Merry Christmas pen

[ldb2000]

I made this pen just for fun , my new daily marker :biggrin:
This is a Christmas colored Marking pen . It uses the Sharpie marker refill . The body is made from the Metallic Red and Green blanks from Dawn and Ed at www.exoticblanks.com , these blanks are really cool . They are very metallic looking , like the metallic red and green garland that you put on your Christmas tree , the pictures don't show the metallic sheen these blanks have .

I made the tap to thread the barrel to accept the sharpie refill out of some brass stock (I don't have any tool steel right now , I will be ordering some soon) , it works very well on acrylics but is too soft to do metal so no couplers for wood at this time .... but soon .

 

[ablair]

Awesome! real cool! you should get a green or red refill to go with that

 

[ldb2000]

Awesome! real cool! you should get a green or red refill to go with that

As far as I know the sharpie refills only come in black at this time but if they start making one in blue or red I'll be waiting in line :biggrin:

 

[B727phixer]

Nice Butch...:biggrin:You have always got some new creation up your sleeve!:biggrin:

 

[rjwolfe3]

Wow and I thought I had turned something special today. That is awesome!

 

[BRobbins629]

Nice one Butch. A real classic.

 

[mickr]

great holiday pen!

 

[neubee]

The Christmas pen looks great; good job. I especially like the banding of red and green.

 

[cnirenberg]

Butch,
I love it, the pen came out terrific. I love the tap.

 

[tseger]

Nice pen, Butch! I gotta try some of the sharpie refill pens.

 

[bruce119]

:biggrin::biggrin:NICE JOB:biggrin::biggrin:

I can't wait to start making some of these.

Tell me more about the clip. Where did you get it?? how is it attached??

I haven't made any yet but it seems to me the most challenging part would be a reliable clip.

Again

:biggrin::biggrin:NICE JOB:biggrin::biggrin:

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[Rickus57]

Nice pen,my wife want's a sharpie pen for work, I have trying to figure out how to make it, now I know. What size and pitch is the tap ? Thank you, new to pen turning.

 

[Stick Rounder]

Cool.

 

[Dalecamino]

Nice creation Butch ! Very Christmasy .

 

[hewunch]

Neat! That is a real winner.

 

[johncrane]

Well done Butch!! it's a very good design l also like your tap.

 

[ldb2000]

Thanks for the kind words everyone . This is MY marker (grumble grumble she tries to take all my new toys :wink The blanks this is made from are really cool looking , it really does look like Christmas garland .
I've been learning to use the metal lathe and have now made several different sized taps for the different sections I've been playing with . Most of them are brass because it is what I have here on hand . The brass works great for acrylics and tru-stone .
Bruce , I used a cigar clip recessed into the cap and the finial screws on and holds it in place .
Rick , the right tap is a .450X26 , see this thread http://www.penturners.org/forum/showthread.php?t=52672

 

[maxman400]

As usual Butch, You did an Masterful Job!! Beautiful Marker.