Wenge and resin

[jalbert]

I made this pen this weekend, as I had the urge to incorporate some wood into my pens. I used to do it quite a bit, but have deviated more towards acrylic/alumilite/cellulose only pens lately. I love wenge, and picked up some nice stabilized blanks recently, so I figured I'd use some. I built the pen from a burgundy alumilite resin, and sleeved the barrel in wenge. I ended up using resin for the cap, due on to the structural challenge of sleeving a cap in wood and trying to taper it, however I did set a disc of wenge in the end of the cap to tie the barrel and cap together. I fabricated the bands and hardware from argentium, and the pen uses a jowo nib.

 

[Humongous]

Really nice work!

 

[bsshog40]

Very nice!

 

[magpens]

I like it !!

The cap end-button (cabochon) really unifies the whole pen ... nicely done !

 

[lorbay]

I don't like it, I LOVE IT.

 

[Ironwood]

I love everything about this one John.
To me, the combination of materials is perfect.

 

[Dieseldoc]

Super great job working the Wenge into pen design , outstanding work.

 

[howsitwork]

Love the grain of the wenge married to the swirled resin. The argentinium ties it all up beautifully, nice work.

 

[jalbert]

I like it !!

The cap end-button (cabochon) really unifies the whole pen ... nicely done !

Thanks. I don't like it when materials In the cap and body aren't tied together somehow.

 

[jalbert]

Super great job working the Wenge into pen design , outstanding work.

Thanks! I like using wood, but making it more an element in the pen rather than building the pen around the wood.