New King Size Bulk Filler In Black Sem Ebonite And Inlaid "quail Egg Shell" Bands

[fountainbel]

Hi all,
Thought I should evaluate another aesthetically design approach...
Lots of complementary work, but well worth it in my opinion.
Searching in the shell parts for the best fitting shell particle takes a lot of time, and gluing the particles perfectly in place is even more a monks task.
Took me 9 hours to finish the complementary work, and ........a sleepless night due to a blocked neck spine
Luckily my friend is a chiropractor and helped me out of the pain and misery the next day
The glued shell particles in the grooves are covered with cyanoacrylate glue in several consecutive layers, harden overnight , and then turned flush on the lathe and polished
The ring grooves become progressively smaller towards the section, pitch between the rings are all identical.

Note the yellow colored transparent ink window
Giving the black cap a link to the barrel inlays, I decided making also an inlaid groove in the cap top
Note the nib unit - nib,HR feed and housing- screw in the section.
Your comments , critiques and suggestions are most welcome as usual!
My best wishes for a healthy and joyful 2014 for you all and your loved ones !!
Francis

 

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[dcpritch]

Astounding! Absolutely amazing attention to detail. And the best part is your bulk filler filling system inside the barrel. Well done, Francis!

[RMN]

Hi Francis

 

My wife and I would also like to wish you, Werner and the team at Komec a healthy and prosperous 2014!

 

 

An interesting material for those rings.

 

One small thing bothers me. The cap band in metal disturbs the sequence. How would it look visually to have the smallest ring at the bottom end and the largest at the cap-top? where the width of the metal capband should be in order with the quails egg rings?

 

 

D.ick

[jgysenbergs]

Amazing! All best wishes for 2014.

[Opooh]

Hello Francis,

 

Also the best wishes.

 

Nice pen, some Raden influence?

As for me I prefer the blue Tibaldi celluloid.

Edited January 3, 2014 by Opooh

[fountainbel]

Hi Francis

One small thing bothers me. The cap band in metal disturbs the sequence. How would it look visually to have the smallest ring at the bottom end and the largest at the cap-top? where the width of the metal capband should be in order with the quails egg rings?

D.ick

Hi Dick,

Thanks for your comment !

This could be done

The gradually decreasing ring width towards the section - as shown now- symbolizes ( or refers to ) the gradually decreasing ink volume.

Francis

[fountainbel]

Hello Francis,

 

Also the best wishes.

 

Nice pen, some Raden influence?

As for me I prefer the blue Tibaldi celluloid.

Thanks for your reaction Opooh !

No, no Raden influence, just an idea..

I even didn't know what Raden was, looked it up, very nice these mother of pearl inlays !

Francis

[Sblakers]

Love it! My favorite design yet!

[Aquinata]

Very nice! We're you attracted to puzzles in your youth?

[dannyroll]

That is beautiful, I love the rings getting thinner towards the grip section!

[basterma]

This is really nice to see. A little taper as the rings grow might be the only thing I would change.