Juma & Connemara Marble

[Gregory Hardy]

Working from the pair of prototypes, I landed on this as a first shot. I was trying to work through some proportions that pleased me while working a little bigger - #6 Bock and 13 mm cap threads. This pen features Green Juma barrels (thanks [MENTION=1433]JayBreda[/MENTION] for this gift) and a Connemara Marble cabochon (thanks @StephenWalker for that gift) set in the cap finial. The accent materials are turned from Alumilite and the section is ebonite. All of the metal is nickel silver including the stone setting bezel. I wanted to find some dimensions that harken back to earlier fountain pens…and I am getting closer! (Also shown is this pen with the two prototype examples.)

 

[Vic Perrin]

Very Very Nice indeed

 

[Penpal]

Stunning prototypes Greg.

Peter.

 

[yorkshireman]

Greg I look at your work and think it can’t get any better.........and you keep improving. Well done mate.

 

[Morse]

They look really good Greg.

Dave

 

[fortress]

Excellent Greg, they are beauties, wonderful blanks.

 

[angelo49]

Amazing work Greg!!!
***NICE***

 

[Gadget-UK]

Love the word "Prototype" being thrown around in your post Greg

If they are "Prototypes" then I can not see how on earth your "Finished Pen" will be any better

Absolutely stunning

 

[Gregory Hardy]

Love the word "Prototype" being thrown around in your post Greg

If they are "Prototypes" then I can not see how on earth your "Finished Pen" will be any better

Absolutely stunning

The white and orange ones were the prototypes for the green one. (I am pretty tickled with that green one!) Whenever I have a new general shape/size/proportion idea, I always make two at once. That usually allows me (A) to complete at least one if I run into trouble, and (B) it also tells me whether or not I can actually reproduce my own work. (I seem to stumble through "accidental success" and can then seldom reproduce it, so doing everything twice helps.) I've got five sets of blanks on the bench right now, so we shall see if my plan worked! Thanks for the kind words!

 

[Les ELm]

Look great.

Nicely done.

Les

 

[Cumbrian Craig]

Very, very nice. Three belters

Regards

Craig

 

[Paul hd]

Classy pens.

 

[wm460]

Great looking pens Greg.

 

[sammy]

Stunning quality Greg, these are just brilliant.
George

 

[Bucks]

Excellent work Greg

 

[AllenN]

Greg those are absolutely stunning, the green is a triumph. I admire your skill with the nickel silver I would love to know more about working that. Excellent pictures too by the way.

 

[Gregory Hardy]

Greg those are absolutely stunning, the green is a triumph. I admire your skill with the nickel silver I would love to know more about working that. Excellent pictures too by the way.

Thank you, Allen (and all). The work I am doing with nickel silver is really pretty straightforward. It's mostly all sheet. I cut strips, solder with a torch and silver solder, shape to round, and do a LOT of filing and sanding. Lots of YouTube videos about making silver jewelry at home - this is just cheaper and a little stiffer than sterling. Same concepts generally apply otherwise. Please ask specific questions if you have them via PM so we don't bog down the forum.

And as for the photos - thanks - but they are done with my iPhone! I have to get the proper camera and so on out to get photos from the last many pens - too busy making them to stop for photos. My wife reminded me that good photos can then be put on my website..."and then you can SELL some of those pens, Greg." (She's very focused. She also sees materials arriving from points unknown on a regular basis, but she sees very few headed out of the house to customers.) :)

Thanks again, Allen.