A Long Awaited Ebonite

[drgoretex]

Hi folks. Been a long time since I posted pics of a pen here, but my life has been pretty crazy this year, and not much free time for posting (even for pen making, really ).

 

I any case, a while back, I got an order for a custom Cumberland Ebonite pen with a fine steel nib. Been working on this over the past couple weeks when time permitted (which was not often):

 

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It's a good size pen, at 154mm capped, and 140mm uncapped. Smoothed the nib a bit, and have had a bit of fun 'test driving' it for its new owner.

 

Thanks for looking.

 

Ken

[escribo]

Man, that's nice! I like how you matched the pattern up so perfectly on the cap's blind cap.

[3rdlakerobert]

That's just a stunner, Ken! Love Cumberland and your workmanship. That grain match at the finial is perfect!

[Indy_Pen_Dance]

Ken you did a GREAT job on that - really brought out the best qualities of the cumberland. Thanks for posting it for the rest of us to :puddle:

 

Kind Regards,

Linda & Mike

[drgoretex]

Ken you did a GREAT job on that - really brought out the best qualities of the cumberland. Thanks for posting it for the rest of us to :puddle:

 

Kind Regards,

Linda & Mike

 

 

Thanks very much - and thanks to you both for being an awesome source for ebonite (and an amazing array of other great stuff)!

 

Ken

[pelman]

yowza, that is beautiful. I am truly overwhelmed. Congratulations. I really hope to get a pen from you some day. Maybe a doctor's pen ?

[Lloyd]

Gasp! That's amazing! The finial's grain matching sends it over the top.

[spotted and speckled]

Gorgeous!!

[Rich L]

Super!! I'll have to get me some of that there Cumberland smelly stuff...

 

Cheers,

Rich

[dougscott]

Nice to see you back, Ken. The pen, as usual, is excellent.

Doug

[raging.dragon]

Gasp! That's amazing! The finial's grain matching sends it over the top.

 

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[richardandtracy]

Very nice. Looks lovely.

 

Is that a Cigar Pen clip? Looks good there, simple, understated & elegant in this context.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

[Koshy]

Awesome! Beatiful workmanship and finish. Much much better than my Ratnam ebonite!

[requiescat]

Really lovely.

[Aslan]

Ken, as always, nicely done, very nicely done.

[twissy]

Beautifully executed Ken. It was worth the wait!! As others have said the grain match is impeccable, and I totally agree with Richard, that clip is a just perfect.

[drgoretex]

Very nice. Looks lovely.

 

Is that a Cigar Pen clip? Looks good there, simple, understated & elegant in this context.

 

Regards,

 

Richard.

 

 

Beautifully executed Ken. It was worth the wait!! As others have said the grain match is impeccable, and I totally agree with Richard, that clip is a just perfect.

 

Thanks very much! As you suspected, the clip is indeed a cigar clip.

 

Ken

[PenandDesign]

Wow! I love the clip! The polish of the finish is stunning too! Hmmm...now, we just need to fit a soft 14k nib on to it

 

Fantastic job!

[effrafax]

Looks most excellent. I need to get me one of them when finances allow.

[Mags]

Thanks for sharing.... pen looks wonderful. I was prompted recently by luck and perhaps fate to meet up with someone like yourself who is now building me a body and cap and use a vintage feed and nib. The sac filling will now be by eyedropper. Is this pen c / c?

Edited July 19, 2012 by maguirer