Wooden Wonder

[Timebandit]

Hey guys!!! Here is one i made last month. This pen has acrylic inserts throughout and has a natural finish. No CA, just polished up. Even the voids were left to give it some character.

 

This pen was supposed to be a 12mm pen, but i ended up not paying attention and went with the 14mm. This caused a problem, because i have to use the acrylic as an insert into the cap. Well, with the 14mm tap for the cap, you need to drill a 33/64" hole just for the tap. This means that the insert has to be larger than this. Well i dont have any bits larger than 33/66" so in order to make it work i had to sand out the inside of the cap to fit the insert. This took a long time. It also almost became the end of this pen. The piece of wood for the cap was so small that when i finially got it to the finished diameter inside so that the insert would fit, there was barely any wood left on it. All i had to do was taper the top a little bit and just sand the rest of the cap and it was done. Im taking maybe a 32nd of an inch worth of DIW burl with cracks and voids in it. It was scary. The wood is Desert Ironwood Burl with a #6 Bock nib and feed.

 

All Comments Welcome

 

Thanks For Looking

 

Justin

 

[drgoretex]

Scary is right. I haven't done a narrow diameter wood pen like this for all those scary reasons you mentioned

 

So, kudos to you and hats off - that's an absolutely beautiful pen you have made!

 

Did you turn and thread the acrylic inserts sepaprately? Or did you thread them after they were installed?

 

Admiring regards,

 

Ken

[Timebandit]

Scary is right. I haven't done a narrow diameter wood pen like this for all those scary reasons you mentioned

 

So, kudos to you and hats off - that's an absolutely beautiful pen you have made!

 

Did you turn and thread the acrylic inserts sepaprately? Or did you thread them after they were installed?

 

Admiring regards,

 

Ken

 

Thanks Ken!

 

I turned the inserts first.

 

Here is the barrel insert

 

And the front section with the insert installed

[Aslan]

wow!

[phentrek]

I don't turn pens. I don't like wood pens. I think your pen is amazing! Nice Job

[Timebandit]

Thanks guys!! I am really pleased with how this one turned out considering what it took to make it!!

[pictogramax]

A real beauty! I especially like the voids you left and slightly "burnt" feel of the pen. Congratulations!

[Brian C]

Beautiful! Leaves Nakaya Briar in the dust.

[boxerman]

Wow one awesome pen I like what you did to this. Really like the wood you used.

[picautomaton]

That is one of the warmest looking fountain pens I've ever seen. Excellent work

[alexander_k]

Lovely result, worth the trouble.

[SHK]

Wow, this is a stunning pen

[Timebandit]

Thanks everyone!! I think this is one of my favorites so far!!

[gwilki]

Very fine, Justin. I can understand why it's a favourite.

[fountainbel]

Beautiful pen and ........ clever barrel threads design !!

Francis

[georges zaslavsky]

simply outstanding

[turnero]

great!

[HLK]

It is beautiful and well designed.

[Timebandit]

Thank you! This was a fun pen to make!

[Lince]

Beautiful pen. Congratulations.