Full Custom using a 'Firewhatfire' blank

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drgoretex

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Hello all.

I recently received a few blanks from Phil (Firewhatfire) to see how they would work out for a custom 'kitless' pen. Here's one I just finished using one of his absolutely beautiful translucent white pearlescent/Mother of Pearl blanks. It is done up using the M12 triple start threading cap-to-barrel, with a roller end clip, sized to be about 'Pelikan M600' size. It is fitted with a polished steel #5 medium JoWo nib from NibMeister.

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Thanks for looking. Comments and criticisms welcome. Talk to Phil for some of these cool blanks!

Cheers,

Ken
 
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hey look, someone made one of my blanks look like it was meant to be a pen.

Well this does tell me one thing. It is the operator on this end that is destroying those blanks and not the blanks fault. Now I have some practicing to do.

Phil
 
Donovan's Corner said:
studioso said:
Beautiful! Really stunning pen, love the color.
Had you considered reverse painting the nib segment? Perhaps painting the feed housing?
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"love the color"... what color is being talked about? I saw a pen that was magnificently lacking color and yet interesting, deep, and splendid.
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Donovan - That is really the most lovely thing about this blank - so white, yet iridescent with subtle swirls of red and green, really quite nice. The camera just doesn't do it justice.

Studioso - I think if I were to permanently mount the nib unit inside the front section, I would consider painting. But given that a nib unit could strip off the paint as it is unscrewed, I felt I'd better leave it as is. Too bad they don't make white nib units :tongue:

Ken
 
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