Andromeda Fp In Old Cellulose Acetate

[Sandsini]

Hi all! This is my first post here, I have been lurking for a little while and I thought I would post one of my new pens. I 'm calling this style the Andromeda, it's made from 95 year old Cellulose Acetate. Accents were done in black alumilite as was the section.

 

The cap to body threads are 13 x .8 x 3
The section threads are 10 x 1
The feed threads are Jowo 7.4 x .5
The nib is Bock #6 Medium

Width: 15mm
Length capped: 153mm
Length uncapped: 147mm
Weight: 23gr
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I'm planning on a small run on this style and material, probably 5 pens.

 

Thanks for looking, comments and critiques are very welcome.

 

Cheers,

Eric

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[Nanor]

Beautiful pen, the Cellulose Acetate is absolutely stunning.

[amk]

Wow. What wonderful material. I think you made a good decision there to highlight the material and not add complexity of form or extra furniture like cap rings, etc. Beautifully simple.

[18111]

Simple is beautiful!

[Sandsini]

Thank you everyone! I was in love with the material the moment I laid eyes on it! It came as tubes so it was necessary to close the ends somehow so I decided to use very thin disks of black alumilite to close the ends and provide a subtle accent to the pattern. Plus, I am kind of obsessed with this clean-lined form lately, it's all I want to make. Funny how that works...

 

 

Eric

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[darrin1200]

That is a beautiful design. It alsmost seems to flare just slightly along the barrel. I love it and that material.

[fountainpagan]

:wub:

 

Stunning material! You were right by doing such a simple design: the material suffises itself.

 

Congratulations.

Edited January 27, 2016 by fountainpagan

[Sandsini]

That is a beautiful design. It alsmost seems to flare just slightly along the barrel. I love it and that material.

 

Thank you very much Darrin. I think the flare you are seeing in the uncapped photo is a product of the camera lens. Its actually perfectly parallel.

 

I wish I could find more of this in other colors!

 

Eric

[dougscott]

That's a handsome pen in extraordinary material!

[DaveT]

Beautiful! I like the simple shape. Nice workmanship.

 

How does working with the older material compare to modern materials?

[Sandsini]

Other than the fact that it was a hollow rod that I started with, it worked very nicely. I've, honestly, worked with modern resins that were more difficult to turn and glue up than this was. In fact I started one last week in a modern Italian "chips" patern that gave me no end of grief.

 

I just received a small batch of equally old French Galalith that I'm eager to get started on. I hope it is as easy to work with as the cellulose acetate was, but I suspect it will be more brittle.

 

Cheers,

Eric

[mehandiratta]

beautiful material

[rofl]

What a nice pattern the cellulose acetate has!