Varsity Makeover: Ugly No More!

[DogArtist]

I got inspired by Peninkcillin's post from last year about refilling cheap Varsity fountain pens. That was great info because I have a bunch of them. But they are ugly things. So I did a makeover on one using alcohol inks and a metallic leafing pen. Here's the result:

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I blogged about it, if you'd like to read a bit more about this approach. I'm pretty happy with the results and will probably make over all my Varsity pens this way. Because I don't mind using a cheap pen but it doesn't have to be cheap AND ugly!

[The Follows]

Pretty awesome looking

[fountainpenkid]

Very cool! I did a simmilar thing to a space pen once--a chrome model: I took the barrel and the cap and sanded them with 300 grit or something around there. Then I dipped the pen in colored wax, and layered it to create an interesting pattern...oh how I wish I took a picture!

[KrazyIvan]

That is really cool looking.