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    Quote Originally Posted by arrow View Post
    Does anyone know about early plastic materials? I know bakelite and celluloid has become widely used names for all kinds of cellulose, phenol plastic based materials. I know melamin is an early one we still have in our daily surroundings. From someone who collects old plastic jewlery, I have heard the names, bakelite, lucite, bexit(e). I like those early black eyedrop fillers, I'm not sure what they are made of. There are intersting materials in new low priced pens too, but I don't know how cow-horn behaves over time. I think it's one of the better materials, since spectacle frames can be made of the. I think some amber, horn and tortoise imitations are cellulose acetate, it can have a translucent quality.
    At the beginning of the thread, there is a list of materials. Horn, and early plastics, casein, or galallith as is more commonly called, is mentioned.

    Regarding black eyedroppers, you can find them (but seldom) in bakelite, it is a fragile material to work with, hence the production not lasting long. Moreover, easily breakable. Many of the black eyedroppers, as you say, are mostly hard rubber made.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fountainpagan;ectupt=true"

    ...At the beginning of the thread, there is a list of materials. Horn, and early plastics, casein, or galallith as is more commonly called, is mentioned...
    I should make a list of them and note down their various caracteristics just to get a better view of the situation. I have noticed some early celluloid / acetate are still intact and in good condition after 80 years, I assume there were quality differences in the 20s and 30s too. Some of the new materials mentioned are intersting like Juma and Elforyn, expecially if they are nice and durable. The Ultra Resin some claim to have should be received well (resin is such a wide term). I recently read of elephant slaughtering (again!) and I hope materials like Elforyn will be accepted as a worthy substitute for ivory. The real thing will always be the point of referance, the odd thing is that celluloid/acetate and hard rubber have become standard points of referance for nice and durable materials. Some times I wonder where we actually managed to improve on things.
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    Quote Originally Posted by catbert View Post
    Mr Catbert, are you trying to bankrupt me?
    Once my obsessive completism kicked in, somewhere back around ‘concrete’, the original purpose of this thread became more less incidental. Think of a cat dropping dead birds in the kitchen.

    Still — apologies to your wallet. Looking forward to seeing the collections this thread yields.

    (My next significant pen will be delrin, I think.)

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    Still — apologies to your wallet. Looking forward to seeing the collections this thread yields.

    (My next significant pen will be delrin, I think.)[/QUOTE]

    By strange coincidence, my delrin pen arrived today. In red, from Worcester Pen Company, with gecko rollstop. It has a lovely soft warm feel to it.

    Here's my recent hand made or small manufacturer purchases :

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    From the top...

    Concrete Contour fountain pen, 22 Studio, Taiwan
    "Tifany" Casein John Twiss, England with silver roll stop
    Horn Clyde Pen Co Scotland
    Stone Grifos, Italy
    Carbon Fibre Venvstas Magna 250, France
    Polycarbonate Matthieu Faivet, France - the roll stop is the winder from anold wrist watch
    Delrin Worcester Pen Co, England

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    Quote Originally Posted by RWS View Post
    ...Here's my recent hand made or small manufacturer purchases....
    Wow! I think you have a very cool basis for this collection of modern fountain pens, and I would love to try the tactile feel of writing with each. I once held Delrin with my long-lost 2000, but c'mon..., concrete?! I gotta check Contour Concrete out!

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    The concrete is hard, but has a very smooth finish. I think the agregate used in it was powdered, not the lumps you see in bridges. It's also surprisingly warm to the hand. The only comment is that it is also slightly absorbent, so seems to be discolouring with oils from the skin. All part of acquiring patina, you know. I will try not to drop it to see if it breaks.

    Also note the O-ring to seal the cap. I've not seen that before.

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    Yes, that's where I first saw it, after Catbert's post #36 in this thread.
    I found a dealer in Europe selling the pens for less, and without the messy customs processes and costs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RWS View Post
    Here's my recent hand made or small manufacturer purchases :

    From the top...

    Concrete Contour fountain pen, 22 Studio, Taiwan
    "Tifany" Casein John Twiss, England with silver roll stop
    Horn Clyde Pen Co Scotland
    Stone Grifos, Italy
    Carbon Fibre Venvstas Magna 250, France
    Polycarbonate Matthieu Faivet, France - the roll stop is the winder from anold wrist watch
    Delrin Worcester Pen Co, England
    Nicely done! The texture on the Matthieu Faivet pen is interesting — rather like bark. Great roll stop.

    Quote Originally Posted by RWS View Post
    The concrete is hard, but has a very smooth finish. I think the agregate used in it was powdered, not the lumps you see in bridges. It's also surprisingly warm to the hand. The only comment is that it is also slightly absorbent, so seems to be discolouring with oils from the skin. All part of acquiring patina, you know. I will try not to drop it to see if it breaks.

    Also note the O-ring to seal the cap. I've not seen that before.
    I was tempted by some similarly fine-grained concrete desk accessories. I like the look of the 22 Studio pen but 45g is a bit heavy for me.

    Re the cap o-ring, the Caran d'Ache Léman does something similar.

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    The texture on the Matthieu Faivet pen is interesting — rather like bark.

    That's what M Faivet calls Tres texture. Nice feel to it, I wonder if it will smooth out over the next 40 years, like my Lamy 2000 has over the last 40. I can't wait to find out.....

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    Just to re-activate this thread, here are pictures of my Elforyn Super Tusk (ivory substitute) pen made by Teodor Mircea.

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    Nice fat pen, lovely workmanship, the material is smooth and has the striations of real ivory.

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    Couldn't resist.


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    I used to have hair that long!

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    Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

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    Here is another ivory substitute, a modern celluloid once sold by Mark Hoover and David Nishimura. I had Brian Gray make this lovely pen, with two sections in black hard rubber and ivory celluloid.


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    That looks very smart. Is the surface textured, or is that colouration in the material? Difficult to tell from the photo.

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    The surface was smooth and the color variation was within the celluloid. Alas, I never seemed to embrace white pens, and I sold it in the condition as you see.

    The American Art Plastics URL no longer works, but you might want to contact Mark Hoover directly (where the blanks were warehoused) to see if he has any available: http://www.lbepen.com

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    Back from my USA trip, which included the amazing San Francisco Pen Show.

    Look what fell into my pocket while I was there. A new metal for the collection.

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    Zirconium by Matthew Martin of MCM Pens.

    Do you like my fancy new pen rest?

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    Ultem — 'a polyetherimide designed for use in high-temperature environments', according to this review.

    Both material and maker are new to me.

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    I was a bit too late enquiring about that very pen when the blogger announced that he was selling to reduce his collection.

    Unfortunately the makers only sell via Instagram, which I won't use. Call me old fashioned.

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    https://www.mcmpens.com/theshop/og1-...mg-kxxkz-cb69w

    Matthew Martin of MCM Pens has discovered a new material.

    Niobium.

    Time to start saving...

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