Silver Key

May 14, 2015

This is a Celtic key design engraved in Sterling. Both the finial and the end of the barrel boast cabochons of vintage cebloplast. Not surprisingly, it's substantial in the hand!

Thank for looking!

Doug

May 14, 2015

Very nice! I like that the clip extends past the cap end, very unique.

May 14, 2015

I'm in a quandary.

I rather like it. But not as much as I'd like to like it (if that makes sense).

Generally, I like Greek Key patterns. I don't know a great deal about Celtic ones, but thought they were curvy (or was that the Anglo-Saxons? dunno.). Regardless, I thought they tended to have a great deal of symmetry, but this one feels a bit lop sided to me, and the cap pattern goes the other way to the body. If the pattern were to have been symmetrical, it wouldn't bug me, and then the cap would have matched the barrel whether posted or capping the pen.

I presume this was cnc'd using an A axis. If so... I'm consumed in jealousy. Just the sort of thing I want to play around with.

The machining looks pretty sharp, and the barrel, cap & section look beautifully polished. The long clip doesn't look unbalanced, but doesn't seem to echo any part of the shape of the rest of the pen. Oh, forget my comment, I'm quibbling, when I really want to be able to emulate you.

Regards,

Richard.