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I started using custom center bands after making one slimine pen.The reason?I hate skinny pens.Of all teh pens I have made/sold,not one has been a slim line.(Cross-Style)I have sold to two jewelery stores and a couple at flea markets.
If you look at a Euro style pen it is nothing more than a slimline with a cap( ,(finial) and a fancier center ring.
(I now have the components to turn my own caps)
Look at the cost of a Eurostyle vs. a Slimline.Quite a difference if you ask me for what's included in the kit for the additional cost.
My earlier thread on custom bushings was meant to address this.
THere's not musch you can do about the tip,presently you are limited to center rings that either come with the SL kits or make some out of wood or synthetic materials.
I have modified some SL kits to mimic a Euto style but use ebony for center rings,but I have done modified SL's and had a brss ring plated.because there were 2 pens of similar size and I only had one ring it was easy to compare the two.
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Aren't there times when you would like to add something to a pen that you have experimented in the design with and wanted to add something that is just not available?
If you look at a Euro style pen it is nothing more than a slimline with a cap( ,(finial) and a fancier center ring.
(I now have the components to turn my own caps)
Look at the cost of a Eurostyle vs. a Slimline.Quite a difference if you ask me for what's included in the kit for the additional cost.
My earlier thread on custom bushings was meant to address this.
THere's not musch you can do about the tip,presently you are limited to center rings that either come with the SL kits or make some out of wood or synthetic materials.
I have modified some SL kits to mimic a Euto style but use ebony for center rings,but I have done modified SL's and had a brss ring plated.because there were 2 pens of similar size and I only had one ring it was easy to compare the two.
Off the soapbox
Aren't there times when you would like to add something to a pen that you have experimented in the design with and wanted to add something that is just not available?