Thread: Fountain Pen Porn

Did a Redwood burl rollerball and a very nice deep red Amboina burl today. Got about a dozen more in various stages of finish.

Gentlemen,

Those are beautiful fountain pens. My favorite fountain pen, since childhood, has been the Pelikan. I own several, among others. Which makes me appreciate a beautiful fountain pen when I see one, and I have seen several in these pictures. Well done.

Regards,

Obie

Sweet looking pens

Excellent attention to detail. Love your selections of wood. Very good work. Makes me want to write with a fountain pen!!
Mike

You should see the one I just finished. Black gemstone with gold webbing. Not a beginner material. Took me 3 hours to turn the tubes. Had to stop every 5 min and sharpen my tools. Wet sanded it up through 12000 micro mesh and gave it 3 coats of renascence wax. Man does it look good. I need to snap a photo when the sun comes up.

Black gemstone with gold veins (that is real stone and gold, very hard stuff, and even harder to turn), buckeye burl, a wood that I dont remember the name of??, red and black dyed boxelder burl, red dyed curly maple.

Ran out of uploads.
Ccurly Koa. The two tubes without bodies are curly mesquite on the left and grade 1 Afzelia XY-lay.

Very nice work. I love the materials and the finishes you've chosen for them. I'm a roller ball guy. I'd love to write with a fountain pen, but a childhood injury to my right ring finger makes it hard to write with one. My Dad's a fountain pen man and I know if he saw these pens he'd be very interested in detailed info about the nibs you use.

Chris L

Originally Posted by cannonfodder

Black gemstone with gold veins (that is real stone and gold, very hard stuff, and even harder to turn), buckeye burl, a wood that I dont remember the name of??, red and black dyed boxelder burl, red dyed curly maple.

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What did you turn the gemstone with? Is it a natural stone??? Diamond coated spindle gouge?
M

They call it gemstone, not sure what it is beyond that. They also have turquoise an other combinations. They look unbelievable, that one took several hours. I used 4 different tools and had to sharpen each one 7 times. I used 4 so I could at least work for 15 or 20 min before I had to sharpen everything. They are brutal to turn and even suggest a metal turning lathe. Sorby makes some cryo treated tools, I may pick up a gouge or two if I turn a bunch of these. I can not stress how awsome that pen looks. Wet sanded up through 12000 micromesh to a mirror polish. Not cheap by any means but worth it.


From the web page...

These blanks are made from 85% real stone that has been beaten to a pulp, reconstituted with resins and formed into blocks and sheets. These blocks and sheets are then cut into pen blanks and that is where we come in - we supply you with this beautiful material! These blanks are not inexpensive - "You get what you pay for". However, you will be be heard saying "Look at this!" numerous times after making pens from this material.

Sharp high speed steel tools are an absolute must. If you have a metal turning lathe - great - you're ahead of the game. If you are impatient and in a hurry - pass on this material. If you want to make pens that will make people stop dead-in-their-tracks and say "I've got to have that!" then this is the material to use. Gemstone blanks are best used for larger pens that have a lot of surface area to show off but they also look good on pens the size of the Baron and Sedona.