fountain pen

This was my first commission, and it was a bear. Lots of failures, blowouts, separations, etc... Well worth the learning though, I have a whole different way of turning now thanks to @Pierre--- . My biggest challenge was the joinery between the acrylics and the aluminum, that is where most of...

Hello all, I am reasonably new to pen turning. Have been looking at it for a few years, but only recently finished my first pen. Pen turning is a part of my larger hobby of machining and building things (to solve problems). I have a Hercus 260 lathe, Bridgeport clone mill, and a Prusa i3 3D...

Just finished up with my first three kitless pens. The first was the prototype so it's not worth showing here but the second and third turned out ok, I think. I made my own alumilite blanks and turned them on my smallish Rikon wood lathe using Easy Wood Tools negative rake cutters (they are...

Good day, all, Some time ago, I picked up a pretty nice-looking FP kit (Prokraft's Byron Premium, claimed to be 24 Ct gold plated) and it's been working wonders for me (was used to cheap all-steel nibs), but a short while ago, I noticed that there were pretty noticeable scratches developing on...

Majestic Fountain Pen Kit with a Black and Gold Truestone Blank

I just love these DiamondCast blanks. I wish I had more pics but thought I would share. I think my next step is to learn to add metal accent rings/bands on my pens.

Our exclusive Eros Calligraphy set is on sale for the price of just the kit, until tomorrow at Penblanks.ca Pick it up for only $15.99CAD. Shipping worldwide. https://www.penblanks.ca/calligraphy-pen-kits/

5 Baron Fountain pen kits in satin nickel and bushings, 5 copper jr gent fountain pen kits and bushing. Plus 4 mystery ballpoint pen kits-they are a mystery because I don't know what they are other than they came from CSUSA and they are click style ball point pens. Shipped USPS flat rate...

5 Majestic Black TN/Rhodium fountain pen kits and bushing kit from Penn State. $125 SHIPPED USPS flat rate CONUS. Paypal only.

Hello All! So it is my first run at creating some nicer fountain pens. These are the Silver noble kits...One of the nibs I used wrote pretty well but this one is pretty bad. Very scratchy and the ink doesn't seem to want to flow. I don't want to end up selling a high dollar pen if it's going to...

Kindly ignore the dirty threads. I still need to wipe it down. But this was a pen that I started and finished yesterday afternoon. This one marks my second completed kitless pen, and while still not perfect, proved to be yet another learning experience. I accidentally snapped the threads of...

Triton fountain pen kit in Bocote. CA glue finish

Baron kit lacewood FP with CA glue finish. The photos really don't do this one justice!

Baron kit lacewood FP with CA glue finish. The photos really don't do this one justice!

Curly Cherry FP from Baron Kit. This is my EDC pen. The blank is from a tree that was cut down at our home in Cleveland years ago. Finish is CA glue.

Photo 2 of a recently completed fountain pen made from gray corian.

Photo 1 of a recently completed fountain pen made from gray corian.

Hi! I'm Michael, I was introduced to turning (and pen making) when I was in Middle School back in 2005. I found a passion in making these rectangular materials into shiny cylindrical objects, and kept turning as a hobby through high school and college. The turning point for me was after...

There is a couple of reference guides here and a couple of YouTube vids out on making clips but besides that,I don’t see much. I see Castro has a great vid on turning 50 cal brass into clips but is there a place I can go to learn how to make these things from scratch like cutting and bending...

2 years ago when walking around my family's garden I found this cool little looking birch "tree" which was growing horizontally with 2 trees growing vertically on top. I knew immediately that it would be some great wood for making pens! After letting it dry for almost 2 years, it was now finally...