Vintage Parker resin pen/pencil set

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I made this fountain pen and Pentel-conversion as a commission. The resin is 1980s-era Parker Pen Company "Marble" (often referred to as "crushed velvet" - which I think is a better description of how it looks, but not the name they used.) It's built around a Bock #6 nib unit, taking a standard international cartridge/converter. The clip is hand-made from 0.050" stainless steel plate.

Wet sanded using 3M Tri-mite ("Zona") sanding material, then buffed with White Diamond, Blue compound, Caswell Plas-Glo, and Caswell Plastic-Fine compound.


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Very Nice. I do a lot of Pentel conversions and have found them to be popular. I'm interested in how you fit the Pentel clip into the Fountain pen cap. Details?
 
Bryguy said:
Very Nice. I do a lot of Pentel conversions and have found them to be popular. I'm interested in how you fit the Pentel clip into the Fountain pen cap. Details?
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Thanks!

The clip on the fountain pen isn't Pentel, I made it myself from sheet stainless steel. It has a ring and tab, similar to most kit clips, and is held in place by a screw-in finial. The cap has a recessed ring around the threaded hole that the finial screws into, and I hand file a slot for the tab.

I just looked to see if I have any pix of the cap disassembled, but I can't find any (of this or of any other cap I made the same way).
 
duncsuss said:
Thanks!

The clip on the fountain pen isn't Pentel, I made it myself from sheet stainless steel. It has a ring and tab, similar to most kit clips, and is held in place by a screw-in finial. The cap has a recessed ring around the threaded hole that the finial screws into, and I hand file a slot for the tab.

I just looked to see if I have any pix of the cap disassembled, but I can't find any (of this or of any other cap I made the same way).
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Thanks Duncan. That's how I make clips. The shape of your clip fooled me into thinking you had used the Pentel clip.
 
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