Finally finished the celluloid pens tonight. What was supposed to be one turned into two with three sections.
First – I wasn’t happy with the cap I made. Too short and squatty lookin. Not tapered enough. Then a thing with how deeply I threaded the barrel and how long the threaded tenon on the section was and how it left a little bit of barrel threads unoccupied and just looked kind of funny.
Now you may be wondering why there’s no nib in these monsters. Well, the customer also happens to be a pen maker and all he wanted was round sections with an 8mm hole bored through so he could fit a Delta oversize #8 nib and shape the section himself. The photo in the link shows the #8 at top, then 6 and 5 nibs below it.
Also finally got around to tuning and grinding a few nibs for customers. Two cursive italics and smooth writing fine and medium nibs. Saw a video of Richard Binder going at an Edison Pearl with a red cutoff wheel for a dremel. I’ve been using the green aluminum oxide wheel and it’s a little slower going than the cutoff. I tried the cutoff tonight and absolutely LOVE it. Quick and easy. Then just a couple minutes getting it nice and smooth and I’m all done. Very nice.
The two CI nibs on the left, then fine and medium points.
Drying out after a bath. 