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Welcome to my Custom Fountain Pen website/blog. I decided to put this website together for fellow penmakers, friends, and anyone interested in commissioning a custom pen - to give me a place to show some of the pens that I have made, discuss the finer aspects of the pen making hobby, or simply to talk about pens in general.

Have a look at my posts to see some of the work I am doing lately, or see my pricing guide in the link below to the right, or check the link to my current inventory of already-made pens (usually small, as most of my work is by commissions/orders).

Or, if you are interested, you can see some of the work I have done previously in my Custom Pen Gallery on Photobucket!

If you have a Twitter account, I am @drgoretex

If any of my posts generate particular interest, I will pin them as links on the right (eg 'Basic Nib Adjusting 101').

See the bottom of this page for some REVIEWS!

Please note: These pens have turned out to be unexpectedly popular (leaving me immensely pleased and rather humbled), and I have quite a number of orders pending. As of the end of March 2013, the wait time is around 10 months for a pen. I wish I could promise faster service, but sadly, my regular job is too demanding :-)
Thanks for your patience!

-Ken Cavers








Wednesday, 27 February 2013

A Pen for VanGogh


I just finished this pen last night, a custom order for one of my Classic style pens, but with this lovely 'Charger Lava' resin from Bear Tooth Woods.  I have not used this stuff before, so I was game to give it a whirl.

It was labelled as 'acrylic', but is very, very different from the usual acrylic acetate that I use for pen making.  It was much more chippy and brittle (though not nearly so as some other resins, like polyresin or worse, inlace acrylester), and was a bit tricky to thread, but on the other hand, WOW!  The colours and depth on this stuff is fantastic!  Despite the challenges of using it, I think I will be ordering more of this.  With it's brilliant swirls of gold on the dark blue background, this particular pen immediately reminded at least a couple of people I showed it to of one of VanGogh's paintings, 'Starry Night'.


Finishing this pen is a ball-end gold finish clip, as well as a two-tone JoWo steel nib, and a converter.  The finial screws into the cap to hold the clip in place.


I hope the one who ordered it likes it as much as I do!

Cheers,

ken


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5 comments:

  2. Wow. I know I said this on Instagram, and on Twitter, but WOW. This is spectacular. I... I think I need to get on your waiting list, just in case, because by the time you get to me, I'll have a 10-pen list for you!

    As always, beautiful work, great photography. Thank for sharing (and tempting us!)!

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  4. Wow! That is stunning! I am not sure I'd get anything written, I'd just sit and stare at it all day.

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    1. Thanks! Pretty eye-catching stuff, I agree. Might just have to get more of it.

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