Hi All
I suspect some of you, like me, have a "special drawer" of pen making blanks which holds those materials that mean a bit more than the typical run-of-the-mill materials. In my case these are typically rods that were recovered from some of the bigger pen manufacturers who, sadly, are no longer in the business and consequently means the blanks that were once made in abundance are now rather scarce.
One such example is this Conway Stewart "Le Tigre" cellulose that was fairly popular back in the day, but isn't so easy to get hold of these days. I had a single, small rod that was enough to make a pen from but I had to flesh it out with some black acrylic finials and section. The rings are sterling silver and the nib is my own Bock no6 in flex titanium. I have started to grind my own nibs these days, which is another rabbit hole.
I also added a clip which is chrome steel.
Pen details: 13mm triple start threads, 15mm barrel diameter (tapered). Overall closed length = 143mm.
Cheers
Ash
I suspect some of you, like me, have a "special drawer" of pen making blanks which holds those materials that mean a bit more than the typical run-of-the-mill materials. In my case these are typically rods that were recovered from some of the bigger pen manufacturers who, sadly, are no longer in the business and consequently means the blanks that were once made in abundance are now rather scarce.
One such example is this Conway Stewart "Le Tigre" cellulose that was fairly popular back in the day, but isn't so easy to get hold of these days. I had a single, small rod that was enough to make a pen from but I had to flesh it out with some black acrylic finials and section. The rings are sterling silver and the nib is my own Bock no6 in flex titanium. I have started to grind my own nibs these days, which is another rabbit hole.
I also added a clip which is chrome steel.
Pen details: 13mm triple start threads, 15mm barrel diameter (tapered). Overall closed length = 143mm.
Cheers
Ash
