rsmith
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Wild Horse Jasper Tru-Stone, with a fountain nib (I think it was the nib assembly for a SS navigator) Since I haven't bothered to invest in a collet chuck or make any pin chucks or "CE" mandrels (read: lazy
) I have had to just do all my closed ends on a standard pen mandrel and 60 degree center. Takes a little thought, but once you figure out the process that will work for you, there aren't many limitations as to what can be done. Next investment has to be a chuck system though...relatively inexpensive, same finished product, less beating your head against the wall:biggrin: Don't know about the shape, it's just kinda where the tool wanted to go so who was I to argue? No CB, just capped with silver over the exposed end to give it stability, so when closed the lines are nice and smooth and the knob at the back gives a fairly nice counterweight to the metal nib section. May recess a clip, but can't decide if that would look right or not. Anyway, thanks for looking, and as always, Comments, criticism...always welcomed
) I have had to just do all my closed ends on a standard pen mandrel and 60 degree center. Takes a little thought, but once you figure out the process that will work for you, there aren't many limitations as to what can be done. Next investment has to be a chuck system though...relatively inexpensive, same finished product, less beating your head against the wall:biggrin: Don't know about the shape, it's just kinda where the tool wanted to go so who was I to argue? No CB, just capped with silver over the exposed end to give it stability, so when closed the lines are nice and smooth and the knob at the back gives a fairly nice counterweight to the metal nib section. May recess a clip, but can't decide if that would look right or not. Anyway, thanks for looking, and as always, Comments, criticism...always welcomed
