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bgray

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Black ebonite and cumberland, with a cumberland section...

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pipeyeti

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Originally posted by avbill

Beautiful, elegant, Have not seen this kit. Where are you getting it from? Again a very elegant pen!

Bill Daniels

It looks like he is using the churhill/el grande kit for the nib, nib coupler and cap threads. Looks like a standard 7mm kit clip. The finials on the end appear to be made by the maker. Overall I think it is outstanding work. bravo!
 

bgray

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Originally posted by pipeyeti

Originally posted by avbill

Beautiful, elegant, Have not seen this kit. Where are you getting it from? Again a very elegant pen!

Bill Daniels

It looks like he is using the churhill/el grande kit for the nib, nib coupler and cap threads. Looks like a standard 7mm kit clip. The finials on the end appear to be made by the maker. Overall I think it is outstanding work. bravo!

You are partially right. There are only two kit parts...the nib holder and center band (or nib coupler and cap threads).

I actually am not sure where the clip comes from. I had a ton of pen parts laying around, along with lots and lots of those clips. They were plated with the cheap stuff, so I sent them out for proper plating.

I think that they come from an Artisan pen. Definitely not a slimline, however.
 

alxe24

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I don't have anything different to say than the rest. Georgeous pens. Congrats. Awesome shape finish and meterials.
 

avbill

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I want to thank Dario for reminding me about "search" I could not remember where i saw these pens.

A fellow pen grou [sp] gave me several commercial catalogs on expensive pens. If you look at Pen hospital or others you will see the same elegance the same expertise in workmanship as bgray's pen. Reexamined the pens again then again. look at the classic line. the simple cap. the gorgeous finish. From the photograph this pen breaths "the pen maker's guild."

I'm very happy with this type of work always being shown as a guide for me to excel to. Again what a wonderful pen


bill Daniels
 

bgray

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Thanks, Bill.

This pen is roughly modeled after the Parker Big Red Duofold.

I have some solid orange ebonite that I'll be using for this design very soon. Then it will really scream "Big Red".
 

bitshird

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Originally posted by pipeyeti

Originally posted by avbill

Beautiful, elegant, Have not seen this kit. Where are you getting it from? Again a very elegant pen!

Bill Daniels

It looks like he is using the churhill/el grande kit for the nib, nib coupler and cap threads. Looks like a standard 7mm kit clip. The finials on the end appear to be made by the maker. Overall I think it is outstanding work. bravo!
Larry, I think you need to look at the grip on the green Ebonite pen.
 

Sfolivier

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Fantastic looking. Beside the obvious craftsmanship, you managed to break out of the all-kit-look-the-same universe. I'm always truly sensitive to strong departures from stock kit usage.
 

pipeyeti

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Originally posted by bitshird

Originally posted by pipeyeti

Originally posted by avbill

Beautiful, elegant, Have not seen this kit. Where are you getting it from? Again a very elegant pen!

Bill Daniels

It looks like he is using the churhill/el grande kit for the nib, nib coupler and cap threads. Looks like a standard 7mm kit clip. The finials on the end appear to be made by the maker. Overall I think it is outstanding work. bravo!
Larry, I think you need to look at the grip on the green Ebonite pen.

Shure looks like a churchill nib thats been covered with cumberland to me.
 

bgray

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Originally posted by pipeyeti

Originally posted by bitshird

Originally posted by pipeyeti

Originally posted by avbill

Beautiful, elegant, Have not seen this kit. Where are you getting it from? Again a very elegant pen!

Bill Daniels

It looks like he is using the churhill/el grande kit for the nib, nib coupler and cap threads. Looks like a standard 7mm kit clip. The finials on the end appear to be made by the maker. Overall I think it is outstanding work. bravo!
Larry, I think you need to look at the grip on the green Ebonite pen.

Shure looks like a churchill nib thats been covered with cumberland to me.

Actually, it's solid ebonite.



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At first I outsourced these to a CNC machinist, but then once I received my first batch, I realized that they were not out of my reach, so I started making them.
 

Hello

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I'd be curious to learn whether or not this is a pre-fab kit, or an amalgam of parts. if its an amalgam, a quick tutorial for us newbies would be cool!
 
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