Hello from Baltimore

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I have been bladesmithing for a long time now. I have always ground my handles. Last January I was at a wood show and while there got to turn a pen....I was hooked. I have made a few since then and in the process turned a few letter opener kits. They turned out OK but I want to do some higher end stuff. I want to do some in damascus with mokume fittings. I've made a few ElGrande fountain pens in a 50 cal bullet casing. I recently had one come back for ink flow problems. I asked at the wood turners meeting last night if there was a place to get into higher end innerds and was refered here. Wow this is the place I want to be. Lots of good stuff. I will probably start making my own fittings but will still need innerds. I got a metal lathe comming this weekend to aid in the process. Looking forward to learning and sharing. I'll be lurking a while looking at everything.

Larry
 
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Welcome from Florida, Larry.

You should look into http://www.heritagepens.com/ . Lou is a member here (dcbluesman) and has some of the best fountain nibs around, in my opinion. I replace all kit nibs with his and haven't had a complaint.

You should post pics of your work. We love to see what people are making.
 
Hello from North Carolina!

Larry, your going to find a lot of great stuff for learning, good conversation and even a little good hearted harassment.

Have fun, John
 
Welcome Larry! Join in the fun, ask some questions and post a few pictures of your blacksmith work on the "Other Things We Make" forum. I would love to see some of that!
 
Welcome Larry from PA. You can definitely see some high-end work here. There are also some vendors of very high-end products. M3 sells metal composite Damascus and Mokume, and Heritage sells some beautiful nibs. You may want to check out there sites.

http://metalpenblanks.com/
http://www.heritagepens.com/index.php
 
Thanks for the welcome. I spent all day Sunday tearing down a lathe at a friend's basement and resembling it in my shop. For me it is a biggin. It's an interrupted 13"/18" by/6'. I got most of the tooling too. I'll get some picts later. I'm still in learning mode but I got a bullet pen with an antler top ordered for this weekend so I'll get working quick.

Larry
 
She still needs a little clean up but all is running and works.
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They tell me I messed up a perfectly good ball peen hammer. I knew there was something else hiding in that thing.
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