Pen Making So the big news this week is that as you can see by the image above, the main bulk of the work is done. All of the pens are shaped, clips are cut in threads are made and work. I received my order of nibs, clips and converters so things are moving forward. I made another one of the Zeus model pens this … Continue reading Update 50: All present and accounted for

Pen making So I thought I would share my polishing routine with you guys this week. Mainly because I remembered to take some progress pictures as I did them as I was asked on instagram. My memory is terrible so the fact that I remembered is an achievement all in itself, so yeah, go me! Do you remember the brown pen with the brass rings … Continue reading Update 49: What a jolly smashing time!

Sorry it’s a bit late. I know I posted yesterday that the update would be today and I will honour that but my brain is not with it. My dad got hit by a car yesterday when he was crossing the road on the way home. Spent 10 hours at accident and emergency over night and got sent home. Found out this morning, he says … Continue reading Pen Making Update 48: Totally not with it

Pen Making update Let’s starts with some positives, I need to keep the positives in the front of my mind. Then we can deal with other things. As you can tell it’s not been all sunshine and roses. I polished the pens I made last week and they are looking quite good. I love the way the polishing process makes them come out, no matter … Continue reading Pen making update 47: Scribbles

Pen making Wow, this week has been pretty full on. I needed a break and I wanted to make a pen for myself on Saturday. So I decided to use a blank I have been sitting on for almost a year. They were some of the first blanks I bought, I got a set of three, purple, green and orange. I used the purple pen … Continue reading Pen making update 46: Full steam ahead