Silver Pen

[watch_art]

Custom PR from Slabs, Blanks, and Boards. I love this stuff!
Another pen down.
I can't wait to get my inks in so I can start handing these things out. I'm about to hand them out anyways and just tell the kids to come to my class for ink refills. :biggrin:

 

[hewunch]

Wonderful swirls in that one! Great job!

 

[SDB777]

I was hoping you'd turn one of these soon. I didn't get a chance to grab one for 'me':biggrin:, like I normally do.


By the way, where do you get ink from? By the bottle or 'cartridge' thingies?




Scott

 

[joefyffe]

Shawn: Very commendable quest, you seem to be on here. Wouldn't it be great if we could teach the world to once again enjoy the nib!!!:redface:

Custom PR from Slabs, Blanks, and Boards. I love this stuff!
Another pen down.
I can't wait to get my inks in so I can start handing these things out. I'm about to hand them out anyways and just tell the kids to come to my class for ink refills. :biggrin:

 

[watch_art]

At joefyffe:
Thanks!

I was hoping you'd turn one of these soon. I didn't get a chance to grab one for 'me':biggrin:, like I normally do.

By the way, where do you get ink from? By the bottle or 'cartridge' thingies?

Scott

The inks are all bottled. I don't like carts. Most of what I have came from the web somewhere - but lately I've only been buying from Vanness in Little Rock. They're just up the road from where we met in February. Go from there up Cantrell past 430, and it'll be on the left behind Carino's. Great people and great prices.

 

[doug57]

Shawn,

On the top of the cap in the 7th picture, is that your signature?

Doug

 

[watch_art]

No - just some lint.

 

[danrs]

Great looking pen. A little blurry, just kidding. Tremendous swirls.

 

[doug57]

No - just some lint.

Darn, I was hoping it was a signature and you'd show us how you did it.

Lint was actually my second guess, but I really wanted it to be the artist's signature!

Doug

 

[watch_art]

I'm thinking of having a metal stamp made that I can heat up and press my name or logo or whatever into the pens after they're polished up.

 

[doug57]

Yes, a logo would probably be a better option.

I started thinking about signing our pens when I saw this pen in the Finishing Forum, under Faux Urushi Lacquer finish:

 

[BSea]

Another cool pen Shawn. I like the black section better than the resin section. But that's only because the black from the nib holder shows through. But hey, I'd be happy with either. BTW, my son is still in school. Why don't you make a pen for him. I can pick it up at the next meeting. Of course I'll have to break it in for him.:wink:

 

[redwd707]

Please for give my ignorance. Why the small hole in the cap?
Fantastic pen, again. I'd swear you have been doing this for years!

 

[watch_art]

The small hole... yeah. Started off as an air bubble, and then I thought - Hey! I'll make a breather hole just like the production pens have.
I was being lazy. Should have just filled it with epoxy.

Oh well.

 

[redwd707]

It looks as if it's supposed to be there, if that makes a difference. What is the function of a "breather hole" on production pens?

 

[watch_art]

breather holes in the cap - something to do with pressure and ink burping out when you pull off the cap. especially with slip cap pens. Some don't have them though.

 

[redwd707]

breather holes in the cap - something to do with pressure and ink burping out when you pull off the cap. especially with slip cap pens. Some don't have them though.

Makes sense. Thanks very much. Can't wait to see your next one!:hypnotized: