jalbert
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Here is a pen I finished up this weekend. I made it from vintage gray-lined cellulose acetate, black acrylic, and argentium silver. It is threaded for a Pelikan m1000 nib unit, which is their largest nib, and consequently makes for a larger diameter pen, which is why I used this particular material for the barrel.
The tubes are approximately 15mm diameter, with a 12mm hole, so their size is prohibitive to what you can make with them: basically make fatter pens or use the material for caps on a pen. The barrel of this pen is 14mm at the cap threads, which are triple lead. Over all, the pen is about 5" long capped, which makes for a practical shirt pocket carry. I made the clip and bands from argentium silver. I cast The cap band and clip body using lost wax casting. Normally I would have just soldered these from sheet or large gauge wire, but I was out of both.
the pen fills via piston mechanism, which I made the components for. This was a fun project, and exemplifies the type of penmaking I enjoy doing.
The tubes are approximately 15mm diameter, with a 12mm hole, so their size is prohibitive to what you can make with them: basically make fatter pens or use the material for caps on a pen. The barrel of this pen is 14mm at the cap threads, which are triple lead. Over all, the pen is about 5" long capped, which makes for a practical shirt pocket carry. I made the clip and bands from argentium silver. I cast The cap band and clip body using lost wax casting. Normally I would have just soldered these from sheet or large gauge wire, but I was out of both.
the pen fills via piston mechanism, which I made the components for. This was a fun project, and exemplifies the type of penmaking I enjoy doing.