Black and Yellow

For those who have seen a number of my pens and think 'hey, I've seen this before' - well, yes, you're right.  Busted.   I'm sitting at work right now waiting for some stuff to get done so I can do what I have to do, and figured I might as well post a few old pics of a favourite pen while I'm waiting.

This is one of my favourite pens.  Well, not mine, as I made it for someone else, but you know what I mean...

The black and yellow colour combo seems to be a natural.  Literally, I guess, as it is seen so often in nature.  So this one is a commission, and the fellow who commissioned it wanted the curvy pen body (a style I have used a number of times), as well as inlays to tie the cap and body together.  So by insetting a piece of the yellow acrylic into the end of the barrel, and by trimming the cap in black, with a further inlay of yellow into the end of it, the whole pen works well together.  Further, the buyer wanted to kick the pen up a notch with an 18K gold nib.  This particular nib comes from the same stock as those used by Edison Pens, and really makes this pen special, as I only rarely use gold nibs (hey, they're expensive!).

Well, I had better go see if I can get to work now...

Thanks for looking!