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Haskoson: 2nd fountain pen - a fat ebonite cigar

haskoson

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This is my second fountain pen.
I wanted to do a fat cigar pen in Cumberland ebonite.
It worked out fine, but i forgot to polish the tenons before thread cutting...
I tried to polish these parts after i cut the threads but that did not work very well.
Working for the first time with ebonite, i could not polish it very well.
I sanded it from grid 100 to 1000 and Micromesh up to grid 12000 but i´ve not been able to get it scratch free. Still waiting for a buffing wheel.

The pen has a #5 medium Bock nib, a M9x0,75 thread from section to barrel and M12x0,75 thread from barrel to cap.

Comments and critics are welcome.


Gerrit / Haskoson

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silver

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That looks spot on, it sounds you are like me and the worlds worst critic on my own pens.:thumbs:

But at least it's all good learning points. Well done all good.
 
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well done.

i have found that some farecla 300 and then 500 polish to be easier than a going to a buffing wheel. I have generally sanded to 600, then used the polishes on acrylics, plastics and ebonite.
 
penfold1

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This may sound silly but i have had great results polishing with liquid brasso on acrylic ect after sanding to 600 grit with abralon. Came out like a mirror. :thumbs:

You can also get great results with ca glue, sanding to 600 grit with abralon again, then friction polish and finally polish with autoglym silicone car polish.:winking:
 
Bill Mooney

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A very well made pen Gerrit. If you're not happy with finish Farecla 300 & 500 does a great job as already mentioned.:thumbs:
 
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