A different culture...

[mattyts]

I watched a few videos like this,show's how Chinese(?) make their fountain pens,using man powered devices and wooden chucks with some real ingenuity and innovation.

Masters of the Fountain Pen - Harumi Tanaka （Hakase Fountain Pens） - short - YouTube

Nearly puts our high tech equipment to shame :wink:

 

[mattyts]

This one is also very similar but shows some slightly more up to date machinery,looks like a small hobby metal lathe
Masters of the Fountain Pen - Katsumi Kawakubo （Kawakubo Fountain Pens） -　long - YouTube

 

[Penpal]

Matt in the UK is a man a friend of mine called Steven Jackson who lives in Wales go to the IAP look him up as Skiprat he has his own site in the UK and look closely at his hand skills self taught in pens on his site he has how to sections to take your breath away his treatment with Stainless steel shows extreme skill among his shown examples are pens to remember that belong in a museum IMHO.

Thankyou for your referred Videos where the guys have honed their skills another way for production.

Kind regards Peter.

 

[Grump]

Matt in the UK is a man a friend of mine called Steven Jackson who lives in Wales go to the IAP look him up as Skiprat he has his own site in the UK and look closely at his hand skills self taught in pens on his site he has how to sections to take your breath away his treatment with Stainless steel shows extreme skill among his shown examples are pens to remember that belong in a museum IMHO.

Thankyou for your referred Videos where the guys have honed their skills another way for production.

Kind regards Peter.

It was indeed he who inspired me to take up pen turning in the first instance, I have much to blame him for.

 

[silver]

He certainly does have some stunning ideas and his self taught skills are second to none.

I have seen videos like this before Matt. Just shows how ingenuity wins the day..

 

[MikeD]

Matt,
They're Japanese not Chinese

 

[PhillH]

I've been emailing with Skiprat lately on something he did that I'm going to attempt to copy.

I wanted to first check he didn't mind and to ask a couple of questions regarding how he did his pen.

He has been very helpful and is in no way outraged that I'm shamelessly copying the idea, in fact he said he looks forward to seeing my attempt. He may change his mind if / when I finish it.

He really does have some stunning stuff on his site.

 

[turnaround360]

Really enjoyed watching those Mattyts cheers.

 

[Jim]

Very nice videos Matty, good to see how they do this .. Wouldn't mind knowing the prices they sell for either ...

Peter, you are correct in what you say about Mr Steven Jackson, he is a top name in Pen Making and has made some of the best unique pens i have ever seen .. Phill, please share your finished project with us my friend ...

 

[mattyts]

Very nice videos Matty, good to see how they do this .. Wouldn't mind knowing the prices they sell for either ...

Peter, you are correct in what you say about Mr Steven Jackson, he is a top name in Pen Making and has made some of the best unique pens i have ever seen .. Phill, please share your finished project with us my friend ...

$400 on Ebay,with a case for the one in the second video

 

[Jimjam66]

I had to smile when I saw how the fella in the first video 'drilled' the centre hole in the barrel blank. Paul, see how easy it is to drill a centred hole on the lathe?

 

[paulm]

Lovely video, I would love to be able to make something like that, its so skill-full... dream on Middleton and get back to yer slimline.