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Brooks803
February 9th, 2015, 02:43 PM
Here's a fountain pen I made my friend for her Birthday. She wanted something nice and slim to keep in her purse. Since I had artistic freedom I wanted to try something new.


Dimensions:


Capped: 5 3/8" ~ 137mm

Cap: 2 1/8" ~ 54mm

Body: 3 1/2" ~ 89mm

Body + Nib: 5" ~ 127mm

Posted: 5 3/4" ~ 146mm


Threads:

Cap/Body: 12x.08 Triple Start

Body/Section: 10x1


Nib & Ink:

#6 Schmidt Polished Steel in Medium

Cartridge/Converter


Here are the before pictures:



http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/Brooks803/IMG_20150122_151358_044_zpsekjct7ar.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Brooks803/media/IMG_20150122_151358_044_zpsekjct7ar.jpg.html)


http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/Brooks803/IMG_20150122_151424_186_zpsao05saqq.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Brooks803/media/IMG_20150122_151424_186_zpsao05saqq.jpg.html)



And here are the after pics:



http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/Brooks803/DSC05514%20900x900_zpsnmh5bduy.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Brooks803/media/DSC05514%20900x900_zpsnmh5bduy.jpg.html)


http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/Brooks803/DSC05519%20900x900_zpsyvlyxk08.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Brooks803/media/DSC05519%20900x900_zpsyvlyxk08.jpg.html)


http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/Brooks803/DSC05523%20900x900_zpsmmj0d9na.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Brooks803/media/DSC05523%20900x900_zpsmmj0d9na.jpg.html)


http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/Brooks803/DSC05529%20900x900_zps4fb2kxmj.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Brooks803/media/DSC05529%20900x900_zps4fb2kxmj.jpg.html)


http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/Brooks803/DSC05530%20900x376_zpsmfmrm2in.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Brooks803/media/DSC05530%20900x376_zpsmfmrm2in.jpg.html)


http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/Brooks803/DSC05526%20900x900_zps6prngc13.jpg (http://s1136.photobucket.com/user/Brooks803/media/DSC05526%20900x900_zps6prngc13.jpg.html)



Thanks for looking!

Crazyorange
February 9th, 2015, 03:01 PM
Amazing transformation. Now it's a great pen to use.

k5MOW
February 9th, 2015, 03:14 PM
Wow absolutely amazing. Would love to be able to do that. Great job.

Roger

Lady Onogaro
February 9th, 2015, 05:28 PM
I love it. The color is beautiful. I wish I could do that to my Lamy 2000.

VertOlive
February 9th, 2015, 05:41 PM
What did you do to create the finish?

Hawk
February 9th, 2015, 05:50 PM
Very nice simple design that allows the color speak for the pen. I like the shape and the proportions. I bet your friend will find writing excuses to keep it out of her purse.

kbrede
February 9th, 2015, 06:34 PM
How did you do this?
Kent

Brooks803
February 9th, 2015, 08:08 PM
Thanks everyone for the kind words! To do this I basically did a custom car paint job on the bare black pen body. Clear coat and all.