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Okay, so another night I forced myself into the sweat shop.
Here is a review of another new kit from CSU, the Lotus.
If you saw my review of the Imperial, well this pen is his cousin.
They share the same tube width, so you can use the same drill bits 15/32 & 35/64. Just the length of the tube is different on both.
Same brushed & polished finish to the metal end pieces. The nib coupler however has a nice trim ring added to it. Again the cap threads are on the front section and not the nib coupler.
The clip left me real disappointed. They just robbed a Statesmen clipand put it on this pen. I do not think it matches the pen at all. If you are going to go threw the trouble of designing a new high end pen, well design a new clip as well. This to me is a big short fall. JMO I really like the clip, but on the Statesmen.
Pen parts, finish is top grade as should be expected for this type of kit. Pretty straight forward, just cut two straight barrels.
The bottom pen tube is shared in width from other pens, from the top,
Lotus, Imperial, Statesmen.
Some Tru Stone blanks from CSU, you don't need a very long blank to make this pen.
Pen part fittings are the same size as the Imperial.
Pen comes with two tone steel nib, threaded cap works great, pen does not post, and is supplied with an ink cartridge and no converter.
Again the finished product. This is the Bianco Nero Tru Stone blank, The other, Asian Pink coral turned out to be a dud, very bla and did not put the pen together.
So there you have it, you can make your own call if you want to buy, make and try & sell this pen.
I'm just the messanger
Here is a review of another new kit from CSU, the Lotus.
If you saw my review of the Imperial, well this pen is his cousin.
They share the same tube width, so you can use the same drill bits 15/32 & 35/64. Just the length of the tube is different on both.
Same brushed & polished finish to the metal end pieces. The nib coupler however has a nice trim ring added to it. Again the cap threads are on the front section and not the nib coupler.
The clip left me real disappointed. They just robbed a Statesmen clipand put it on this pen. I do not think it matches the pen at all. If you are going to go threw the trouble of designing a new high end pen, well design a new clip as well. This to me is a big short fall. JMO I really like the clip, but on the Statesmen.
Pen parts, finish is top grade as should be expected for this type of kit. Pretty straight forward, just cut two straight barrels.
The bottom pen tube is shared in width from other pens, from the top,
Lotus, Imperial, Statesmen.
Some Tru Stone blanks from CSU, you don't need a very long blank to make this pen.
Pen part fittings are the same size as the Imperial.
Pen comes with two tone steel nib, threaded cap works great, pen does not post, and is supplied with an ink cartridge and no converter.
Again the finished product. This is the Bianco Nero Tru Stone blank, The other, Asian Pink coral turned out to be a dud, very bla and did not put the pen together.
So there you have it, you can make your own call if you want to buy, make and try & sell this pen.
I'm just the messanger
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