Thursday 9 April 2015

'Jungle Life' Large Size Cigar Fountain Pen


I have to say, I am really enjoying working with these amazing alumilite resins.  They have demonstrated such incredibly vivid colours, and this one is no different.  Gorgeous rich browns and greens in very organic swirls - to me, this material's brilliant colour immediately evokes thoughts of rich Jungle life.   So, I dropped that name on it (though I bought it as 'Genesis' alumilite from the supplier).


This Cigar is one of my large size ('Big Hand') Cigar style pens.  Not for tiny-handed!


The buyer for this pen wanted to be able to use two different nibs JoWo nibs with it (which she kindly supplied for the making of this pen), so I have made two different grip sections, one to house each nib.  This allows for the easy swapping of nibs without having to grip the nib and feed itself to unscrew (risk putting nib tines out of alignment).   One nib is a lovely 18K medium, the other a very cool music nib.


Accompanying this pen is a matching pen rest made out of the same resin - to keep the pen from falling to its death from desk-height.

Thanks for looking,

Ken

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