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I was finally able to start penmaking again, after getting my shop all set up, and this is my first pen to come out of it. It's made of a brown and black chunk acrylic, with bronze metal work. I wanted to try a few different design ideas out, so this was kind of a little experiment as I got back into making pens again.
 

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Nice to see a few things here. 1. First pen from your new shop. 2. Some of that vintage stock pile coming to life. 3. Awesome hardware.
4. A very nice looking pen. Well done!
 
Good looking pen. Welcome back and having the shop where you can start pens again. BTW, used to live in Looavle, as they say.
 
Really, really nice!

Can you reveal (1) what length of blank you needed to make the pen, and (2) where you got that blank?
 
Man you never should have left your old shop! :eek: That's....that's....well I'll send you a few Loonies to cover postage and when it gets here, hide it in the Great White North where it will never be seen again.
🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲❄❄❄❄❄❄;)
 
Gorgeous pen, John ... in all respects ! . I love the metal hardware ... well done !!!
 
mark james said:
John, that is a stunning pen. A very nice product from the new shop! Congrats.
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Thanks Mark!

Dalecamino said:
Nice to see a few things here. 1. First pen from your new shop. 2. Some of that vintage stock pile coming to life. 3. Awesome hardware.
4. A very nice looking pen. Well done!
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Thanks! This is actually modern acrylic, but it has a great vintage look.

Woodchipper said:
Good looking pen. Welcome back and having the shop where you can start pens again. BTW, used to live in Looavle, as they say.
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Thanks! I moved here recently. It's been fun.

BRobbins629 said:
Nice pen, nice threads!
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Thanks!

firewhatfire said:
NICE...I like the deep cut on the threads.
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Thanks! They are fun to use

PenHog said:
Really, really nice!

Can you reveal (1) what length of blank you needed to make the pen, and (2) where you got that blank?
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I got the blank a while back from Beartooth Woods. It was called Toffee Crunch, or something like that, and I used two 5" blanks. You could probably get away with one 8" blank.

Curly said:
Man you never should have left your old shop! :eek: That's....that's....well I'll send you a few Loonies to cover postage and when it gets here, hide it in the Great White North where it will never be seen again.
🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲🌲❄❄❄❄❄❄;)
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Ha!

magpens said:
Gorgeous pen, John ... in all respects ! . I love the metal hardware ... well done !!!
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Thanks Mal!
 
jalbert said:
Thanks. I don't coat my bronze. If it develops a patina, I just wipe with a jewelry cloth.
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Just be careful of ebonite it radically speeds up the process.. This is the bronze clip I did for my St Louis pen. It only took a few days in the box with the ebonite pen. The guys at the show thought it was supposed to look like that, because it actually fit with the pen.

I have since repolished it and gave it a couple of coats of a product called ProtecraClear. It has a couple of more days to cure, then we'll see how it works,
 

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Just be careful of ebonite it radically speeds up the process.. This is the bronze clip I did for my St Louis pen. It only took a few days in the box with the ebonite pen. The guys at the show thought it was supposed to look like that, because it actually fit with the pen.

I have since repolished it and gave it a couple of coats of a product called ProtecraClear. It has a couple of more days to cure, then we'll see how it works,
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I've been using bronze for years , and have had no significant issues. I also rarely use ebonite
 
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John Albert, your pen captures the essence of what I aspire to in pen making! One would be hard pressed to not think of your pen as being from the hay-day of pre-war pens in America and Europe! Perhaps you could share some tips to those of use who do not posses the know-how to craft such an elegant writing instrument. I am simply stunned at it's quite elegance and beauty.

Don
 
John, loved your pen and ordered the same Chocolate Toffee Crunch blank from Beartoothwoods to try. For testing, I turned the entire blank to round and polished it up to see what I had. Curious - What color did you paint the tubes and/or blank?? My blank isn't looking the same at this point. Thanks!
 
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John, loved your pen and ordered the same Chocolate Toffee Crunch blank from Beartoothwoods to try. For testing, I turned the entire blank to round and polished it up to see what I had. Curious - What color did you paint the tubes and/or blank?? My blank isn't looking the same at this point. Thanks!
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I don't use tubes on my pens. I make all the components for my pens, except for the nib unit and feed, and do all the threading myself. If I remember correctly, the blank does have some degree of translucency to it, but I'm not sure what color you would paint the tube— I haven't any experience in that area
 
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