JonathanF1968
Member
I'm driving myself crazy trying to find the kind of kit that I want to make next. A gorgeous rosewood board came my way, and I want to make a bunch of pens that show it off.
Basically, I have two modes of men-making. Sometimes, I want a cool kit for a special purpose, like a Nautical kit for a boatmaker friend, or a Dragon for someone who likes dragons.
Otherwise, I want the wood to do the talking and use kits that don't distract. My default has become Cigars, usually gun metal. I like sketch pencils too, but that's for a limited pool of users.
What I really want is a simple single-barrel kit, but I don't like the clickers on the ones that I see. They define the look of the pen too much.
I'd also like to explore higher quality kits than PSI.
I'm seeing pens like the Exemplar (Professor) and Executive, and even the Jr. George. But there's a lot of kit visible, and I want the primary feature to be the wood.
So, more wood, less kit.
Thoughts? I've made around 25 pens, at this point, of maybe seven different kits, to give you an idea of my skill level.
Basically, I have two modes of men-making. Sometimes, I want a cool kit for a special purpose, like a Nautical kit for a boatmaker friend, or a Dragon for someone who likes dragons.
Otherwise, I want the wood to do the talking and use kits that don't distract. My default has become Cigars, usually gun metal. I like sketch pencils too, but that's for a limited pool of users.
What I really want is a simple single-barrel kit, but I don't like the clickers on the ones that I see. They define the look of the pen too much.
I'd also like to explore higher quality kits than PSI.
I'm seeing pens like the Exemplar (Professor) and Executive, and even the Jr. George. But there's a lot of kit visible, and I want the primary feature to be the wood.
So, more wood, less kit.
Thoughts? I've made around 25 pens, at this point, of maybe seven different kits, to give you an idea of my skill level.