This Pen Is Hot!

[Carl Fisher - F3 Pens]

These flames are so hot I can't finish the pen yet

 

Short a finial so I don't have the final dimensions yet but had some pictures and I figured I'd share the progress on this one.

 

 

[Art]

Great looking pen.

[pennut]

Beautiful pen!!

[mtnbiker62]

Want!!

[TheRealScubaSteve]

First two pictures look great, but the third really shows off the depth of the flames. Will it come with a warning to use only with pot-holders? I should really stop browsing this subsection - wants vs. needs and all that!

[Carl Fisher - F3 Pens]

Want = Need (Just sayin' )

 

I was back and forth between chrome and gold for the clip and polished vs gilded for the nib but found that gold tones just didn't quite look right against that background. Chrome and a polished nib just looked that much better I think.

 

Itching to get this one finished up but having to wait on a die that seems to be in limbo in the USPS system.

[TheRealScubaSteve]

That is my problem . . . Wants all too often become needs. I try my best to keep the two in check (often unsuccessfully)! The chrome looks great. I would imagine gold would detract from the flames quite a bit and I find silver/black combos to generally work pretty well for anything.

[Carl Fisher - F3 Pens]

My comment was really tongue in cheek. I really don't believe that want and need are the same thing and when I look back on that it was a silly thing for me to say at all. Hopefully nobody took that the wrong way.

 

I did however receive the die today to finish up the rear section, but unfortunately it'll be Friday before I can get out in the shop again.

[TheRealScubaSteve]

It would take a lot more than that to puncture my skin

[esterbrookj]

What an absolutely gorgeous design. The choice of material isn't exactly to my taste, but the design - wow. Please allow me to applaud your excellent front section and the exquisite rounding of the end of the cap. And you avoided an awkward step in the pen body. Very well done.

Have you used it yet? It looks like it must be quite comfortable to write with.

 

-Evan

[Dalepenkala]

Sweeeeeet!

[Carl Fisher - F3 Pens]

Thank you for the kind words all.

 

The final shape was cleaned up a bit with the addition of the rear body section. I tapered everything down a bit so the cap would post properly without threads.

 

There is still a bit of buffing rouge in the joints to wash up but otherwise it's done and ready to rock. This one will end up in my sellable inventory but it'll be hard to let it go.

 

Specs:

Nib: JoWo #6 Fine point polished

Capped length: 5.25" / 133.2mm

Uncapped length: 4.95" / 126.1mm

Body dia largest: .52" / 13.4mm

Cap dia largest: .6" / 15.2mm

Postable: Yes

Weight: 17g with cap, 11g without (approximate, my fine jewelry scale took a dive so this is from my not as accurate postage scale)

Edited October 2, 2014 by Carl Fisher