Brass Hexagon section Kit-less Pen with WingSung 233 Nib.

Brass Hexagon section Kit-less Pen with WingSung 233 Nib.

This is once again a completion job on a semi-finished kit-less I had made on the ships lathe machine.

This is the semi-finished kit, it was lying like this for a long time.  I worked for two days at home and competed this pen.

 

 

 

 

 

The pen body is made from a hexagon section brass rod, end finials are black plastic [ same  material as Diabolo pen detailed earlier ] with several coats of CA. The clip is from  some unknown pen I found in the drawer, matching well with the finials.

The nib section on the original pen body was made to fit open type nib, but I wanted to use WingSung 233 nib [ I have purchased 10 pcs from ebay  for $ 1.0 each] and I had an old usable 233 feeder from an old pen shop.

To fit the nib to the section I cut a 15 mm tube piece from a gel pen. After good smoothing the plastic tube was reduced to correct diameter for attaching to the nib thread . The full nib unit with nib, feeder and the holder tube complete was press fitted onto the section. A Jinhao converter  fitted to the section completed the pen body.

 

This work really gave me a lot of satisfaction!!

The remaining work was mainly fitting the clip and polishing the pen.

The pen is made  postable  using the exposed threads at the barrel end.  Posted, this pen about 19 cm long and capped , about 15 cm.

 

 The barrel is a little heavy because it was not fully hollowed out, having about 1.5 mm wall thickness, while the cap is fully hollowed out and light.

So the working balance of this pen does not vary much posted or un-posted.

Grip section is comfortable and there is an added notch turned to provide better grip.

 

I am yet to carry out a writing test on this pen.

 

 As of now I am very happy with the way this pen turned out.

These are the various photos .  Welcome your comments and critique.  

 

 

 

 The nib section : Please note the black plastic tube visible between the nib and the section. This is purposely kept to give contrast look and allow slight flexibility. I had to use an old and used feeder, not getting new WingSung 233 feeders in Kolkata!