Manu Propria Pens - Buffalo and Urushi

[Manupropria]

This is a pen I made just for fun. The cap and barrel made from Indian water buffalo horn, the section ebonite with urushi lacquer. Horn is very difficult to work and the chance it cracks is high

Have a great weekend,

Martin

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[KrazyIvan]

I'm not sure if it's reflections or is the unevenness of the black just an element of the horn? I mean that in the best way because it looks amazing!

[RocketRyan]

What a beautiful and unique pen. Good work.

[amk]

I love the surprise! surprise! red section in what looks as if it's going to be a very understated pen. A delightful reveal, like a twitch of Count Dracula's black cape revealing the red satin lining!

[Spoonage]

Stunner

[ethernautrix]

That is gorgeous. And now I'm realizing that I completely forgot to look for you at the Madrid Pen Show. I drove there in 41 hours (with 3 hours of sleep) and so had low brain activity on Friday... and then I plumb forgot (forgot to look for other things, too, even though I had a list -- GAH!).

Not sure I would be comfortable with a pen made of potentially fragile materials (I'm careful but not fastidious), but the look of that pen is amazing, and the nib section is gorgeous. Lovely.

[cjl1775]

Just beautiful


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[Manupropria]

Thank you. The horn halways has some whitish streaks in it. The material is not homogeneous.

[Manupropria]

Actually I couldn't make it to Madrid, unfortunately, because there was a sales exhibition at Ito-Ya, Ginza, Tokyo around the same time.
Horn is indeed a special material, difficult to stabilize, remains olily and reactive to temperature and humidity.