Sandsini
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It's been a long road getting here, but, finally, I have two kitless pens to show this morning... The first is this ebonite fountain pen with a Jowo 1.5 Italic Nib and a Schmidt Converter. This is the first full custom pen I've made and I wanted to cleanse my pallet, so to speak, with something very functional, so I created something straight lined and square shouldered with a nearly hidden join line between the cap and the body of the pen.
There are a couple of small flaws on this one, the triple start threads for the cap cause it to perfectly align only at one of the three starting points, and there is a small air bubble that I didn't successfully fill in the body.
Pen #2 is a smaller, thinner pen. This one has been done in Italian Lucite in a Pearl Caramel color. This is a fairly thin and light fountain pen and it uses a Jowo #5 Polished Nib. I have to confess that I damaged the original Lucite section of the pen and had to substitute a section made of ebonite to get it completed this weekend. Once I have more of the Lucite on hand the section will be remade in it's matching material.
The form factor is slightly different than the black pen, the cap and body aren't flush, which makes it a little easier to find the cap vs. the body of the pen when opening.
The pearl in this Lucite material is very pronounced and is evident on only one side, which explains why the photos look like there are two different pens photographed. The Lucite is very transparent and when I use it again I might attempt to polish the interior to let you to see through it easier.
Anyway... thanks for looking! C&C are very welcome. I look forward to adding new shapes and clips in the near future, but I'm still kind of figuring out what the heck I'm doing.
There are a couple of small flaws on this one, the triple start threads for the cap cause it to perfectly align only at one of the three starting points, and there is a small air bubble that I didn't successfully fill in the body.
Pen #2 is a smaller, thinner pen. This one has been done in Italian Lucite in a Pearl Caramel color. This is a fairly thin and light fountain pen and it uses a Jowo #5 Polished Nib. I have to confess that I damaged the original Lucite section of the pen and had to substitute a section made of ebonite to get it completed this weekend. Once I have more of the Lucite on hand the section will be remade in it's matching material.
The form factor is slightly different than the black pen, the cap and body aren't flush, which makes it a little easier to find the cap vs. the body of the pen when opening.
The pearl in this Lucite material is very pronounced and is evident on only one side, which explains why the photos look like there are two different pens photographed. The Lucite is very transparent and when I use it again I might attempt to polish the interior to let you to see through it easier.
Anyway... thanks for looking! C&C are very welcome. I look forward to adding new shapes and clips in the near future, but I'm still kind of figuring out what the heck I'm doing.