jskeen
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This is a limited edition statesman kit from cs, with the "exclusive" chinese made broad point 18k gold nib. I'm not just real confident on how that stacks up against a real quality german gold nib, but hey, once you figure in the cost of the kit and the (hopefully) perceived value of the "limited edition" thing, it wasn't really that much more, so I thought I'd give it a shot. I can't say I'm that thrilled with the way it writes out of the box, but I'd assume that anybody buying one of these will have a preference on how they want the nib customized. For what I'm hoping to get for the pen, that's included in the price.
The blank is one of Ed's alternate amber, and I did a multi-step paintjob on the inside of the blank and the tube with blue ink for the dark web effect, then lengthwise strokes of red inside the blank, and finally a circumferential coat of sparkley "woman of loose moral values" red nail polish applied to the tube on the lathe.
At first I was not sure about the final effect of the colors, but it kind of grew on me. It went from "Crap, It looks like I just didn't do a good job painting the tubes" to "that's really pretty unique" It's also almost impossible to photograph well at the level of equipment I have. I've been having fits with the lighting in my newly rebuilt light box, so I probably have 30 or so poorly exposed pics of this pen on my poor old camera. Anyway, this is as good as it got before I got disgusted and quit.
Comments, condolences, jeers, ect. welcomed
The blank is one of Ed's alternate amber, and I did a multi-step paintjob on the inside of the blank and the tube with blue ink for the dark web effect, then lengthwise strokes of red inside the blank, and finally a circumferential coat of sparkley "woman of loose moral values" red nail polish applied to the tube on the lathe.
At first I was not sure about the final effect of the colors, but it kind of grew on me. It went from "Crap, It looks like I just didn't do a good job painting the tubes" to "that's really pretty unique" It's also almost impossible to photograph well at the level of equipment I have. I've been having fits with the lighting in my newly rebuilt light box, so I probably have 30 or so poorly exposed pics of this pen on my poor old camera. Anyway, this is as good as it got before I got disgusted and quit.
Comments, condolences, jeers, ect. welcomed