Brooks803
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These are the pens I made for my partner John (leaycraft) for the July pen swap. Being in the month of July I went with a USA theme :usflag:
First up is a Full sized Gent RB in Rhodium. I used a vintage USA blank that I made and reverse painted it black.
Now this is where I got a bit sneaky :angel::devil::glasses-cool:. In doing a bit of research on my partner (likes, dislikes, etc.) I noticed his birthday is July 28th. So that with the fact that it's his first pen swap I thought I'd give him a nice surprise.
This is something I've had in my head for some time and I wanted to try and pull it off. It's a Custom Mini FP that's magnetic instead of the usual threaded cap. I used an acrylic called Rio Grande (from exotics...yippie freebies!). It's very transparent so I had take care while drilling not to scratch up the inside. I got lucky and all went well with that. Now it's very hard to find magnets in the sizes needed for this so I ended up putting the magnets in both ends of the body and I turned a steel ring that's in the cap. It does hold very well.
I spoke with John earlier today on the phone and he loves both pens! I think the FP is going to become his new daily carry for work. Enjoy John!
Thanks for looking everyone!
First up is a Full sized Gent RB in Rhodium. I used a vintage USA blank that I made and reverse painted it black.
Now this is where I got a bit sneaky :angel::devil::glasses-cool:. In doing a bit of research on my partner (likes, dislikes, etc.) I noticed his birthday is July 28th. So that with the fact that it's his first pen swap I thought I'd give him a nice surprise.
This is something I've had in my head for some time and I wanted to try and pull it off. It's a Custom Mini FP that's magnetic instead of the usual threaded cap. I used an acrylic called Rio Grande (from exotics...yippie freebies!). It's very transparent so I had take care while drilling not to scratch up the inside. I got lucky and all went well with that. Now it's very hard to find magnets in the sizes needed for this so I ended up putting the magnets in both ends of the body and I turned a steel ring that's in the cap. It does hold very well.
I spoke with John earlier today on the phone and he loves both pens! I think the FP is going to become his new daily carry for work. Enjoy John!
Thanks for looking everyone!