Bruce, that is amazing. Didn't you say in one of your post a while back that your system was bought for a mere $750K? I am saving pennies starting today!
Your pen is great! I actually like the idea of keeping the black section. It would be cool in titanium but I would still anoxize it a diffent color. The anodization would also give a little tooth to the grip section and would probably make writing a little more comfortable.
I think you could definitely add this to the upscale market but you would need to upgrade nibs. A lot of fountain pen connisuers (?sp) rank their pens on the nib.It looks like the previous linked web site pen maker uses custom made nibs. They are beautiful. There is a site
http://www.nibs.com/ that shows many different upgrade nibs. The reason we can't use them in our pen kits I think are the custom thread sizes and diameters. That is obviously not a problem for you. You may be able to contact this guy for some fancy nibs which would increase the percieved value of you pens.
Based on you pen shape...which is great, I would probably advertized the pen as a non-posting pen. Then you would never have the issue of scuffing the pen.
Keep up the good work! And thanks for sharing your time and inventiveness with us.
BTW how easy would it be to create a clip from titanium that is like the cigar pen clip but instead of the open ring at the top, have just a flat piece only as wide as the clip?