Custom M200 With A Royal Blue Acrylic Binde

February 7, 2015

Just got this Pelikan M200 back in the mail... originally a M200 green marble that I bought for the nib (a great Cursive Italic Medium ground by Pendemonium), the colour never sang to me. Picked out this acrylic , sent it to my friendly local penturner, and a week later I got this baby back. What do you think ?

I have it loaded with an ink that is a mix of Stormy Grey and Sky High... a sparkly dark blue.

February 7, 2015

WOW!!!

That is just awesome..

Marble green M200 is just too ...meh... but this looks killer!

Whom did you get it made from, if I may ask?

Can you tell us more about that ink concoction?

Writing samples please?

February 7, 2015

Here you go ...

February 7, 2015

WOW!!!

That is just awesome..

Marble green M200 is just too ...meh... but this looks killer!

Whom did you get it made from, if I may ask?

Thanks! Had it done by someone at my local pen club in Ontario Canada.

February 7, 2015

Here you go ...

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That's some great line variation! Did you get Sean to do that at Scriptus?

February 7, 2015

That's some great line variation! Did you get Sean to do that at Scriptus?

Thanks, no, it's a Cursive Italic grind done by Pendemonium - I got the nib used with the m200 originally.

At Scriptus, Sean did some great work on a wierd Italic nib from the Pelikan factory - much better now!

February 7, 2015

Could you get your (very talented) pen-turner friend tip give the rest of us some hints on how to do it? I can see an interesting line of custom M200s coming ...

February 7, 2015

Cool pen! Nice line variation. What size point did the nib have before being ground?

Kent

February 7, 2015

Could you get your (very talented) pen-turner friend tip give the rest of us some hints on how to do it? I can see an interesting line of custom M200s coming ...

I'll email him and suggest he hop on the thread. There are a couple of people who do this

February 7, 2015

Cool pen! Nice line variation. What size point did the nib have before being ground?
Kent

Nib started as a medium. Ground by Pendemonium, prior to me getting the pen (or having the binde changed)

February 7, 2015

I'm really curious how the pen-turner did this.

First off, I checked the link for the raw material you used, the gorgeous cobalt-blue acrylic, and it just looks awesome, and it's pretty inexpensive as well.

The real cost here might have been for the labor.

I'm curious how the ink-window was handled. Does this new version still have the original ink-window, or was the piece separated at the point where the window meets the section?

The ink window on the marble-green M200 was nothing too spectacular, smokey translucent material, you can barely see the ink sloshing inside there, but you have to look closely.

I wouldn't be sad if the ink window was sacrificed to get this gorgeous pen.

February 7, 2015

I'm really curious how the pen-turner did this.

First off, I checked the link for the raw material you used, the gorgeous cobalt-blue acrylic, and it just looks awesome, and it's pretty inexpensive as well.

The real cost here might have been for the labor.

I'm curious how the ink-window was handled. Does this new version still have the original ink-window, or was the piece separated at the point where the window meets the section?

The ink window on the marble-green M200 was nothing too spectacular, smokey translucent material, you can barely see the ink sloshing inside there, but you have to look closely.

I wouldn't be sad if the ink window was sacrificed to get this gorgeous pen.

Yes, main cost is labour - the acrylic itself is $5.

Ink window is the same.