Friday 16 November 2012

Pink and Blue, and Curvy!



Here is the latest pen to come off my bench, a clipless fountain pen done up in an eye-catching iridescent pink and blue swirl acrylic, with subtle curves to the cap and barrel.  All in all,  decidedly feminine.



This pen was the result of a 'special order', which came in the form of a few subtle hints.  Took a while for the hints to register, but eventually, I clued in - and made this pen for my dear wife.



The pen is fitted with a fine nib, which can easily be swapped out for any other nib.  Like most of my pens, it is a cartridge/converter filler.



Thanks for looking!

Ken

Thursday 15 November 2012

Matte Black 'Bamboo' Style FP With Matching Pen Rest



Well, I finally got back into the shop the last couple of days, after a long stretch of duty time at work.  Managed to finish the next order on my list, which is this matte black 'Bamboo' style fountain pen in black ebonite.



The request was triggered by the last matte black bamboo fountain pen that I made, but with one difference:  the buyer wanted a matching pen rest.  Initially I was going to simply make a cylindrical styled pen rest, with plain flat ends, and a matte finish to match the pen, but then I thought I would try to match the ends on this pen rest to the inset 'bamboo' ends of the pen.  Tricky work, as the piece is quite small, but seems to have come out not bad.



In any case, I hope the gentleman who ordered this pen and rest is happy with them.

Comments welcome.