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I would like to show you some bamboo pens I just have finished this afternoon.
Three bamboo and Ebonite pens. The Cap/Barrel made form Bamboo grown here in Switzerland.
The other parts made from Ebonite, both Bamboo and Ebonite treated with Urushi lacquer, a technique called "Fuki-Urushi".
Fuki-Urushi is rubbing urushi into the Ebonite and Bamboo surface and let it dry for 24 hours. This process was repeated 5 times to give the surface a soft feeling.
One version straight shape with ebonite end/top, one straight shape with natural bamboo end, the third with a natural bamboo piece. Gold plated brass fittings. Length closed 11.00 cm, capped 13.50 mm.

Best regards,

 

Manu Propria Pens
Martin

 

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The cap and the body are the same. You just screw it on different ends.

 

Martin- a very interesting approach to a pocket pen made with unusual materials. Very creative.

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I suppose the little black part made of ebonite looks about large enough to fit a cartridge. Just my guess, having not handled the pen.

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I suppose the little black part made of ebonite looks about large enough to fit a cartridge. Just my guess, having not handled the pen.

 

That's very little ink... :(

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I certainly could be wrong. Hopefully Martin will come back around to clarify.

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Looks pretty cool. Kind of reminds me of a bullet pencil?

In any case, people please please please put No 6 nibs and girthier grips on pocket pens.

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Hi there,

 

The cap serves indeed as the barrel when posted

As mentioned above the small ebonite part is the real barrel.

The size allows to use a regular ink cartridge and the pen has a No.6 nib

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The size allows to use a regular ink cartridge and the pen has a No.6 nib

 

Do you mean a standard International long cartridge? Or one of the short ones?

It certainly is an interesting concept, although I'll admit that wooden pens don't really do anything for me. I could see myself maybe being interested if the pen was something like ebonite, although the cost might be a factor regardless of the material.

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Because it is a small pen it works with standard (short) cartridge

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Because it is a small pen it works with standard (short) cartridge

 

Yeah, I was afraid you were going to say that. :(

My absolute grail pen (the "when I win the lottery" pen) is a Yard-o-Led Viceroy Victorian. I'm worried that the Standard size might be too heavy for me -- but I don't really want a Pocket pen because of the same issue as with this one. Too small a barrel to take anything except a Standard International short cartridge. And not a converter....

I do like the IDEA of this pen. But I won't buy a c/c pen that I can't get a converter for. Too many years of burning through cartridges with my early pens, and just chucking the spent plastic cartridges into a landfill. (Plus, you get a way better range of ink colors in bottles.... ;))

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Just playing devils advocate here... but, you could always refil the cartridge— although, it is a bit of a pain— I had to do this with one of my ohasido pens and it was bothersome .

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Yeah, when I started here on FPN that was my first post -- asking about refilling cartridges. As far as I'm concerned, if you refill them with the same ink (and have a way to seal them -- I like 100% silicone caulk, myself) they are good for backups. But if you want to use DIFFERENT ink, cleaning them is a major PITA, IMO. Much easier to just get a converter if at all possible (which, sadly, in the case of most "pocket" pens *isn't*) and then if you're traveling have spare ink in a sample vial.

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