Return to my blog

Hi guys. I am back after a long time. I did not have a good internet connection so could not get in touch with the blog. Most of my pen related activity used to be posted in a face-book group called Greater Kolkata Pen Collectors. I would try to collect those posts and re-post them here again. I will need some time though. Mean while many thanks for your continued visits and keeping the blog alive.

Kit-less pen in deep brown rippled ebonite.

Made this kit-less pen last night. It is a regular sized pen in dark brown ebonite. Schmidt size 5 nib and local converter fitted. The size and shape is from imagination, there were no drawing. Happy with what came up finally.Thanks for viewing and as always welcome your comments.

Mixed colour blank

One more pen to preserve my own cast blanks. Can not call it kit-less as few kit parts were borrowed from scrap.
The cap is snap on fit type, with a taper bore inner sleeve and a tight barrel end piece.
Since my blanks are not strong they were cracking at the edge. Four times the cap broke and I kept struggling for two days. Finally got fed up and used a blue acrylic piece much against the plan.
Section , barrel end piece and two couplers and nib unit were taken from a br...

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A refurbished kit pen in orange colour

One more kit pen re-furbuished after the pink one- this one in oragne. My blanks are working good!

The two pens compared for colour

A kit-less pen in pink and brown

A fully kit-less pen made from one of those balnks. For strength I have used poly-resin tube inside so the large pen is barely 20.5 gms in weight. Schmidt size 5 nib with a modified Jinhao converter. Section is brown ebonite and trim rings and end finials are left over ebonite stumps. Developing the technique to use up my own cast blanks. The cap is snap fit type.

A refurbished Kit pen in mustard pink colour.

Re-made an old kit pen using my own cast blank. Best part I like is the colour.

Kit-less pen in red swirl acrylic

A kitless pen in red swirl acrylic, Schmidt size 5 medium point nib and Schmidt converter. The cap-band took me quite some time to make!
The design is inspired by Cross Solo, but this pen is a bit larger than Cross Solo. The comparison photos are here.

Compared with Cross Solo side by side ;

Kit-less pen in Orange and brown

Completed a Kit-less pen in orange acrylic and brown ebonite. The cap is made with two pieces joined as I had run out of material, the thin line of dark colour glue continues to annoy me! Will the pen look better with a 5 mm brown centre band or ( as shown) with the barrel finial removed.What other modifications are needed? Thanks for viewing and as always,welcome your comments.

Kit-less pen in confetti blank

Celebrating Indian festival of colour- holi. Made a kit-less pen today in a colourful blank.But ran short of original blank. The cap is made with some silmilar looking blank I had cast long ago...the difference in material and colour still shows, Schmidt nib unit. At 136 mm this is a regular sized pen. There is no thread between cap and barrel, it is slide fit.

Black and white Kit-less pen

Completed one more Kit-less pen in Black and white swirl pearly acrylic. Schmidt no.5 nib and converter. The barrel had broken earliers re-made with a 10 mm insert piece.Thanks for viewing, and as always, welcome comments.

Deep Blue Kit-less pen

A deep blue pen in chrome clip and nib. Completed after a struggle of sorts! Generally happy with the finished pen. At 150 mm long and 16 mm diam at centre, this is a bit of a larger sized pen.

The poly-ester resin blank was brittle at thin scantlings- the barrel threads sharp edges broke off at places , will need to make smooth when I get some time later.The section threaded part broke off while drilling, so made a brass coupler. That apart, feeling generally happy with the way the pen turned out.Schmidt size 6 fine nib unit and converter.

This material is new to me.Very hard and brittle.But I found out how to work with it- spray water and keep it wet. once cold it is strong like steel, But if allowed to be heated it melt like jelly and rupture, that too all of a sudden. I used a tool that I reserve for stainless steel and other hard material. Ordinary tools get blunted soon and large chips break off. Wood working chisels if used need to to be razor sharp.The opposite end of the spectrum is the obedient ebonite'!

Link for the blank given by my friend Mr. P.Chaki :

<< http://www.theturnersworkshop.co.uk/…/stonite-lapis-lazuli.… >>

Thanks for viewing. Welcome your comments.

Green and Khaki ebonite Clip-less pen

A clip-less pen in Green and Khaki ebonite- this pen is by far the least flawed pen I could make. happy to share the photos. Schmidt 6 nib unit and converter. I will keep this clip-less only. Wondering if body colour roll stopper would be a good idea or any other?