Custom Fountain in Burl and Alumilite

[Gregory Hardy]

I have been struggling for months to come up with a way to make a custom ("kitless") pen that allows for the use of wood. This one is a stabilized maple burl with Alumilite fittings. The body of the pen is sleeved with a brass tube. Then alumilite fittings were turned with a tenon. Boring and threading (inside and out) could then happen as usual. The cap is sleeved with alumilite in similar fashion. The pen then was finished with CA - the finish "fades" on the end fittings, but both the resin and the CA polish the same, so the end result seemed to work. I still need to do some thread polishing and a final buff, but this one's going to work! The pen features a Bock #5 nib and no clip or roll-stop (per customer request).





Thanks for looking!

 

[yorkshireman]

That’s brilliant Greg mate

 

[AllenN]

That’s very nice Greg, well done.

 

[Paul hd]

Simply stunning Greg.

 

[Penpal]

Way to go first thing today for me,solves and creates.

Love that finish.

Peter.

 

[Unique]

A lovely pen Greg - a real winner.

Tony

 

[Bill Mooney]

Simply superb Greg.

 

[Gregory Hardy]

Thanks, gents. This was really a "concept pen" to prove to myself that it wasn't impossible on a wood lathe. Now I am ready to give the pen some shape, a clip, some embellishments and a proper polish. I have placed too many constraints on myself in order to "work small." The cap-to-barrel is 12mm, and the section-to-barrel is 10mm. Getting pretty darned thin. I found some section measurements that feel good to my hand. Really not a pen to write home about ("write home with?") but some mysteries have been solved. Now I can try to make it beautiful!

 

[PetrolP]

Lovely!

Great Looking pen

Congratulations

Peter

 

[Bammer]

Very Nice ...

 

[Terry Q]

Classy. Lovely finish.

 

[Phil Dart]

You have a tenacious knack of finding solutions to problems. Great looking pen Greg.

 

[wm460]

That is a beauty Greg.

 

[Gregory Hardy]

You have a tenacious knack of finding solutions to problems. Great looking pen Greg.

You may or may not recall that I spent several days last summer emailing you with questions that I now reread and think, "That poor man must have the patience of a saint. He didn't even know me but he continued to explain details that were escaping me." I appreciate your willingness (and that of the other members on this forum) to answer questions that help solve problems. Self-made pocket clips are the next obstacle! (BTW - I love the new layout on the clips page on your site. Very user-friendly, and your posted dimensions are God send.)

 

[Les ELm]

Great looking writing instrument.
Well done.

Les