My personal "advanced" pen...

[DKF]

My personal move towards "advanced pen making"....not completely advanced as far as kitless, but using fewer parts from the kit....JR. Gent. Blk Ti....Shaeffer material from Xylostyle.....closed end with custom end cap/finial. Thank you guys for all your inspiration on moving towards these types of pens. Comments and critiques really are welcome...

 

[OKLAHOMAN]

Don,

That Shaeffer serpent rod sure makes a great looking classic pen and you did an great job on a hard blank.

 

[bitshird]

Don thats quite a smart looking pen, the Shaeffer rod is beautiful, adding the finial almost makes it look like a factory pen.

 

[Texatdurango]

One way of looking at advanced pen making means grabbing for a bag of parts and when the pen is finished, you have parts left over!

I think it looks very nice. Did you thread the cap finale on or glue it on?

 

[Ligget]

Very nice work, the pen looks fantastic![]

 

[LEAP]

Excellent job! A real show stopper.

 

[mitchm]

Awesome work all round!![][8D]

 

[TAFFJ]

Very nice pen. I like the blank

 

[randyrls]

Originally posted by DKF

My personal move towards "advanced pen making"....not completely advanced as far as kitless, but using fewer parts from the kit....JR. Gent. Blk Ti....Shaeffer material from Xylostyle.....closed end with custom end cap/finial. Thank you guys for all your inspiration on moving towards these types of pens. Comments and critiques really are welcome...

Donald; Very nice! I have some of this rod in my "build box" right now. I am starting on a new round of pens this weekend.

 

[airrat]

Don great job. I like the look of that blank too.

 

[Verne]

Nice.
Vern

 

[desertyellow]

Now that's a pen you can be proud of.

 

[gwilki]

Very nicely done, Don. I love that material.

 

[Glenn McCullough]

feels good when it works out like that, huh?
fine job!

 

[Buzz]

Great work Don, you've certainly done justice to a beautiful blank[]

 

[VisExp]

Great work. I like the custom finial.

 

[DKF]

Thanks all for the kind words...I would have to say that this is the most challenging material I have used to date...

Originally posted by Texatdurango

Did you thread the cap finale on or glue it on?

It was turned to specs of the kit end cap, and then pressed and glued in....

 

[randyrls]

Originally posted by DKF

My personal move towards "advanced pen making"....not completely advanced as far as kitless, but using fewer parts from the kit....JR. Gent. Blk Ti....Shaeffer material from Xylostyle.....closed end with custom end cap/finial. Thank you guys for all your inspiration on moving towards these types of pens. Comments and critiques really are welcome...

Very nice pen! I have one of these rods in my "build box" now. Drilling for the tubes caused some "gummy" strings to come out of the hole. UGH!

It looks like this melts / softens at low temperature.

 

[DKF]

Originally posted by randyrls

Originally posted by DKF

My personal move towards "advanced pen making"....not completely advanced as far as kitless, but using fewer parts from the kit....JR. Gent. Blk Ti....Shaeffer material from Xylostyle.....closed end with custom end cap/finial. Thank you guys for all your inspiration on moving towards these types of pens. Comments and critiques really are welcome...

Very nice pen! I have one of these rods in my "build box" now. Drilling for the tubes caused some "gummy" strings to come out of the hole. UGH!

It looks like this melts / softens at low temperature.

The key to drilling, thanks to some great advice from Roy (OKLAHOMAN), is slow RPM, and water. Otherwise, as you found out, you have a soft, gooey mess.