I'm around. Trying to get back into the swing of things. I have a mill now and I'm figuring out how to use it, mainly to speed up the process of making penslike these, and other even more complex segmentation projects.
That is an awesome looking pen! I love Casein. I made a kitless fountain pen out of it and the cap fit fine until I put ink in it. I guess it swelled the material a little making it difficult to get the cap off and also the section to too tight to screw in and out.