Pens Made Of Stone?

[northstar]

 

 

 

 

Is there a way to delete this thread??? We don't want my wife to find out about this St Dupont.

Edited March 18, 2016 by northstar

[GW_Pens]

Hi All,

I'm resurrecting this post because I came across a 'stone' pen in a small Lot that I picked up. It's certainly not a pen that I plan on keeping mainly because it is so heavy (almost 55g) and t he steel nib is far too fine.

However, it is a very pretty piece and if I were to replace the nib then I'd possibly even consider having it as a desk pen.

I'm no expert, but I've never seen a natural stone in this design (could be wrong!), so I imagine that it's some sort of composite?

There is no indication as to who made it or where it was made, so I imagine it came from a small workshop.

 

 

 

There looks to be a crack on the cap near where the clip is attached. I've made a Lot of stone pens, and in the process ruined a lot of stone pens LOL. I've never had one crack with such a perfectly straight line, especially when the vein composition of the material seems to be so swirly and chaotic. My best guess is this is not a pure stone pen though it may be some sort of composite. Even the stone-infused resins can be on the hefty side.

[Joe Penmanship]

After much research and perusal of this site and others (thanks all of you for your comments that put me onto many fascinating paths), I decided that I was definitely not the guy to turn my bones into pens as per my original posting.

 

But I love that some people have indeed managed to fashion stone pens in some way or another.

 

That amethyst pen, although not turned on a lathe the way I was foreseeing things, is still pretty spectacular!

[chunya]

There looks to be a crack on the cap near where the clip is attached. I've made a Lot of stone pens, and in the process ruined a lot of stone pens LOL. I've never had one crack with such a perfectly straight line, especially when the vein composition of the material seems to be so swirly and chaotic. My best guess is this is not a pure stone pen though it may be some sort of composite. Even the stone-infused resins can be on the hefty side.

Hi

Yes, it is a crack, and I couldn't understand quite how it happened there. As you say, its straight and clean.

[stick]

The amethyst pen is fantastic, I want one!! My husband is a lapidary and a FP fan, can't wait to show this to him!!

[wood-of-1kind]

A member on IAP does "stone" pens on a regular basis, using "specialty" tooling. He has done marble and other stones. As for me, the only stone turned pen that I have made is alabaster.

[Lovely_Pen]

While not turned from stone, this alabaster-like acrylic pen was made by Jonathon Brooks and it really does resemble stone in person.

 

[stan14]

Brooks803, quite serendipitous that I ran across this thread. I am the one who had John at GW Pens make a lapis pen. I love the thing and use it almost every day. It's got an 18K gold nib and a great weight and feel. He did a great job.

 

[maverink]

hertzig a german pen maker used to make stone turned ink pens

[Inkling13]

Hi All,

I'm resurrecting this post because I came across a 'stone' pen in a small Lot that I picked up. It's certainly not a pen that I plan on keeping mainly because it is so heavy (almost 55g) and t he steel nib is far too fine.

However, it is a very pretty piece and if I were to replace the nib then I'd possibly even consider having it as a desk pen.

I'm no expert, but I've never seen a natural stone in this design (could be wrong!), so I imagine that it's some sort of composite?

There is no indication as to who made it or where it was made, so I imagine it came from a small workshop.

 

 

 

This pen doesn't looke like stone at all, but rather, black crackle paint on a red background. I could be wrong, but that is what the pattern looks like.

[watch_art]

Ryan Krusac makes some stone pens - labradorite or something like that..

http://www.fountainpenstudios.com/product/LEG-LABBLU

 

and this

 

http://www.fountainpenstudios.com/product/LEG-FIRE