Piston filler from vintage material

[jalbert]

I finished up this pen today: it is a piston filler made from some spectacular looking vintage acetate that I dug out from my stash. The ink window is made from some amber alumilite I poured, and the grip and barrel finial are solid brown acrylic. Metalwork is bronze, which I fabricated, and the grip is threaded for a Pelikan 200/400 nib. This is a smallish pen, and turned out much better than I had expected.

 

[Ironwood]

That has to be the nicest looking pen I have seen. I saw it on instagram just before, and it still looks as good this second viewing.

 

[Lucky2]

Oh my word John, that is a beautiful pen.

Len

 

[magpens]

Delightful looking pen, John !!!! . Very well done !!!

 

[Aces-High]

That is crazy nice!

 

[MRDucks2]

Super sharp.


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[Jim15]

Awesome work.

 

[Curly]

That's a stunner!

 

[duncsuss]

Fantastic match of your findings to the material -- even though the pattern in the acetate is more art nouveau than deco, the combination is superb.

 

[Bryguy]

I love it!

 

[Icabodcam]

That's beautiful.

 

[TonyL]

Amazing!

 

[mark james]

Beautiful artistry. I love your metal work. The color combination is also superb between each element.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[DrD]

Harkens to the Art Deco period of elegant writing instruments. Wonderful!

 

[johncrane]

Wow looks great John

 

[anthonyd]

Fantastic!

 

[Chief TomaToe]

Absolutely incredible. I hope you're working on one for the kitless pen contest!

 

[jalbert]

Absolutely incredible. I hope you're working on one for the kitless pen contest!

How long again do we have to submit our entries?

 

[Chief TomaToe]

How long again do we have to submit our entries?

Entries will be accepted up until Monday August 26 at 11:59 pm EST.

 

[Bubba57]

I typically don't like 'kitless' pens but this one is truly beautiful.