13mm stepless #3 - Brown Crushed Velvet

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My third 13mm stepless pen. The next will be 12mm. Vintage Brown Crushed Velvet with acrylic accents.
Max Diameter = 15.4mm
Length = 142mm (5.5")
24g without ink.
Q, C & C welcome.
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Absolutely stunning. Very well done. Love the stepless look.
Crushed velvet is my favorite plastic blank but I only have 5/8 square blanks. What size did you use for this pen, please? Source, if available. Thanks.

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Don
 
Good attempt, however I don't know about the bands. With the character of the material and your finial coin going on, I would have left them out or used something neutral, like metal.
 
its_virgil said:
Absolutely stunning. Very well done. Love the stepless look.
Crushed velvet is my favorite plastic blank but I only have 5/8 square blanks. What size did you use for this pen, please? Source, if available. Thanks.

Do a good turn daily!
Don
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Thanks. Stepless is the way to go to get a slim FP.
I have 5/8 blanks that I got from @mrburls. I have gotten gold, brown, red, green and blue. This was the only brown i had.
 
jalbert said:
Good attempt, however I don't know about the bands. With the character of the material and your finial coin going on, I would have left them out or used something neutral, like metal.
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Thanks for the input. I dont always make the best choice with accents maybe a visualization thing. I do like to use the chunk materials for accents for some reason.
 
I love this design! I actually like the segments and think they work well with the body color. Aesthetics are entirely subjective, so there's no wrong answer there.
This is the first time I've seen a removable end to access the ink mechanism. I really like that feature. It seems cleaner than removing the full nib assembly and filling it that way. Exceptional work.
 
sorcerertd said:
Beautiful pen! I love that blank. Maybe just personal preference, but I rather like the bands. What material did you use for them?
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Thanks!
i have developed a style that I like without trying to emulate others work and how I do the accents is part of that. Not everyone cup of tea but it works for me. There are a lot of people that use a single metal band in these areas to good effect.
i used some gold accent blank from The Pensmiths and a white with gold chunk that I cant remember where I got.
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Good job and kudos for trying to do something a bit different with the accents.

Does the section unscrew or does the c/c pull out via the blind cap?

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Ash
 
Very attractive pen Patrick. And interesting: I never made any stepless because I thought the step cap-barrel has to be too big. But yours seems just great. What I understand from your measures is that the cap is less than 1.2mm thick at the entrance, is that correct?
 
Pierre--- said:
Very attractive pen Patrick. And interesting: I never made any stepless because I thought the step cap-barrel has to be too big. But yours seems just great. What I understand from your measures is that the cap is less than 1.2mm thick at the entrance, is that correct?
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Thanks!
measuring with my cheap digital calipers it is .85mm at the opening before the threads start. This is thin but it feels adequate. I don't foresee it being an issue.
 
PatrickR said:
i gout it here

Beaufort Ink - Pen clips for kitless pens

Pen clips for kitless pens
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they have the best selection that I know of. Shipping is not cheap from the UK so it's best to make larger orders
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Chad Schimmel at turnerswarehouse.com sells the Beaufort Ink clips mentioned by PatrickR above and some other Beaufort Ink items. Click on Products then click on Custom and Bespoke Pen Supplies
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Don
 
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