Firefyter-emt
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Thought I would share this with everyone. I picked up this 1943 Waterman the other day with a transclucent end that had fallen apart from age. Dawn (The PR -Princess) made me the new amber block and she hit the color dead on the money.
The amber blank was rough cut and turned between centers on my metal lathe and finished off with a tenon to slip into the freshly trimmed pen body. This allowed me to use the center hole in the amber blank to perfectly line up the pen on my wood lathe. I then turned the new post end to match and hand sanded to make the transition perfect. I am very happy with how this one came out.
So here is a little new pen turning blended with the old to bring one back to life. One more fountain pen for my personal collection. This one sports a 14k nib and cost me $20.00 shipped.
This is a style that I think will find it's way into a kit pen one of these days, I really like the look of this.
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The amber blank was rough cut and turned between centers on my metal lathe and finished off with a tenon to slip into the freshly trimmed pen body. This allowed me to use the center hole in the amber blank to perfectly line up the pen on my wood lathe. I then turned the new post end to match and hand sanded to make the transition perfect. I am very happy with how this one came out.
So here is a little new pen turning blended with the old to bring one back to life. One more fountain pen for my personal collection. This one sports a 14k nib and cost me $20.00 shipped.
This is a style that I think will find it's way into a kit pen one of these days, I really like the look of this.
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