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Katia, I look forward to seeing you again, hopefully you will bring the work that you have been doing since I last saw you!

Just in case you decide to pop down to Portobello Road again [like you did last time] I will not be there on the weekend of the 28th/29th February, as I will be attending the Little Rock Pen Show, in Arkansas, USA. I just thought that I had better mention it, otherwise it would be a shame if you came all the way by train, and I was not there! :(

I look forward to seeing you again.

Truffle Finder. :)

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Having done the weekly shopping trip, I got back, and packed up a small parcel to go off to Neal, for some photographs to be done.

Hopefully a few images will be appearing on this thread fairly shortly.

Truffle Finder. :) :excl:

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The lovely Vanness Pen people in Little Rock are sponsoring a "Trunk Show" for the Truffle once again. Last year it was quite fun!

 

Henry Simpole Trunk Show

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~~Larry Brown

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Albinoni,

I use Bock nibs in my pens, originally, when I first started doing my overlaid pens, Conway Stewart used to make the 'base-pens' for me, and I used to use their 'branded nibs', which were also made by Bock!

Thank you very much for your comment about my pens. :rolleyes:

Truffle Finder. :) :excl:

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Henry is posing in his Speedo trunks in the USA at some point I have heard........

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/260251-henry-simpole-trunk-show/

A wise man once said    " the best revenge is wealth "   but a wiser man answered back    " the best revenge is happiness "

 

The true definition of madness - Doing the same thing everyday and expecting different results......

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So I have been reliably informed, the Little Rock area is currently experiencing quite heavy snowfall! So I think that it will be very unlikely that I will be showing off my undergarments, while I am there!

I hope that this will not discourage anyone from coming to see what's going on at the Vaness shop though!!! :unsure:

Truffle Finder. :)

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While it will be a balmy 72F today in Florida. This is the time of year we get to sneer at everyone who made fun of our 100F summers. :bunny01:

 

Keep that in mind planning next year's walkabout. :eureka:

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Here you go folks, Henry's bespoke Namiki inspired commission in the sheet silver stage. Look at the number of cut-outs!

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7332/12462750633_135deb2798_o.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7428/12462755513_3652c912b1_o.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7379/12462585675_2e5a44b7a3_o.jpghttp://farm4.staticflickr.com/3719/12463103814_b5fabc211d_o.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5536/12463097404_3f0328d50e_o.jpghttp://farm3.staticflickr.com/2865/12462748093_89a137487c_o.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5540/12462749803_3fa6d84fe2_o.jpg

www.neallaverphoto.co.uk

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You're darned tooten' Ghost Plane! And it's going to be more complex than that even!

After it has been curled, and then silver soldered, the base-pens will be made up to fit the overlays perfectly. Then the magic will begin, whereby all the little spaces in the design will be 'in-filled' with different coloured Japanese laquer. [i don't think I have spelt that word correctly!]

Before I started doing the piercing out, I counted the number of 'holes' in one of the flowers in the design, there were over 50 of the little suckers!!! :wacko: :blush: :unsure: :excl:

Hey hoo!!!

Truffle Finder. :)

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Excellent work, Truffle Finder, I am most impressed!! And (at the risk of revealing who it was that commissioned these from you!) I see that you've found a way to incorporate the four-leaf clovers into the design! Otherwise they would have been 'floating' and not a part of the template - kudos for that!

 

I will keep one of the pens as a 'Henry Simpole Overlay' pen. The second will be infilled with Japanese lacquer (correct spelling!) - black base, and red, vermillion, green and gold for the flowers. It will be a modern rendition of a vintage Dunhill Namiki design!

 

Great stuff Henry!

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I will keep one of the pens as a 'Henry Simpole Overlay' pen. The second will be infilled with Japanese lacquer (correct spelling!) - black base, and red, vermillion, green and gold for the flowers. It will be a modern rendition of a vintage Dunhill Namiki design!

 

Great stuff Henry!

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God is seldom early, never late, and always on time.

~~Larry Brown

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Thank you esterbex, truly drool-worthy!

The more I look at what Henry has done, the more I'm impressed. I thought I would share with our fellow FPNers the starting point Henry had to work with. Here are pics of my ultra-low-tech attempt at photo-montages of the design on the vintage Dunhill Namiki pen cap and barrel. This is what Henry had to work with – he’s managed to reproduce the design so faithfully!

The cap:

http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/yy78/sumoshogo/TemplateCap_zps8ad6d9e6.jpg

And the barrel:

http://i779.photobucket.com/albums/yy78/sumoshogo/TemplateBarrel_zps857a9809.jpg

I'm especially happy about the five-leaf clovers, which we thought we would have to lose! An interesting project, don't you think?

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http://m0.i.pbase.com/o3/84/809884/1/116708680.ECpEqYXA.applause.gif http://m3.i.pbase.com/o6/84/809884/1/116249003.4exfDfid.hatsoff.gif :notworthy1: Words escape at the moment!

 

Well...maybe one..... http://m2.i.pbase.com/o6/84/809884/1/138389742.mrKL3fUM.Wow2.gif

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~~Larry Brown

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Remember the Marilyn design from last year..? Well here's the finished pen!

 

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3672/12560607994_30be7cc0e7_o.jpg

 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7391/12560125285_572342a30f_o.jpg

 

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5531/12560616394_bc631b79aa_o.jpg

www.neallaverphoto.co.uk

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Marilyn before....And thank you once again dearest billydo!!! :notworthy1:

 

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~~Larry Brown

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