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KrazyIvan
April 23rd, 2012, 09:28 PM
I was on FPN today and saw someone used a crayon to make the engraving on their Passaporto stand out and I really liked the way it looked. I tried it on my own just now. :D

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8147/7108357485_417f357d52_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/7108357485/)
Stipula Passaporto Engraving (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/7108357485/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7187/7108358957_7edd5f5df3_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/7108358957/)
Stipula Passaporto Engraving (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivan_romero/7108358957/) by IvanRomero (http://www.flickr.com/people/ivan_romero/), on Flickr

writingrav
April 23rd, 2012, 10:18 PM
Neat. I'm going to try that!

Jon Szanto
April 24th, 2012, 12:58 AM
I got mine with the gold hardware, and used that trick with a gold pastel crayon. Turned out very nicely.

John the Monkey
April 24th, 2012, 06:49 AM
Looks really nice on the blue too!

KrazyIvan
April 24th, 2012, 08:41 AM
I got mine with the gold hardware, and used that trick with a gold pastel crayon. Turned out very nicely.

I'd like to see a picture of that.

bgray
April 24th, 2012, 10:12 AM
Yep - a crayon is a great way to infill an engraving. Also acrylic paint.

KrazyIvan
April 24th, 2012, 12:06 PM
Yep - a crayon is a great way to infill an engraving. Also acrylic paint.

I am assuming you have to be quick to wipe the excess paint off but I guess it should scrape off easily with a fingernail?

bgray
April 24th, 2012, 12:57 PM
I am assuming you have to be quick to wipe the excess paint off but I guess it should scrape off easily with a fingernail?

No. Those engravings are done with a CO2 laser. This leaves the engraved portion rough and burned, but also depressed. The surface around the engraving is very smooth and polished. So I use a Qtip to apply an acrylic paint, and then wipe off with a paper towel (sometimes lightly wetted). The paint "grabs" the rough surface, and easily wipes away from the polished portion.

KrazyIvan
April 24th, 2012, 01:46 PM
Good to know and thank you for that info!

bgray
April 24th, 2012, 04:10 PM
No problem!

Chi Town
May 3rd, 2012, 04:18 PM
Wow! I really like that, I'm scrambling to find a crayon now. The kiddies are all growed up.

Chi Town
May 22nd, 2012, 09:10 AM
Of course, I should have known it. The wifey knows where everything in this house is, including the new box of crayons, LOL. So I took a white crayon to my dark Blue Passaporto FPN L.E. lettering and low and behold it looks just like KrazyIvan's. Now I carry my Passaporto every day in my right front jean pocket, and the white crayon is still on there after almost 3 weeks. This is way too kool! Plus my pen looks really neat. Thanks KrazyIvan!

KrazyIvan
May 22nd, 2012, 10:29 AM
Of course, I should have known it. The wifey knows where everything in this house is, including the new box of crayons, LOL. So I took a white crayon to my dark Blue Passaporto FPN L.E. lettering and low and behold it looks just like KrazyIvan's. Now I carry my Passaporto every day in my right front jean pocket, and the white crayon is still on there after almost 3 weeks. This is way too kool! Plus my pen looks really neat. Thanks KrazyIvan!

Nice! It is very cool and I am thinking of hitting some of my Esterbrooks with better engravings with this idea. I think it will look really good on my Bell Systems Estie with the faded lettering.

dannzeman
May 22nd, 2012, 02:57 PM
Very nice!

ianmedium
June 3rd, 2012, 11:18 PM
Love the blue of this one and I like how you have highlighted the writing. I just wish mine had the threads on the body for more secure posting!

KrazyIvan
June 4th, 2012, 07:05 AM
I just found out some don't have threads. Seems a bit odd that Stipula would do that.

ianmedium
June 4th, 2012, 08:35 AM
I just found out some don't have threads. Seems a bit odd that Stipula would do that.

I find that really odd seeing how important on this particular pen that it is to post it. Perhaps this is one of those quirky Italian things!

KrazyIvan
June 4th, 2012, 08:47 AM
I was thinking maybe the threads were an afterthought and some are still out there without the threads?

@penfancy
August 26th, 2012, 03:24 AM
http://img.tapatalk.com/d03653ad-eb58-a84e.jpg

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KrazyIvan
August 26th, 2012, 07:16 AM
Awesome. I probably have a package waiting at the office. :)