drgoretex
March 15th, 2014, 07:17 PM
Hey everyone,
As with a number of unfortunate locations in northern US and Canada, it has been a long, long, incredibly brutal winter here in Winnipeg - enough so that I have been unable to use my workshop for the vast majority of the past 3 1/2 months. This had just about killed me from pen-making withdrawal. Maybe next year I will have a heating system in place. Maybe...
In any case, with temperatures slowly heading closer to zero Celcius, I was finally able to spend a few days working on a four-pen order for a friend who needs gifts for graduating family members. The pen style was not specified, nor was the material to be used. So, left to my own devices, I figured I would use my most practical pen style, the 'Shirt Pocket Fountain Pen' (SPFP), which apart from its practical, shirt-pocketable size, also posts deeply and securely. I decided to use a variety of colours for the caps, and on a whim, gave each pen different end-shapes (flat, coned, domed and round).
I have a bunch more pics of each pen on my blog, but you get the idea...
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd231/kcavers/Custom%20Pens/Custom%20Fountain%20Pens/Designer%20Fountain%20Pens/IMG_8989_zps99310713.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd231/kcavers/Custom%20Pens/Custom%20Fountain%20Pens/Designer%20Fountain%20Pens/IMG_8997_zps47598233.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd231/kcavers/Custom%20Pens/Custom%20Fountain%20Pens/Designer%20Fountain%20Pens/IMG_8998_zpsf15511d9.jpg
Feels good to get some pens done. I hope the friend who ordered them, as well as their new owners like them!
Thanks for looking - C&C welcome as always.
Ken
As with a number of unfortunate locations in northern US and Canada, it has been a long, long, incredibly brutal winter here in Winnipeg - enough so that I have been unable to use my workshop for the vast majority of the past 3 1/2 months. This had just about killed me from pen-making withdrawal. Maybe next year I will have a heating system in place. Maybe...
In any case, with temperatures slowly heading closer to zero Celcius, I was finally able to spend a few days working on a four-pen order for a friend who needs gifts for graduating family members. The pen style was not specified, nor was the material to be used. So, left to my own devices, I figured I would use my most practical pen style, the 'Shirt Pocket Fountain Pen' (SPFP), which apart from its practical, shirt-pocketable size, also posts deeply and securely. I decided to use a variety of colours for the caps, and on a whim, gave each pen different end-shapes (flat, coned, domed and round).
I have a bunch more pics of each pen on my blog, but you get the idea...
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd231/kcavers/Custom%20Pens/Custom%20Fountain%20Pens/Designer%20Fountain%20Pens/IMG_8989_zps99310713.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd231/kcavers/Custom%20Pens/Custom%20Fountain%20Pens/Designer%20Fountain%20Pens/IMG_8997_zps47598233.jpg
http://i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd231/kcavers/Custom%20Pens/Custom%20Fountain%20Pens/Designer%20Fountain%20Pens/IMG_8998_zpsf15511d9.jpg
Feels good to get some pens done. I hope the friend who ordered them, as well as their new owners like them!
Thanks for looking - C&C welcome as always.
Ken