New shop, new pen

[jalbert]

I was finally able to start penmaking again, after getting my shop all set up, and this is my first pen to come out of it. It's made of a brown and black chunk acrylic, with bronze metal work. I wanted to try a few different design ideas out, so this was kind of a little experiment as I got back into making pens again.

 

[mark james]

John, that is a stunning pen. A very nice product from the new shop! Congrats.

 

[Dalecamino]

Nice to see a few things here. 1. First pen from your new shop. 2. Some of that vintage stock pile coming to life. 3. Awesome hardware.
4. A very nice looking pen. Well done!

 

[Woodchipper]

Good looking pen. Welcome back and having the shop where you can start pens again. BTW, used to live in Looavle, as they say.

 

[BRobbins629]

Nice pen, nice threads!

 

[firewhatfire]

NICE...I like the deep cut on the threads.

 

[PenHog]

Really, really nice!

Can you reveal (1) what length of blank you needed to make the pen, and (2) where you got that blank?

 

[Curly]

Man you never should have left your old shop! That's....that's....well I'll send you a few Loonies to cover postage and when it gets here, hide it in the Great White North where it will never be seen again.
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[magpens]

Gorgeous pen, John ... in all respects ! . I love the metal hardware ... well done !!!

 

[darrin1200]

That's a gorgeous pen John. I have just started working with bronze myself, do you put any type of coating on the bronze?

 

[jalbert]

John, that is a stunning pen. A very nice product from the new shop! Congrats.

Thanks Mark!

Nice to see a few things here. 1. First pen from your new shop. 2. Some of that vintage stock pile coming to life. 3. Awesome hardware.
4. A very nice looking pen. Well done!

Thanks! This is actually modern acrylic, but it has a great vintage look.

Good looking pen. Welcome back and having the shop where you can start pens again. BTW, used to live in Looavle, as they say.

Thanks! I moved here recently. It's been fun.

Nice pen, nice threads!

Thanks!

NICE...I like the deep cut on the threads.

Thanks! They are fun to use

Really, really nice!

Can you reveal (1) what length of blank you needed to make the pen, and (2) where you got that blank?

I got the blank a while back from Beartooth Woods. It was called Toffee Crunch, or something like that, and I used two 5" blanks. You could probably get away with one 8" blank.

Man you never should have left your old shop! That's....that's....well I'll send you a few Loonies to cover postage and when it gets here, hide it in the Great White North where it will never be seen again.
❄❄❄❄❄❄

Ha!

Gorgeous pen, John ... in all respects ! . I love the metal hardware ... well done !!!

Thanks Mal!

 

[jalbert]

That's a gorgeous pen John. I have just started working with bronze myself, do you put any type of coating on the bronze?

Thanks. I don't coat my bronze. If it develops a patina, I just wipe with a jewelry cloth.

 

[duncsuss]

Excellent work, John - it has a beautiful look, more than a little of the art deco feel about it.

 

[jalbert]

Excellent work, John - it has a beautiful look, more than a little of the art deco feel about it.

Heh. Thanks for noticing. That was kind of the vein I was working in. I'd never made anything explicitly Art Deco before

 

[duncsuss]

Heh. Thanks for noticing. That was kind of the vein I was working in. I'd never made anything explicitly Art Deco before

I'm not qualified to say if they are "explicitly" deco, but the findings are wonderful

 

[Charlie_W]

That is one gorgeous pen John! Love your machining handiwork

 

[MDWine]

Very retro... I love it!

 

[darrin1200]

Thanks. I don't coat my bronze. If it develops a patina, I just wipe with a jewelry cloth.

Just be careful of ebonite it radically speeds up the process.. This is the bronze clip I did for my St Louis pen. It only took a few days in the box with the ebonite pen. The guys at the show thought it was supposed to look like that, because it actually fit with the pen.

I have since repolished it and gave it a couple of coats of a product called ProtecraClear. It has a couple of more days to cure, then we'll see how it works,

 

[jalbert]

Just be careful of ebonite it radically speeds up the process.. This is the bronze clip I did for my St Louis pen. It only took a few days in the box with the ebonite pen. The guys at the show thought it was supposed to look like that, because it actually fit with the pen.

I have since repolished it and gave it a couple of coats of a product called ProtecraClear. It has a couple of more days to cure, then we'll see how it works,

I've been using bronze for years , and have had no significant issues. I also rarely use ebonite

 

[DrD]

John Albert, your pen captures the essence of what I aspire to in pen making! One would be hard pressed to not think of your pen as being from the hay-day of pre-war pens in America and Europe! Perhaps you could share some tips to those of use who do not posses the know-how to craft such an elegant writing instrument. I am simply stunned at it's quite elegance and beauty.

Don

 

[BruceA]

John, loved your pen and ordered the same Chocolate Toffee Crunch blank from Beartoothwoods to try. For testing, I turned the entire blank to round and polished it up to see what I had. Curious - What color did you paint the tubes and/or blank?? My blank isn't looking the same at this point. Thanks!

 

[jalbert]

John, loved your pen and ordered the same Chocolate Toffee Crunch blank from Beartoothwoods to try. For testing, I turned the entire blank to round and polished it up to see what I had. Curious - What color did you paint the tubes and/or blank?? My blank isn't looking the same at this point. Thanks!

I don't use tubes on my pens. I make all the components for my pens, except for the nib unit and feed, and do all the threading myself. If I remember correctly, the blank does have some degree of translucency to it, but I'm not sure what color you would paint the tube— I haven't any experience in that area

 

[BruceA]

John, thanks for your quick reply! I'll just do a test with two Sierra barrels and see what I end up with...