Blue and white casein and elm

[Ant JE]

Well, I promised not to be the new guy who posted an intro then never posted again, so here is pen I have been working on over the weekend.

The clip is glued top to bottom so not functioning as a clip, rather as a technical challenge and to stop the pen rolling.

I'm really comfortable with any critique - all comments welcome.

 

[Ironwood]

Hey Tony, I love your first offering, very original.

Was about to ask how the clip was secured but reread your post and saw you had covered it.

In the first pic, it looks like the section isn't screwed on as far as it should be, a small gap there.

Are the blue blue pieces Elm, as well as the brown bits ?

 

[mark james]

I admired this on the UK site; thanks for posting it here as well.

Superb combination of materials, profile and precision. A very unique work. Well done.

Stay healthy.

 

[Ant JE]

Thanks Brad,

Yes; the section isn't screw on properly (rather than not having a proper thread cut) though there are definitely a few elements that I am not fully happy with. For example; the wood join with the casein is not clean nor is the gluing for 'clip' to the cap.

The blue pieces are cut offs from a Conway Stewart Blue blank had left over. On the picture the blue doesn't come out so well but close up its smashing!

 

[darrin1200]

Very nice rollstop design Tony.
Is that true casein or alternate casein. If it is real casein, I have a question.

I am working on a project right now, but I'm using the alternate while I work out the kinks. I found out, that the alternate is somewhat translucent, so you can see the purple tenons I used to connect the alumilite and the casein. Is real casein also translucent?

 

[Ant JE]

Thanks Mark, thought I would broaden my horizons over here at IAP

 

[Ant JE]

Hi Darrin,

To my knowledge it is true Casein - certainly it was sold as such. To answer your question directly, I don't see any translucency in the material but suspect that there would be a little if I cut it thinly enough.

....Just to add, the white blank is Casein. I know that the Blue material is Conway Stewart but not sure what material.

 

[skiprat]

I'm really comfortable with any critique - all comments welcome.

Really??? ..........Ok, that sucks !!!

 

[skiprat]

Haha.....Just kidding of course.!!
Well done and welcome.

 

[darrin1200]

Thanks. I am going to try inverting the tenons on the next one. I'm just concerned with the section end, keeping the tenon big enough for the section threads, but not be affected by the cap threads. The picture shows the current prototype. Ignore the section, I have to remake it a litte bigger.

 

[Ant JE]

Really??? ..........Ok, that sucks !!!

Haha.....Just kidding of course.!!
Well done and welcome.

ha ha - Thank you

 

[Ant JE]

Hi Darrin, Nice pen - I think I can see what you mean about translucency. Don't hold me to it but you shouldn't have that issue with true Casein

 

[Ironwood]

Thanks Brad,

Yes; the section isn't screw on properly (rather than not having a proper thread cut) though there are definitely a few elements that I am not fully happy with. For example; the wood join with the casein is not clean nor is the gluing for 'clip' to the cap.

The blue pieces are cut offs from a Conway Stewart Blue blank had left over. On the picture the blue doesn't come out so well but close up its smashing!

Hi Tony, glad to hear it just wasn't screwed home fully, nothing serious.

Ah, I obviously didn't read your post properly . I had assumed the blue bits were Elm dyed blue, now I finally understand.
It's an impressive looking pen, well done.

 

[leehljp]

Very Nice Pen. Love the design and contrast - the angles and colors all comes together great!

 

[johncrane]

Welcome to IAP Tony! great job luv your clip.

 

[jttheclockman]

Looks good and I am sure you are learning alot as you play around with that material. Thanks for showing.