Maple burl pen with case

[sorins]

This one was made as a gift for a very good friend. A piece of stabilized maple burl was waiting for too long to be turned into a special pen, so I didn't think twice and I proceeded to design it and turn it. Brass rings and black ebonite finials were added, together with a EF Bock#6 nib. Eventually I decided that, as a gift, would not be enough to put it in just an ordinary carbon case or any pouch, so another idea came up for a wooden case and... here it is, made of ash and walnut, black velvet inside, I believe they are a nice pair

 

[Scriptitans]

What a beautiful gift !

 

[derekdd]

Wow, that's fantastic!

Love the creativity of the box.

 

[Drewby108]

That is super nice. Is the pen tube on a balance so it falls forward when the lid is up, or is manually moved to lift the pen?

 

[sorins]

That is super nice. Is the pen tube on a balance so it falls forward when the lid is up, or is manually moved to lift the pen?

The tube lifts separately, by hand. I have had indeed 2 different ideas of mechanisms to lift together the tube and the lid, unfortunately the room inside is so tight that is very difficult to implement it, or will be a very unaesthetic and ugly one.

 

[Drewby108]

The tube lifts separately, by hand. I have had indeed 2 different ideas of mechanisms to lift together the tube and the lid, unfortunately the room inside is so tight that is very difficult to implement it, or will be a very unaesthetic and ugly one.

I was just looking at it again and noticed the small knob that my brain missed before. I can imagine that space was pretty limited. I wasn't sure if putting the hinge far to one side of the tube would be enough to have it fall forward when the lid was lifted.

 

[egnald]

Cool - Dave

 

[Jim15]

Awesome work.

 

[Penchant 4]

Exquisite!