Giving a happy end(ing) to a Cavalier

[penwash]

This particular Cavalier (made circa 1930s if not earlier) is quite atypical.

First of all, it's gorgeous, I can't remember seeing another Cavalier in this almost unused condition.
Second, it's made out of woodgrain ebonite, usually some celluloid with tacky patterns.
Thirdly, it's girthy, usually Cavalier pens are slimmer than this bad boy.

When I got it, it's a pen-pencil combo, but the pencil part is just ... odd, and not matching at all, as though they ran out of material and made the pencil part from another. On top of it, it's damaged from what looks like a previous attempt to repair it.

So, I took the pencil part off, and made a new end for this pen. Inspired by the styling of legendary Pelikan 100, I made the end from black ebonite, which matches the black top finial on the cap.



By the way, this is also why a pen restorer like me have a small metal lathe. Because it's super handy when you have to make an impromptu part like this. The tricky part is to make the end look the part, it has to be nice and polished, but it can't be too shiny because it's supposed to look old, just like the rest of the pen.