Old 222 S Tortoiseshell Alternative

 Fountain pen with retro appearance of polyester material with Tortoise finish. The barrel shape is narrow from section to wider at the end of the body.

It has white incrustations of white casein on the ends.






Characteristics:
Material Body: Polyester
Metals: No
Cap: Screw on
Nib: Jowo nº5 Fine Steel
Filling system: Universal Cartridge
Length (capped): 126 mm / 4.96"
Length (uncapped): 113 mm / 4.44"
Length (posted): N/A
Diameter (body): 11 mm to 12 mm/ from 0,43" to 0,47"
Diameter (cap): 13.5 mm / 0.53" 

Old 111 L Black Ebonite

I'm in love with black fountain pens. Large with vintage looking. And I think this one is. It is made of black ebonite brought from India by Ranga Pens.

Body shape is barrel format. From the section it widens to the center and then narrows again at the end.

Characteristics:
Material Body: Black Ebonite
Metals: NO
Plug: Screw on
Nib: Jowo nº6 Steel Broad
Charge: Converter or Universal Cartridge
Length (capped): 142 mm / 5.59"
Length (uncapped): 134 mm/ 5.27" 
Length (posted): N/A
Diameter (body): 13 mm to 12 mm/ from 0,51" to 0,47".
Diameter (cap): 14.5 mm / 0.57" 

Lady DoubleFlat RedStardust S

This other DoubleFlat S is made with Conway Stewart Red Stardust material. This acrylic material comes from the Conway Stewart fountain pen factory that sold material and it can still be found in online stores.

This DoubleFlat S carries one clip unlike the other and also barrel tapers towards end.

 

Characteristics:
Material Body: Acrylic
Metals: Golden clip
Cap: Screw on
Nib: Jowo nº5 Medium Steel gold plated 
Filling system: Universal cartridge
Length (capped): 131 mm / 5.15 "
Length (uncapped): 121 mm / 4.76 "
Length (posted): 147 mm / 5.88 "
Diameter (body): 12 mm to 11 mm / from 0.47" to 0.43 "
Diameter (plug): 14 mm / 0.55 "

UnibodyT M Green Ripple Ebonite from India

After a brief exchange of emails with Mr. Kandan MP from Ranga Pens, I received a package of different coloured ebonite bars.

For this project, my first attempt to work with ebonite, I chose a green color with brown ripples.

I called it UnibodyT M because it visually looks like a single body. There are no steps between the plug and the body. The T is because they do not have width uniformity along their entire length.

 

Ebonite has always been used to create fountain pens and lots of other things. It is a plastic with which one works very well on the lathe.


Characteristics:
Material Body: Ebonite
Metals: No
Cap: Screw on
Nib: Jowo nº6 Fine Steel

Filling system: Universal converter or cartridge
Length (capped): 143 mm / 5.63" 

Length (uncapped): 141 mm / 5.55" 

Length (posted): 169 mm / 6.65" 
Diameter (body): 14 mm to 11 mm/ from 0,55" to 0,43".
Diameter (cap): 14 mm / 0.55" diameter

The beginning

As a fan of fountain pens, I've always been interested in the back shop. How are they done? How are they designed? How does it feel to finish one?

Who thinks about making such an object from the last century?

Once determined, I started some research and from all this some fountain pens will come out that I will show you. I like old-fashioned fountain pens, you'll see.

I'm just an amateur who wants to have a good time.

It was funny to give them a name, call them names somehow. It is as part of the process, although knowing what I am like, it will be quite anarchic

I will try to create my own resins in order to know how home made plastics behave.

Many people think that you can't say that a fountain pen is not entirely handmade if the same craftsman doesn't make the nib. Well, it's true anyway. I plan to enjoy every moment. I hope you guys enjoy it and discuss it with me.



Let's see what comes out.....

The first Double Flat S

The first fountain pen that came out of my lathe was the one I called Double Flat S. The S is the size. We'll have Double Flat S, M and L. I'm pretty sure we also will see  XL.

The measurements of these and all series will be (without cap):

• S: up to 125mm / 4.9"
• M: up to 130mm / 5.11"
• L : up to 140mm / 5.51"
•  XL: from 140mm / 5.51" upwards

It's made from a material called Casein. This one in particular is called Yellow Tiffany Casein and comes directly from the UK.

I didn't really expect such spectacular material when I got the blank... 

I like simple fountain pens. Not so much golden or trims. This does not mean that I do not experiment with them throughout the learning process.

The Flat Double has no clip, they are smooth with flat ends.

In this case we start from a couple of casein sticks. Brief explanation. Casein is obtained from milk. in this very common product, there are proteins called casein, and from a chemical process different products are obtained. One of them is a type of polymer called casein.

The product that comes to us is the so-called Yellow Tiffany Casein, produced by The Turners Workshop.

The result is this:

Characteristics:
Material Body: Casein
Metals: NO
Cap: Screw on
Nib: Jowo nº5 Fine Steel 
Filling system: Universal Cartridge
Length (capped): 128mm/5.03" long
Length (uncapped): 120mm/4.72" long
Length (posted): N/A
Diameter (body): 11.5mm/0.45".
Diameter (cap): 13.2mm/0.52" diameter

This was my first pen and I found some mistakes that I should improve on:

•  The plug thread to the body is too long. one has to go around too much
•  I wanted to make the connection of the section to the body under pressure, without thread due to the small size of the pen. over time, it's gotten big