Opal Starlight

[Brooks803]

A recently finished commissioned pen that's on it's way to Hong Kong. I call the material Opal Starlight. Japanese black ebonite front section.

 

Dimensions:

 

Capped: 5 3/4" ~ 146mm

Cap: 2 5/8" ~ 67mm

Body+Nib: 5 1/4" ~ 133mm

Posted: 6 3/8" ~ 162mm

 

Threads:

 

Cap/Body: 12x.08mm Triple Start

Section/Body: 9x.75mm Single Start

 

Nib & Ink:

 

Jowo #6 Ruthenium - 1.1

 

Cartridge/Converter

 

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/Brooks803/DSC04902567x700_zpsdc94e294.jpg

 

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/Brooks803/DSC04904564x700_zps970c1c15.jpg

 

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/Brooks803/DSC04906547x700_zps9aed037a.jpg

 

http://i1136.photobucket.com/albums/n496/Brooks803/DSC04908700x341_zps4338e714.jpg

 

 

Thanks for looking!

[18111]

Starry starry night... I wish I could see them closer. Beautiful work!

[inkstainedruth]

Wow. That has to be one of the most beautiful blank material I've ever seen. Thanks for posting the photos.

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[Ted A]

That is just flat out elegant!

[richardandtracy]

That's a remarkable colour blank. The design and finish are excellent.

 

Regards,

 

Richard

[da vinci]

As always great work Jonathon.

[Brooks803]

Thank you all for the kind words! I'm very proud of this one.

 

 

Starry starry night... I wish I could see them closer. Beautiful work!

 

Sorry Yoshi! It's already shipped out. The best I can do is link a quick video I shot of a different pen, but in the same material. It gives a good view of the depth of this material. http://youtu.be/B2nO6Sx-o1w?list=UUDLzMkKFV7oqkD56FeEfh6g

[Dalepenkala]

Great looking pen John!

[jebib111]

A level of fit and finish not to mention beauty to be admired.

[PaperDarts]

That is absolutely gorgeous, thanks for showing us.

[Scriptorium Pens]

So beautiful, especially considering how hard you've said this material is to work with!

[kimmo]

WOW! This is truly The Starry Night fountain pen! Sorry Visconti.

[duncsuss]

Beautiful pen, Jonathon -- one of these days I will get back to penmaking and use this material, it's sitting by the lathe wondering when its day will come.

[linearM]

Absolutely beautiful pen, both in terms of material and form!

[Brooks803]

Thank you all for such kind words!

 

 

So beautiful, especially considering how hard you've said this material is to work with!

 

Thanks Renee! It is a real PITA but I think I've learned it's little idiosyncrasies to where it won't be as difficult on the next one.

 

WOW! This is truly The Starry Night fountain pen! Sorry Visconti.

 

Wow indeed! Thank you for such a kind statement!

 

Beautiful pen, Jonathon -- one of these days I will get back to penmaking and use this material, it's sitting by the lathe wondering when its day will come.

 

Thanks! I've been racking my brain trying to remember who else had a rod of this stuff. Give me a buzz when you go to work with it. I'll walk you through some trouble spots I kept running in to.