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Monday 5 February 2018

Two kit-less pens in New design

These two pens took time to complete as there were breakage, though finally managed to piece together end of the day.

The maroon pen has a less common nib, it is an old NOS vintage indian nib , Platinum









brand. Jinhao converter. The clear acrylic ink window and the section have been new tryout attempt. This one came out a long pen , size comparison with a Twsbi 580 shown.

The colourful pen is made with a white acrylic rod inner body and aluminium coupler. The colourful part of the section and end finials are made from epoxy resin rods from my early casting. These epoxy resin material is very soft and does not sustain threads, hence the acrylic inner body. The epoxy also needs coating of CA glue same like wood for sealing and strength.  This pen is given a Jowo 6 nib unit and a Jinhao converter.

Both pens took a lot of time because of too many parts joining and also had breakage. Overall happy that the pens completed this way.
Hope you like the design. Welcome comments and criticisms.

Saturday 3 February 2018

Kit-less flat ended pen in light blue swirl acrylic.

Completed this flat ended pen today afternoon. This is a large full bodied pen, 14.5 mm barrel maximum diameter and 16.2 mm cap maximum diameter. Slightly longer than a Lamy Safari as shown in the last photo. The light blue swirl acrylic is prone to chipping at higher speeds if the tool tip is not freshly sharpened. The section is made large for holding comfort for long sessions of writing. Jowo6 nib unit and Jinhao converter.
Hope you like the design. Welcome comments and criticisms.





Thursday 1 February 2018

Round end pen in deep blue swirl acrylic

Made this pen last evening. It is a slim pen as compared to the usual ones made by me, 13.5 mm Maximum barrel diameter and 14.6 mm maximum cap diameter.
Material alumilite acrylic. Jowo 6 nib unit and Jinhao converter fitted. The pen is made cap-posting enabled and feels well balanced even when posted. The last photo is for size comparison with a Sonnet.

Hope you find the pen likable. Welcome comments and criticisms.




Wednesday 31 January 2018

Three more pens made recently.

I had been trying out a few less conventional design pens. These came out better than expected.

29 January 2018.
This is an over sized pen with rounded end finials, the shape of end finials was inspired by the cap worn by the Thompson pairs of Tintin comics. If this pen is made in production I would name it Thomson.
Black and speckled yellow acrylic material, Jowo 6 nib unit and Schmidt k5 converter. There is provision for fitting a clip,but commercially available clips are short for this long pen. Chosen a slip on type snake roll stopper. The pen is made cap posting capable, however it may not easily handle with cap posted

Hope you like the less conventional design. Welcome comments and criticism.




31 January 2018

This design is a new tryout and I feel quite happy the way the pens turned out.. Clip-less model with clip fitment provision kept in the dark pen, slip on snake type roll stopper.
The pen is relatively simple to machine, 17 mm straight cap with 14.8 mm straight barrel with  4 degree end taper. The section is 19 mm with concave grip, quite ok to hold. Short and stubby looking but overall length is more than that of a Parker Sonnet.
Jowo 6 nib unit and Jinhao converter fitted.

The acrylic material very high quality and it machines like ebonite, well , almost. Regret the photo quality, actually the pens look better.
Hope you like the design. Appreciate comments and criticism.










Saturday 27 January 2018

Pens made after 14 Jan till today.

Dear viewers, sorry for delayed update. Following pens were made during this period.

Date 15 January 2018

Made one clip-less pen last night, with body colour bead roll stopper.
The pen is very well postable. The section is made extra long for writing comfort. There are small flaws in the pen particularly in the glue area of the roll stopper and a small crack in the section. Hope you like the design. Welcome comments and criticism. Last photo for size comparison.



 Date 21 January 2018
Made this pen last night. Not yet polished. I like to call it bumblebee.


 Date 22 January 2018

After polished. Size comparison.

 Date 27 January 2018
The two pens made last night, size comparison with a Twsbi 580 diamond pen. Jowo 6 nib units and modified Jinhao converters. Material alumilite acrylic , bought from Amazon.
Hope you like the designs. Welcome comments and criticism.







Sunday 14 January 2018

As on 14th Jan 2018

Dear friends, I have successfully updated about the pens I made. Enjoy your viewing and please let us have your comments. Will update again as I make more pens.

With my attention stuck to pen making and its challenges of various kinds, focus has somewhat shifted away from purchased pens. I have bought some 40 vintage pens from pens-point during this vacation. When I am free, I would make photo reports of those. Delay is due to the fact that none of these  have been tested as I was busy with pen making.

14th Jan 2018- clipless pen in Granite acrylic material

14 Jan 2018

Made this clip-less pen last night. The granite acrylic material is very hard. Jowo 6 nib unit and Schmidt k5 converter. This pen is a long pen ,barrel ,14 mm max and cap 16 mm maxm. The section is made extra long for writing comfort., as a result the cap too needed more length. The pen is shown together with another pen made earlier using same material
Hope you like the design. Welcome comments and criticism.