A Custom Pen

[pvector]

Question how much is it to have a custom made pen turned out of say aluminum or steel. It will be full metal construction designed to take the parker standard refill. Just curious.

[UltraMagnus]

You may want to clarify if you mean fountain pen, ballpoint, or rollerball.

 

I have to admit, I have always found it a little irksome that most custom pen makers don't post prices.

Edited June 3, 2011 by UltraMagnus

[pvector]

o yes, parker standard refill ball point, i had meant to say that, forgot the bp.

[DanF]

You may want to clarify if you mean fountain pen, ballpoint, or rollerball.

 

I have to admit, I have always found it a little irksome that most custom pen makers don't post prices.

 

And how is one supposed to post a price in advance on a custom item when just what that item will entail is not known?

[Chthulhu]

If one posts images of previous custom items and what one did/would charge for them, then the newcomer will have some idea of how one's work is priced. :-)

[Federalist Pens]

pvector, I would start with this thread:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/173390-pen-makers-who-will-take-commissions/

 

(FPN members who make pens)

 

Regards,

Frank

[UltraMagnus]

If one posts images of previous custom items and what one did/would charge for them, then the newcomer will have some idea of how one's work is priced. :-)

This is exactly what I was talking about. Obviously it is impossible to know an exact price, but it would be nice to know what order of magnitude we are talking before everyone's time is wasted by pointless equerries.

[pvector]

yeah, either charge by hour or something solid, bad marketing on their part

[pvector]

pvector, I would start with this thread:

 

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/173390-pen-makers-who-will-take-commissions/

 

(FPN members who make pens)

 

Regards,

Frank

 

 

yes i see, thanks, thats what i was looking for

[drgoretex]

If one posts images of previous custom items and what one did/would charge for them, then the newcomer will have some idea of how one's work is priced. :-)

This is exactly what I was talking about. Obviously it is impossible to know an exact price, but it would be nice to know what order of magnitude we are talking before everyone's time is wasted by pointless equerries.

 

I think some clarification is in order. The point of this particular subforum "Pen Turning and Making" is not for penmakers to market their products, but rather to share with one another, and with those interested, what they have been doing - sharing tips and techniques and such. In a forum like this, is would be rather inappropriate to start listing prices. Those who wish to sell their pens on FPN will list in the "classifieds" section where a price will indeed be noted.

 

Cheers,

 

Ken

[SDB777]

yeah, either charge by hour or something solid, bad marketing on their part

 

 

I wouldn't call it bad marketing. After all, if I were to say that the pen above could be made for $20USD, and then I sent a banged up piece of aluminum pipe with a Bic BallPoint refill stuck in it....you'd probably be a bit upset(I would!).

 

Custom pens need to be talked over with the builder/craftsman so that both parties involved get exactly what they need. And there really isn't a way to put an hourly rate on something like that.

 

 

 

 

Scott (good luck, hope you get what you want) B

[pvector]

theres only one way to truly get what you want, make it yourself, except that requires a lot of tools and equipment.

[Chthulhu]

I think some clarification is in order. The point of this particular subforum "Pen Turning and Making" is not for penmakers to market their products, but rather to share with one another, and with those interested, what they have been doing - sharing tips and techniques and such. In a forum like this, is would be rather inappropriate to start listing prices. Those who wish to sell their pens on FPN will list in the "classifieds" section where a price will indeed be noted.

 

Cheers,

 

Ken

 

Ken, the pricing issue was in regards to various makers' own Web sites, not to this forum. :-)

[djkpens]

how much to turn steel or aluminum

this is very vague

steel could be thin wall cro/moly or solid drill rod

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size weight finish desired //clip /no clip

desk pen ??????????

vague vague vague

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how much to fix my car ???????

how much to fly on a balloon ???????

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how high the moon ?????????

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consult with a potential client wanting work

all this would be nailed down

ideas materials time cost shipping

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question how much is it to have a custom made pen turned out of say aluminum or steel. It will be full metal construction designed to take the parker standard refill. Just curious.

[pvector]

steel/aluminum, click style, clip, about 6 inches, approximately resembling a jotter except with a barrel with a thicker diameter.

brushed finished.

 

and two of your questions can be answered. dont troll.

[djkpens]

i made a blued steel fp out of turned down bicycle tubing

decorative turning --remove wall thickness and reduce weight

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kit fromt end or adapter from parts pen

or front end turned from magnaluminum

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click button or cap type

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hand made clip from spring steel //or articulated alum sprung clip

or kit clip

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scratch built original design //one off

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sketch work ups etc form follows function

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many mistakes are made doing these

and after the first one is done

ideas for improvement come to mind

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with steel there is a weight factor

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then you have stainless steel

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machinist gunsmith knifemaker

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wood plastics brass

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if you are considering

a design it could be from all fabricated elements

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the blued steel fp i made had a slip on clip fabbed from sterling

and sterling ends silver brazed in

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the turned titanium pens i made were spun from aerospace thinwall tube

and press fit ends were used

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some extruded alum materials might wotk

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auto parts tube //air conditioning tube -usually very soft

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make one make two make 10

then you will know what goes into it

[djkpens]

wrap alum foil and guitar strings around a jotter