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Nanor

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A recently made cartridge converter with a Bock # 6 nib.

 

The barrel and cap are turned from a Conway Stewart Graphite blank. I’m afraid my photography isn't good enough to capture the rich depth and subtle pearlescent grey flakes of this material.

The section, finial and blind cap are of black acrylic and it is furnished with hand crafted solid sterling silver rings, band and clip.

 

It measures 6” capped, with a barrel dia of .550” and a cap dia of .600”. The cap secures to a 3 start thread with 1 1/4 turns. All threads are single point cut.

 

Not there yet, but I'm moving in the right direction and enjoying the process.

 

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Thanks Richard,

 

I imagine it's the same for most of us. Pen making is an obscure and consequently solitary pursuit. With no one to learn from, we are self taught by our own mistakes. As our knowledge, design and technique improve our errors become less obvious.

While I'm generally happy with this pen, it's very far from perfect, but the mistakes are well hidden.

There is still a huge amount of room for improvement and when I can find the time I'll enjoy doing so.

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Lovely pen, you have an excellent design sense. If the technical aspects don't meet your, apparently very high, standards then keep at it. You had me a hand crafted silver components and I feel you very obviously "there".

 

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