Gf Piston Filler Inspired By A Mixture Of Vintage Mb Features

[fountainbel]

Hi all !

I’ve just finished a prototype of a "new style" pen I’ve designed in cooperation with a pen friend .

This unique pen - which will remain in my personal collection - is made in Tibaldi Impero celluloid.

The pen shape is somewhat inspired by the early Montblanc safeties, while the pen is a piston filler equipped with a Montblanc 14X telescopic filler.

Ensuring a comfortable grip, the section grip is made 2.5mm longer compared to a MB139 pen.

Note the filler can be completely unscrewed from the rear , no need to remove the section to replace the piston seal.

The central GF marked cap ring as well as the 2 side rings and the clip are solid silver

I’ve riffled the 5mm wide cap top collar and on the filling knob -on which the riffling is functional - over a length of 9 mm;

Between the barrel end and the filling knob I’ve installed a silver ring which kind of balances with the clip ring.

The silver GF cap logo is mounted in the cap top and covered with a transparent convex acrylic disk which acts as a loupe.

As always your comments and critique are most welcome !

Kind regards,

Francis

[Fermata]

A beautiful pen, very, very nice Francis.

[dubhe]

Beautiful. Is the filling knob wider than the barrel? Also what is the jewel on the clip? Again, a beautiful pen thank you for sharing.

[fountainbel]

Beautiful. Is the filling knob wider than the barrel? Also what is the jewel on the clip? Again, a beautiful pen thank you for sharing.

 

 

Thanks for your comment dubhee !

The rifled part of the filling knob is 0.25mm lager in diameter compered to the barrel.

The jewel is a Tibaldi Impero pinching plug press fitted in the clip.

Francis

[fountainbel]

A beautiful pen, very, very nice Francis.

Thanks a lot Parkette, much appreciated !

[Scylax]

It's beautiful, as always! Love love LOVE that material, but what you do with it is amazing. Love the logo too

[Wolverine1]

Another beauty, Francis!!!!! I really like this pen. Keep up the good work.

[kazoolaw]

An aside - does MB still have a litigious attachment to the thin-wide-thin capband scheme?

[siamackz]

Wow, so creative!

[SpecTP]

that's a really good looking pen

[Zdenek]

Very nice, Francis. I like the pen.

[fountainbel]

Thank you all for your comments, much appreciated !

Francis

[bstnnyc]

Wow!! Francis this is one of my favorites that youve designed. I hope that this new pen style is one that you will some day offer for purchase especially in the impero celluloid

[fountainbel]

Hi all !

Made a contemporary silver ball clip for the pen.

Looks a nice alternative to me, which one would you prefer?

Best wishes for a healthy and prosperous 2020 !

Francis

[bebox]

Oh, I really, really love the pen with this clip. Gorgeous.

Also, I appreciate the ever so slightly wider diameter of the filling knob, it makes for a very nice balance.

Actually, the pen looks very well balanced (I mean visually).

Just wonderful, I'm in love

[SpecTP]

I like the ball clip.. simple and clean. There is a nostalgic appeal of the shaped clip, but if it comes down to it, I'll take simple and clean.

[FredRydr]

I prefer the second clip, too.

[WLSpec]

Nice pen!

[GOTO10]

I meant to comment on this earlier but the clip question seems like a good place to chip in my two cents after the fact. Of the two I like the ball clip, but without the black stone I think I would prefer the original clip.

 

I'm sure this has been said in many other threads that I have not read, but what I love the most about your posts are the drawings you show us. Your hand made drawings are better than many CAD drawings I see at work.

[Michael R.]

Love the ball clip!

 

For me the cap top and barrel end look too bulbous. However the material selection and craftsmanship look superb!

 

Cheers and happy new year

 

Michael