Thursday 2 April 2015

Cool Mint Water Cone-end Cigar Fountain Pen


Despite the enormous amount of work these transparent acrylics take, I was so taken with the last one (once I re-did it, that is) that it did not take much convincing to try it again.  So, this order came up and I jumped at it.  And, even had enough material left over to create a matching pen rest!


The transparent acrylic really is quite tricky - drilling speed need to be at a snail's pace, and the polishing of the inside is incredibly time-consuming.  That is especially true because you can't see any faults in the finish until you are completely done.  Then, 'there that blemish in the finish…gotta start over again'…  Still, I am quite pleased with this one.  I did have to do make a second barrel, as I forgot to drill super slowly the first time, resulting in a barrel that even when sanded and polished inside, had lots of tiny surface fractures (crazing).  I only had to re-polish the cap once.





This pen is fitted with a medium steel JoWo nib, as well as a colourless converter to allow showing off of ink :-)

Thanks for looking!

Ken

7 comments:

  1. OMG this one is mind blowing! Beautiful <3

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  2. This material is wonderful! Beautiful work!

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  3. How much is this pen? It is beautiful!!

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    1. Thanks very much, Natalie! Please feel free to send me an email (my address is on the main page on my website), and we can talk. :-)

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  4. Beautiful! What is the price?

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    1. Thank you!
      Shoot me an email (address on my main page) and we'll talk!

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