Brooks803
Member
Call it a kit...call it kitless...it fits either way.
I've had this idea in my head for quite a while and finally had an afternoon to try it out. Everyone and their brother has been wanting a FP Zen right? That's basically what this is, but I went several steps beyond that. First I made it a mini FP, then I replaced the cap, added custom finials and VIOLA!
Wanna know how I did it? :tongue::biggrin:
I promise that I'll let yall know how I did it sometime tomorrow. I want to see what your thoughts are on how I went about making it work. I already have it written out in a PM to myself so all I'll have to do is copy and paste :wink:
The materials I used for this pen is Era 1930's Cellulose Acetate with Black Ebonite finials. I left the ebonite satin for a nice contrast. One other thing. There is no brass in this pen. Cellulose Acetate is made on a mandrel so it already had the perfect sized hole for the kit parts. So I epoxied them in place. Last but not least I swapped out the nib for a #5 polished steel Bock nib.
Thanks for looking!
This pen is MINE MINE MINE!!!!
I've had this idea in my head for quite a while and finally had an afternoon to try it out. Everyone and their brother has been wanting a FP Zen right? That's basically what this is, but I went several steps beyond that. First I made it a mini FP, then I replaced the cap, added custom finials and VIOLA!
Wanna know how I did it? :tongue::biggrin:
I promise that I'll let yall know how I did it sometime tomorrow. I want to see what your thoughts are on how I went about making it work. I already have it written out in a PM to myself so all I'll have to do is copy and paste :wink:
The materials I used for this pen is Era 1930's Cellulose Acetate with Black Ebonite finials. I left the ebonite satin for a nice contrast. One other thing. There is no brass in this pen. Cellulose Acetate is made on a mandrel so it already had the perfect sized hole for the kit parts. So I epoxied them in place. Last but not least I swapped out the nib for a #5 polished steel Bock nib.
Thanks for looking!
This pen is MINE MINE MINE!!!!