Hello

[mporos]

Hello, new here. I'm not a pen turner, but I'm a fountain pen addict.

Someone pointed me to this forum when I was asking for UK based turners, regarding a commission for a pen and all things fountain pen in general.

 

[ValleyBoy]

Welcome!

 

[alpha1]

Any one of the pen turners on here can and will make you a fountain depends whether you want a particular pen kit or a kitless pen. Kitless pens are more expensive than kits.

 

[pittswood]

Hi and welcome to the pen forum Mike.
Kelvin

 

[Adal6]

Welcome to the forum Mike

 

[mporos]

Thanks for the warm welcome.

To avoid spamming and posting at the wrong place, where should I raise this? I'd be looking for a UK based turner, since I got some parts already that need fitted in a new body, so ideally I'd post them across.

 

[flexi]

Hello and welcome....
Sounds interesting....

 

[Skydivermel]

Welcome to the mad house Mike

 

[alpha1]

So what are the parts.

 

[mporos]

So what are the parts.

It's an Osprey Scholar that has issues with the cap, so I thought of getting a new body and cap made, that fit the nib housing unit. It holds a zebra g nib, so the cap needs a tad more room to accommodate the extra length

 

[ChrisP]

Welcome to the right place

 

[Bill Mooney]

Welcome aboa Mike.

 

[alpha1]

What is the problem with the cap exactly.

 

[alpha1]

The zebra g nib, is a caligraphy nib they are not expensive about £3.00 to buy I think. The nib could be fitted into any decent fountain pen.
Toms Studio sells the nibs.
Your pen looks like it might be made from Ebonite.

 

[alpha1]

Osprey Scholar pens are not that expensive probably just under £100 pounds but probably hard to find in the UK.

 

[alpha1]

If you really want to re create the pen using that nib I would suggest you contact Rockster Pens. Check out his web site.

 

[mporos]

If you really want to re create the pen using that nib I would suggest you contact Rockster Pens. Check out his web site.

Thanks, I'll check their website.

I had the pen imported from the USA and could buy another one, but I'm simply not impressed by their quality, so I wanted to repurpose the zebra g housing into a new pen.

And fitting a zebra g in any other pen is a struggle, tried that, unless the housing is designed for an Ebonite feed and zebra g. Tom's pens use plastic feeds, at least when I checked with them a few months ago.

 

[howsitwork?]

Welcome Mike

this thread looks like triggering a whole new “ customisation” discussion, or maybe i’ve just not looked hard enough before?

hope you get sorted