pretty for sure...
But i am a bit confused. It appears to me, that there is a bad fit where the nib holder meets the blank. It seems like the material has been left proud to match the lid when closed. I don't own any "pen philosophy" books,so i know nothing about all that. I just know that i try very hard to get the fits as close to "perfect" as possible and two people think my pen is "cool", but you post a pen with what appears to be a horrid fit and everyone thinks it's the Bee's Knees. Not trying to stir anything up, just trying to improve my game.
The fit isn't necessarily horrid, if it's intended, or at least can't be helped. It was a necessary compromise.
I, too, always try to get the fit as perfect as possible. The fit at the various points of contact everywhere was quite nice actually, about as good as one can get with a wood lathe, except at the nib. As you probably know, on the Gentlemans pen, you have a pen with a narrower diameter, tapering even narrower yet at the finial, and nib coupler that goes up into the centerband, giving you a truncated look. The customer wanted a cigar look which entailed a uniform size at the centerband. So, as you saw, I had to leave it proud in order for the diameters to match (not to mention the grain of the blank.) Yes, this means the fit is "off" on the pen end, but that is how the customer wanted it. I have already done this for another pen (see linked page below) and he was fine with it.
Also, you have to leave it even thicker than usual (which makes the pen side even more "off") since you are going without the reinforcement of the centerband and that is risky, as you can see in my post on
this page.
I wrote with it myself and it felt fine. Because it's all acrylic it is very light, and the customer really wanted that thick nib in both his pens.