of that Stardust and have yet to complete a threaded part. I had begun to wonder if it can be done, but obviously you did it. Maybe I will dig out what I have left and try again. Great pen!

 

[yaroslaw]

Ed, by "finishing" I meant starting from 240 sandpaper. I haven't made any mandrel to hold kitless closed-end pens, so it's a matter of fixing it on the lathe. Anyway, even fixed it's a one part at a time (and three parts at all), while with kit pens I sand/polish/CA two barrels on 7mm mandrel (use it almost exclusively for finishing, turn TBC).

dbledsoe, make sure you have good (read: sharp!) die. I have one 10x1 and ruined pretty much of ebonite which usually threads better then anything (good news are it cost me near 0, so I can experiment on it). Other thing to check is correct diameter before threading, it should be a bit less then thread size (I use 11.75mm for 12x0.75 thread).

 

[jyreene]

Awesome work Yaroslaw. Makes me wish I was still traveling to you country so I could stop by and chat. Kept it up!

 

[yaroslaw]

Awesome work Yaroslaw. Makes me wish I was still traveling to you country so I could stop by and chat. Kept it up!

Thanks!

Any penturner from anywhere (especially, from IAP!) is always welcomed at my house!

And by the time, I've met in person only one of our kind (Alejanders, that makes mammoth ivory pens from Moscow).

 

[ashaw]

Great looking pen. I like how the cap blends into the barrel.