"lizard skin" celluloid fountain pen

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My first pen using some of the celluloid tube I bought from @EricRN a few months ago. The barrel end pieces are black ebonite, which I fitted as plugs and then threaded to take the cap, and drilled/tapped for the section to screw in. The cap is an Italian resin from Exotics, black with silver swirl, and I'm very happy with the way it complements the celluloid. Clip is hand-forged from 0.05" stainless steel sheet. It takes a JoWo #6 nib, ink feed cartridge/converter.
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Celluloid - gray lizard - 2.jpg
 
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Everything compliments each other part nicely, well done. Those lizard skin blanks have always fascinated me, never tried one yet though.
I like that clip, by the way.
 
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Ironwood said:
Everything compliments each other part nicely, well done. Those lizard skin blanks have always fascinated me, never tried one yet though.
I like that clip, by the way.
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Thanks, Brad. This black & silver cap was the third or fourth I made, the others were too fussy and detracted from the barrel. (I didn't throw them out, of course - they might work perfectly for a future pen.)
 
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