My first Hybrid Hybrid

[egnald]

Greetings from Nebraska. This is my first Hybrid (blank) Hybrid (kit).

The blank is a hybrid that I bought from Dawn and Ed at the MPG in Chicago this year. I don't know the species for sure, but I am 99% certain that it is an Australian burl. The components are a hybrid of a Gunmetal Magnetic Graduate with a Gunmetal Diamond Knurl Rollerball cap and clip with a custom cabochon made from the little surplus end of the blank. Both kits use a 12.5mm tube for the cap so I used a Diamond Knurl Rollerball cap bushing and replaced the Magnetic Graduate cap and clip assembly with the Diamond Knurl cap and clip. I think this is my favorite pen so far. I really like the Magnetic Graduate except for the cap-clip assembly. I think the Diamond Knurl Rollerball's Cap and Clip design compliment it nicely. It is finished with GluBoost.

This is one time that I wish I could just buy some of the component parts instead of an entire kit because I would like to make more of these.

Here are the pictures:

 

[tomtedesco]

Very nice.

 

[Todd in PA]

A great pen, sir!
I strongly agree about the graduate clip, which is a real dud. I do like much better the Executive pen kit. Also magnetic. It has a hard rubber section that I like. And the cap is very short, which is a benefit for fountains with a smaller air volume inside the cap.

 

[Kenny Durrant]

Very Nice!

 

[bugradx2]

Holy cow that's gorgeous Dave.

 

[montmill]

Beautiful job. I do wonder how comfortable it is to write with a pen like that. Do you even grip the kit portion or hold it by the blank?

 

[anthonyd]

Lovely!

 

[egnald]

Beautiful job. I do wonder how comfortable it is to write with a pen like that. Do you even grip the kit portion or hold it by the blank?

It's not too bad. Two fingers rest on the metal just above the tip and thumb on the blank. - Dave

 

[Jim15]

Beautiful work.

 

[SteveJ]

That is a great looking pen. Good work combining the two kits.

 

[Larryreitz]

Great job. A super attractive blank and I could not agree more about the Graduate clip.

 

[KenB259]

Great idea and excellent execution.

 

[Hippie3180]

I give it five flames!

 

[philipff]

Fantastic !!

 

[Smokey S]

Yep Dave, you are still on a roll turning out beautiful pens! ………Smokey

 

[LouCee]

That's a beauty!

 

[Kalai]

Now that is one nice looking pen. Great job.

Kalai

 

[egnald]

Now that is one nice looking pen. Great job.

Kalai

Thanks. I'm anxiously waiting for Exotic Blanks to put more of their hybrid burl blanks up on the site for sale, but I'm almost hoping that it doesn't happen until I get my allowance at the end of the week as they will likely go pretty fast once they are posted. - Dave

 

[In2Fish]

Wow. Great looking pen

 

[johncrane]

great looking blanks make great pens!

 

[derekdd]

Wow, that's gorgeous, Dave.

 

[egnald]

Wow, that's gorgeous, Dave.

Thank you Derek.

I'm really anxious for Dawn and Ed to post more of their hybrid blanks up for sale. I'm down to only 2 left from the batch that I bought at MPG in Chicago this spring. Now that I've seen how they look in person I know how amazing they are -- the pictures of the blanks that are posted online just don't do justice to how amazing they really are. I've been holding back some of my allowance every month in case they put some more up for sale. I got an email from Dawn back on July 11 that said they will be listing more on their new website.

Dave

 

[bugradx2]

Thank you Derek.

I'm really anxious for Dawn and Ed to post more of their hybrid blanks up for sale. I'm down to only 2 left from the batch that I bought at MPG in Chicago this spring. Now that I've seen how they look in person I know how amazing they are -- the pictures of the blanks that are posted online just don't do justice to how amazing they really are. I've been holding back some of my allowance every month in case they put some more up for sale. I got an email from Dawn back on July 11 that said they will be listing more on their new website.

Dave

You're not the only one anxiously waiting for the hybrid blanks

 

[derekdd]

Thank you Derek.

I'm really anxious for Dawn and Ed to post more of their hybrid blanks up for sale. I'm down to only 2 left from the batch that I bought at MPG in Chicago this spring. Now that I've seen how they look in person I know how amazing they are -- the pictures of the blanks that are posted online just don't do justice to how amazing they really are. I've been holding back some of my allowance every month in case they put some more up for sale. I got an email from Dawn back on July 11 that said they will be listing more on their new website.

Dave

Good call.

I also buy'em from William Wood Write in Canada when they go on sale. They usually have really nice ones in stock, too.

Toss in the favorable exchange rate, and it offsets the shipping costs.

 

[egnald]

Good call.

I also buy'em from William Wood Write in Canada when they go on sale. They usually have really nice ones in stock, too.

Toss in the favorable exchange rate, and it offsets the shipping costs.

Ooooh. I've only bought kits from William Wood Write. I will have to check out their blanks. Thank you. Dave