"The Fires of Mustafar" Bamboo Pen by Ken Cavers

[KrazyIvan]

As posted on my blog. More pictures can be found there.


The Fires of Mustafar Bamboo #fountainpen ,A review posted at inktronics.wordpress.com #inktronics #review #wordpress by IvanRomero, on Flickr

After seeing some very nice examples of this "Bamboo" pen by Ken Cavers, I knew I wanted one. It took me a while to finally decide ti contact the good doctor and place my order. The hardest part of the whole ordering process was deciding what material the pen should be made of. After a few emails back and forth, the order was complete. I thought deciding what material to chose was the hard part. It's not. Waiting was the hardest part. You see, these pens have become popular and Ken has a long waiting list of orders to fill. Add in the fact that pen making is not Ken's day job (He is a real doctor) and that equals a 6 month wait list. Fortunately, I did not have to wait that long. It was more like three or four months, I don't remember exactly now but it was worth the wait.

The pen is done in what Ken calls Red and Black acrylic. It has a fiery look to it that is really cool. Being a Fountain Pen Sith Lord, I renamed the pen material, "The Fires of Mustafar".

Capped the pen is very large. It clocks in at just under 6 inches or 151 mm. Without the cap, it measures 132 mm. You cannot post the cap. I am okay with that as I rarely post my pens. The pen is perfectly sized for my hand without the cap anyway. The section, at the thinnest point measures 10.3 mm and 17.7 mm at the thickest point of the barrel. The slightly hour glass shapped section makes it very comfortable to hold. While there is a step down from the barrel to the section, it is high enough on the section that it is not an issue. (Just a note on measurements, I just bought some calipers so the measurements differ from my written review and this typed review).

The two tone, steel, 1.1 mm stub nib has been smoothed by Ken and this is super smooth! I believe it is a JOWO nib.

The filling system is cartridge converter and with a little silicone grease this could easily be turned into an eyedropper filler. I am not sure how much ink it could hold but it looks like it can hold a sizable amount. The converter is a bit larger than what I am used to so it holds enough ink for me.Please keep in mind I like to say I have ink ADD. This is taking into account the wet flowing 1.1 mm nib.

If you want a custom pen at a good price, don't hesitate to contact Ken, it will definitely be worth it!

Thank you for reading.

Ivan

The Fountain Pen Sith Lord.

[drgoretex]

Thanks for the kind appraisal, Ivan!

Ken

PS - glad to hear I'm not the only one with 'Ink ADD'

[earthdawn]

Just read your blog review of this pen ..

NICE !

Looks beautiful. The fit and finish is stunning.

LOVE that juicy stub

[KrazyIvan]

Thank you earthdawn.

I just posted this notice to my blog.

You may have noticed the blog seemed to have some issues if you hit the page earlier today. This was due to an issue with the theme I was using. It seems everyone in the WordPress sphere was having the same issue if they happened to have the same theme. I have switched out the theme for now. Apologies to those who tried to get to the blog only to see nothing.

Tell me what you think about the new theme in the comments. I may just keep it.

EDIT: I may have to keep this one. It looks like the old theme was retired by WordPress.