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These are turned and sanded but need sections and to be polished.

1. Ebonite that looks like topography. I really like this one despite how I felt initially

2. Alumilite. I had this idea for something fantasy related and man I hope I find my pour notes. I really like this one too

I will post an update when I finish them.

Cheers.

A longtime friend’s wife was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I asked my friend if his wife might a bespoke pen to celebrate her strength. He said she would love it and 18 hours later I am looking at this pen.

The separation if colors came out as intended. I don’t love the cap and may remake it tomorrow. I will need to do a stepped drill so I can contour the shape I want.

What ink would you pair with this. I plan to send a nice journal the pen and ink. Appreciate the brain trust here

Cheers.

Was inspired by what I see in early fall. Green and gold as fall makes its way to the southeast with hints of red/pink from some of the maples. Here is stock art image if that gives a reference.

Bock #6 min
Alumilite custom resin pour.

Thanks for looking.

Had an idea for blanks and now that they are made I keep thinking starry night. I hope to turn these this weekend and will report back. I have another 3to 4 pens from other blanks to finish as well. There is never enough time.

Hi All,

I was hitting a creativity low for the pen blanks I make for myself and used fall colors as an inspiration.

I am going to let them harden and turn them this weekend. I just wanted to have a before and after. They are not normally colors I would mix but figured if green and gold works in nature…

Anyone else have any cool pen blanks ideas to share?

Cheers.

My sister comes to town once a year as she lives abroad. She saw some of my pens and offered to buy one. Hard no, i made one for her for free. She picked out the blanks from my home made stash.

Some copper accents. Apologies for shifting color. Sun was shifting and made it hard to capture consistently.

I gave it to her tonight.

-alumilite . Clear/slow
-bock #6 nib

Cheers.

I have a bunch of jinhao #8 nibs and decided to give it a go. To get the nib to fit the section. By my current tooling I had to make a couple compromises (some new tooling on order).

I provided a close up of the resin as it has significant depth that is easy to miss but a big part of why I like it.

The pen was a request from a friend that requested “purple”. I decided to go more purple rain. 🎸

Hope all are having a fantastic weekend!

This joins my new Polaris chrono and older extreme world
Chronograph. Except for the Duometre, I think I am good for a while.

I bought newer closing so I am still finding plastic to remove from the watch.

Now to find a strap that I actually like. The two that came with it don’t do it for me.

Hi All- Made this resin a while back and finally rough finished the pen today. When I have more time I will bring the final polish to it.

Check it out.

Hi all, I have a general love of pens. I have grail pens, bespoke kitless pens I make myself and many budget friendly pens. I love them all.

I recently ordered several pens from Ali Express and was pleasantly surprised. I wanted to share a few pictures and quick thoughts for anyone that is on the fence. Whether you are on a budget or just love pens, there are some incredible options to consider if you don’t mind a 2 week wait. Tariffs are included in the prices btw

I did put my own subjective grade based on overall impression inclusive of the price. Several of these I have already reordered for myself and gifts.

Hope this helps.

I had ordered a 20 or so of these flex nibs. They supposedly range from .4 to 2.0 which is nice line variation.

There were not many details about thread pattern and overall measurements for this nib and none of my tooling worked.

That led me to my 3d resin printer and some tinkering to build my own design from the ground up.

Since this nib also adds the complexity of being dropper filled, I wanted to eliminate one fail point which was the section. Instead of making a separate section, I designed this to have an integrated section /body design. The way to fill it is with the flat cap in the end of the body. I I estimate it will hold 5ml+ if I wanted to go crazy. There are gaskets and silicon greased the threads. No leaks but I may see if I can tighten the tolerances a bit more.

It is a first draft and I have a few more things to work out. I did refine shape and rough finish on the lathe.

Thanks for checking out my work in progress.

I had some left over resin and decided to mix up some fun neon pigments last minute.

Check it out. Has that 80s jelly bracelet vibe. 😎.

Under black light the pigment pops dramatically.

Bock nib.

Purchased for a great price from a highly rated seller in Japan and received the pre-owned pen in 1 week for a substantial discount (even with tax and shipping).

Here it is. Fine nib in remarkable condition.

Cheers.

What’s on your wrist today?

Hi All,

I wanted to share my most recent pen. It is a larger pen and I actually plan to keep this one. I am a tall guy and this pen feels good in my hand.

About the pen:
- Size is about the same as MB 149
- Jowo fine nib
- Resin: I really tried to capture the light shift. It can look vermillion red with light black veining. But the red is semi transparent and there are ribbons of gold throughout. If I were to make a video of the pen moving under light the gold is hidden and Pops as light hits it the right way. Sorry- pretty excited about this resin. 😂
-Body thread length: I made this longer than I normally do because I travel and fly and I like the extra protection an extra turn provides. Again my personal pen.

I included a few of my other red pens. Some are very cheap and some are premium. There are 2 Urushi, 1 vintage waterman, 1 MB Ferrari and so on. This is for scale and color reference.

Appreciate any criticism or feedback. I am not selling my pens but I do aim to improve.

Cheers.

I have not inked it yet but thought I would share my new kit.

Cheers.

It is such a fun pen and reasonably priced. Anyone else have one?