Ultem fountain pen

[jalbert]

This was a fun commission I recently completed. The buyer basically just told me they wanted a pen made from Ultem, a fancy industrial plastic, with silver trim, and gave some rough dimensions as well as free reign to go nuts. The Ultem pens currently available are lean towards the more industrial/minimalist aesthetic, so I thought it would be fun to make one that was "fancy." This is about 5.5" long capped, and uses 12.5x3mm triple start threads. I cast the clip body and large cap band, and Made the rest of the bands from silver wire. The nib is a jowo #6. This was a fun project.

 

[magpens]

VERY B*E*A*U*T*I*F*U*L work, John !!!!!

Thank you for showing !!!!!

 

[Ironwood]

The commissioner should be well happy with that.
I haven't heard of Ultem before, I will have to look it up.

 

[PenPal]

Over and beyond my skill set,love the result John.

Peter.

 

[TonyL]

Remarkable. Would love to watch a video of you making these.

 

[jalbert]

The commissioner should be well happy with that.
I haven't heard of Ultem before, I will have to look it up.

It's pretty tough and very heat resistant. It's not an especially interesting material or particularly advantageous for pen making, but people like it and are willing to pay the big bucks .

 

[jalbert]

Remarkable. Would love to watch a video of you making these.

Got about 10 hours?

 

[PenHog]

Another beautiful pen! (I wish I could expand/zoom in on the images, there appears to be a lot of detail in there.)

 

[MNCRM]

Hi,
looking for an ultem rod I found this:
"This product can expose you to chemicals including Titanium Dioxide, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information, go to http://www.P65Warnings.ca.gov."

 

[jalbert]

Hi,
looking for an ultem rod I found this:
"This product can expose you to chemicals including Titanium Dioxide, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information, go to http://www.P65Warnings.ca.gov."

cool. Feel free not to use it. However, Titanium dioxide is a common ingredient in sunscreen, so I'll risk it.

 

[duncsuss]

Hi,
looking for an ultem rod I found this:
"This product can expose you to chemicals including Titanium Dioxide, which is known to the State of California to cause cancer. For more information, go to http://www.P65Warnings.ca.gov."

And yet, at the same time the FDA consider it safe to use in sunscreen, meaning it protects against cancer.

 

[Monty]

Everything is known to to the state of California to cause cancer.