Faceted Piston Fill Fountain Pen

[jalbert]

A recent commission I am finishing up. This is by far the most complex pen I've made. It's made from transparent purple acrylic, Conway Stewart "azure" acrylic, and has a hand made nickel silver clip. The nib is a ridiculously expensive Pelikan M1000 nib that was supplied by the customer. The pen also uses a piston fill mechanism, which is a first for me on a faceted pen.

 

[magpens]

John, that pen is exceptionally beautiful !!!!! . Looks like 10 facets .... right ?

VERY well done, and a pen to be VERY proud of, both for you the maker, and for the owner !!!

 

[budnder]

The craftsmanship on that is just brilliant - congrats.

How much polishing do you have to do on the inside of the barrels on something like that?

 

[jalbert]

John, that pen is exceptionally beautiful !!!!! . Looks like 10 facets .... right ?

VERY well done, and a pen to be VERY proud of, both for you the maker, and for the owner !!!

Thank you! It's nine facets actually

The craftsmanship on that is just brilliant - congrats.

How much polishing do you have to do on the inside of the barrels on something like that?

Thanks! The insides take a reasonable amount of sanding and polishing to clean up properly.

 

[Jim15]

Beautiful work!

 

[stuckinohio]

Very nice. Even if it is purple!

 

[yaroslaw]

That's absolutely insane and crazy beautiful!!!!!

I would love to have that pen in my posession (even with a cheaper steel nib)!

 

[sreenathvishnu]

Superb

John
I appreciate your innovative thinking, really the pen design is stunning,

 

[Marcros]

fantastic design and timing.

where do you get the transparent acrylic from?

 

[Penultimate]

Beautiful pen. Did you make the piston?


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[Gregory Hardy]

Beautiful - really. Tell me about making the clip?

 

[dozuki]

WOW. That is a beautiful pen. A real piece of usable art.