Question about wooden Custom FP

[ALexG]

I never did a custom FP, but I was wondering is there any reason why everybody does non-wood custom FP?, is it difficult because the threading?

 

[MartinPens]

That's my understanding. There have been wooden threaded pens posted, even recently. Try doing a search and see what you come up with.

 

[LL Woodworks]

As I understands it and from my experience and reading here, a wood FP requires some sort of inserts i.e. aluminum, PR, ebonite etc. for threading. The threads needed for such a pen are to small and to fine to thread on wood.

 

[Dalecamino]

I believe Mike Redburn has been successful in threading wood. I made aluminum parts for a wood pen, that was sent to a swap partner. Don't know if it held together though. But, it was when I mailed it.

 

[BRobbins629]

I've done them with or without inserts. On some dense woods I can use fine threads, on others I either use the inserts or very coarse square threads.

Here's one I did with square threads for the cap and 10 x 1m threads for the section with no insert.
http://www.penturners.org/forum/f13/mesquite-burl-ca-square-threads-92720/

 

[BSea]

The reason for inserts besides threading is that with fountain pens there is a tendency for ink to be in the cap. Without a cap, the ink will most likely stain the cap. The problem can exist in the barrel too.

EDIT: Very cool pen Bruce. I don't know how I missed that one.

 

[Dalecamino]

Sorry Bruce. I totally forgot about your pens. Mike lives closer to me I guess.:redface:

 

[watch_art]

Exactly Bob. And ink in the cap, or the barrel, means it will stain through the wood and you'll have a cap with a blue and black and maybe red and green stained pattern.

 

[titan2]

Check out these pens on a Japanese site....both fountain & ball point.

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Scroll towards the bottom......



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