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This pen was a custom commission.

 

Everything was done from scratch. Only the nib and feed were not made by me.

 

My question....

 

How does this pen appeal to you?

 

Personlly, After getting set at the given diameter., I fell in love with it.

 

Thoughts?

 

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Looks great Brian. Now, if only you would make a pen where the cap posts..................

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Looks great Brian. Now, if only you would make a pen where the cap posts..................

Laban has a similarly-shaped pen, and I've yanked Leigh_R's picture of the pen (that is now mine) that shows how it posts.

 

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I think Brian could do something like that as a custom mod possibly.

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Beautiful colour and shape - but not too keen on the clip (gold is right, but the clip seems to cheapen it somehow)

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I think all that expanse of orange might be 'set off' by some sort of contrast....a gold ring, on the cap, say, or near the barrel-end?

 

It's very handsome :)

 

FWIW, I think that the angle of the pen in the first photo...one of your 'standard views'...tends to make the barrel-end appear 'fatter' than it really is...parallax effect, I guess.

A longer focal-length lens might also help?

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rbanks Near Mint

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The shape just makes me want to hold it. Classic in an organic way - if that makes any sense. It doesn't have the identifiable man-made look of a squared off pen. I'm not criticizing that look - they are lovely. It's just this looks like it could have been found that way in nature. While that particular color isn't my favorite, it is still a beautiful pen that just looks comfortable. I would tend to agree with youstruckgold that I'm not sure that is the perfect clip for this pen, but I'm not imagining anything, so can't offer a constructive suggestion. If the nib wrote like butter and it fit the hand like I imagine it would; I can see this easily being a favorite pen.

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Ooh, I like that very much. It is a lovely shape - makes me want to hold it. Personally, I think that it looks good without a band on it - each to their own :)

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Brian, that's a beautiful pen. Given the trend for fatter pens, why not make this one in a variety of widths - I would love a great big chunky one like a Danitrio Genkai or Namiki Emperor. Say 0.7" or 0.8" wide?

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I like this pen, and even better if it posts. Now, color, I'm not in with orange, but with all your other options, I think it would be a good one to have. I like the clip choice, btw. I guess that may be a matter of preference.

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It looks great to me. My one suggestion would be to keep the length when capped no more than 5 1/2". I like the orange and I think it would look very smart in a red/black ebonite. The clip suits the pen well.

Bryan

 

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Brian,

 

I've been thinking ... how would a clip with a flatter "ball" look? Sort of like the vintage Sheaffer clips.

 

Alternatively, does anyone make slip-on clips? If so, this pen offered with a choice of slip-on clip would be neat (I'm thinking a snake clip-on, of course!).

 

But it's a beautiful pen ...

 

HP

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Brian...

 

I haven't purchased an Edison pen in a few months and now this!! You are killing me man, killing me I tell you :)

 

Great pen. Look forward to an email from me soon.

 

ajp

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Beautiful! I like the color and simplicity of design.

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