Elegant Sierra

[angelo49]

Elegant Sierra, my own blank, chrome satin chrome.
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[Les ELm]

Nice looking casting.
The plating doesn't go with that blank.

Les

 

[angelo49]

Nice looking casting.
The plating doesn't go with that blank.

After I assembled it I thought the same thing.
Might take it apart and use another kit.

 

[woodhacker]

Love the blank its gorgeous

 

[silver]

What an excellent looking blank Angelo. Well turned and finished as well.

Some lovely markings in it as well..

Nice looking casting.
The plating doesn't go with that blank.

Les

But the man of few words says it all.. I think it would look better with some "Gold plating" amongst it TBH.

 

[fortress]

Yes, that blank is a real beauty Angelo, the pen is great too.

 

[chas_41_uk]

Very nice Angelo

 

[Penpal]

Superior blank Angelo only a few minutes away in actual time to swap the kit mate.

Peter.

 

[Pierre---]

I am not so sure the plating doesn't go with the blank. It kind of frames it. Anyway I would love to see it with gold to compare...

 

[Sgreen]

Love the blank. I think antique copper or gunmetal would make it look even more awesome.

 

[angelo49]

OK, To quote everyone here, I swapped to a gold kit.
Now, I think it looks good either way.
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Elegant Sierra, my own blank, chrome satin chrome.
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[edlea]

First class blank Angelo ..not sure it goes with your choice of kit

Yep that's better

 

[qquake2k]

Gorgeous, Angelo! I definitely prefer it with the second (gold) kit.

 

[Pierre---]

The black parts of the new kit fit the black resin nicely. But I am not convinced by the gold accents though, a bit too far from the gold in the blank.

 

[Phil Dart]

The black parts of the new kit fit the black resin nicely. But I am not convinced by the gold accents though, a bit too far from the gold in the blank.

The colour of the gold on the kit is take or or leave it Pierre. With respect the only way Angelo can get a better match is to throw away the blank and start again.

I think the second option looks particularly classy actually Angelo, and if were mine that's the way I would keep it. I'm afraid I agree with (most of) the the others about the chrome - it just looks wrong. That's a cracking blank and the only way you could improve on your pen would be to use a Taiwanese kit rather than a Chinese one, but that's just my opinion.

 

[angelo49]

''use a Taiwanese kit rather than a Chinese one''

Hi Phil,
What would be the difference in the kit?

 

[Terry Q]

Angelo that's an awesome blank. Good looking pen to.

 

[wm460]

Great looking pen Angelo.

 

[Phil Dart]

Hi Phil,
What would be the difference in the kit?

Overall quality in general Angelo. In the elegant sierra, the most obvious differences are firstly in the centre band - the Chinese one is embossed, as yours is, whereas the Taiwanese ones ares either engraved or engraved and enameled - they look and look and feel much more classy as a consequence. Secondly the Taiwanese mechanism is vastly superior, and its screw thread attachment to the nib section is superior too, not loose and wishy washy like the Chinese ones. But generally speaking, the plating and tolerances tend to be better in Taiwanese kits too.

 

[Bill Mooney]

A very nice pen Angelo. No. 2 for me.