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Hi folks, I wanted to share a recent design of mine that I call The Serpent (some of you may have seen this on the FB group). I really wanted to come up with something that was out of the ordinary and I think I was able to achieve that with this design. The clip is solid sterling silver with a #6 JoWo nib. The tail end of the body has been shaped to make it look like it's slithering. Well that's the hope anyway :) Thanks for looking.

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-John
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Cool pen and I love the colours of the darker pen but I like to see the head of the snake clip at the other end. Then the tails of the barrel and clip are trailing. Would you mind saying where the material comes from? Something you make or is it purchased? It makes the pen.

 

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Cool pen and I love the colours of the darker pen but I like to see the head of the snake clip at the other end. Then the tails of the barrel and clip are trailing. Would you mind saying where the material comes from? Something you make or is it purchased? It makes the pen.

 

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Thanks for the feedback, Pete. The material is purchased. I spoke with a couple blank makers and exactly how it's made seems to be a bit of a mystery. The material itself is from overseas and not traditionally used in pen making.

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