Neil
Fellow
Hi folks, my sixpennyworth on this one, I haven't managed to look at the links as I am on limited speed internet access in a field on an airfield in Haverfordwest, which incidentally, and potentially contentiously, I have developed some sympathy for the Atlantic.
America, three thousand or so miles and the ocean finds this, oh dear! I have found some who voluntarily come on holiday here which I find, based on what I have found to date somewhat surprising, however.........
Chinese nibs. Iridium tip is a generic and accepted phraseology for the use of that particular range of elements, iridium itself is no longer used regardless of origin, I believe.
Be under no doubt, these nibs are made in China. Can't prove it but at the price you can buy the nib assembly alone, it didn't come from the EU. The Chinese don't respect the made in wherever labelling, the mentality is not part of their culture. the anti Chinese fever on the IAP is part of the protectionist American culture and also a disbelief that there can possibly be anyone who makes anything anywhere near as well as themselves, despite the fact that they don't make as much as they think they do!
On the issue of drill sizes, you can use whatever you want but I question the logic that suggest that someone on a budget should want to make an expensive pen, or a pen of the highest quality and not use the correct drills. Would you, if your spark plugs called for 15/1000 (or whatever, I don't do cars,) would you use a larger size and expect the same performance? you can use a different drill size with some woods, but you try drilling a piece do spalled beech with an incorrect drill size and getting a good result, and the comment here is that it is uneconomical to use the incorrect drill size as the risk of a split blank is significantly more and as such is in the long term more expensive.
There is scope for shapes on the pen, I can't past a link but please see the pictures of this pen that I posted at the outset, the pattern in the pen, in my opinion, makes a beautiful pen that sits very comfortably in the hand.
I have had success selling this pen, and although the nib is not from the same source as Dan kit, if it as good a quality, then this pen, if turned adventurously, can demand a high price.
America, three thousand or so miles and the ocean finds this, oh dear! I have found some who voluntarily come on holiday here which I find, based on what I have found to date somewhat surprising, however.........
Chinese nibs. Iridium tip is a generic and accepted phraseology for the use of that particular range of elements, iridium itself is no longer used regardless of origin, I believe.
Be under no doubt, these nibs are made in China. Can't prove it but at the price you can buy the nib assembly alone, it didn't come from the EU. The Chinese don't respect the made in wherever labelling, the mentality is not part of their culture. the anti Chinese fever on the IAP is part of the protectionist American culture and also a disbelief that there can possibly be anyone who makes anything anywhere near as well as themselves, despite the fact that they don't make as much as they think they do!
On the issue of drill sizes, you can use whatever you want but I question the logic that suggest that someone on a budget should want to make an expensive pen, or a pen of the highest quality and not use the correct drills. Would you, if your spark plugs called for 15/1000 (or whatever, I don't do cars,) would you use a larger size and expect the same performance? you can use a different drill size with some woods, but you try drilling a piece do spalled beech with an incorrect drill size and getting a good result, and the comment here is that it is uneconomical to use the incorrect drill size as the risk of a split blank is significantly more and as such is in the long term more expensive.
There is scope for shapes on the pen, I can't past a link but please see the pictures of this pen that I posted at the outset, the pattern in the pen, in my opinion, makes a beautiful pen that sits very comfortably in the hand.
I have had success selling this pen, and although the nib is not from the same source as Dan kit, if it as good a quality, then this pen, if turned adventurously, can demand a high price.
