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Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:25 am
by Graeme
Hi Guys,
The Bog Oak has finally dried out and I can start making pens. It seemed to take forever!! (well it has been in a bog for thousands of years :D) but the oak has turned out amazing, it is dark brown with black grain. :headbang:

I've added 3 fountain pens to our site, I will work on some other models and put them up over the next week.

Let me know what you guys think http://saswatchco.com/pens.html :pray:

Regards
Graeme

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:53 am
by hobbit712
Gorgeous Graeme!

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:56 am
by lilhoody
Those look great Graeme.

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:57 am
by ericf4
i don't know jack about fine pens..but that looks killer.

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:16 am
by kfalk
Nice Graeme. I like the Beckett.

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:18 am
by CGSshorty
ericf4 wrote:i don't know jack about fine pens..but that looks killer.
Same here. That looks awesome.

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:28 am
by lilhoody
ericf4 wrote:i don't know jack about fine pens..but that looks killre
Fixed it for you. Get with the program.

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:40 am
by Panerai7
Very nice indeed!

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:53 am
by Sidheguitarist
Those turned out great. Cool names too!

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 9:27 am
by jeckyll
These look great. My issue is that pens, like shoes, are hard to buy online.

I want to see how a pen fits and feels in the hand. And I actually still write with fountain pens (I have 3 at work currently) :)

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 9:50 am
by Pasquale
Awesome. Sup with the weird prices?

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 10:03 am
by Graeme
patstarrx wrote:Awesome. Sup with the weird prices?
The prices were set in Euros so the site automatically converts them to US Dollars. Is that what your referring to?

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:06 am
by sharkfin
Cool!
Whats the nibs? titanium, rhodium, gold...?
Are you using piston fillers or cartridges?

Congrats.

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:25 am
by CGSshorty
Graeme wrote:
patstarrx wrote:Awesome. Sup with the weird prices?
The prices were set in Euros so the site automatically converts them to US Dollars. Is that what your referring to?
Must be. $118.63 is too random to be a price that was chosen.

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:33 am
by Graeme
sharkfin wrote:Cool!
Whats the nibs? titanium, rhodium, gold...?
Are you using piston fillers or cartridges?

Congrats.
The nibs on these are gold and they have both the piston filler and a cartridge so you can choose which one you prefer to use.

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 12:03 pm
by Sidheguitarist
I think these are totally cool. Good idea.

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 12:31 pm
by jimyritz
Cool names--- 3 Dubliners, right?

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:31 pm
by lilhoody
Wow, they look even bettre on my lap top, than they did from my phone. I'll be in for two.

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:34 pm
by CGSshorty
I can't imagine the mess I would make with a fountain pen.

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:36 pm
by ericf4
I don't have a clue how to use one?? seriously.....Is it a process to fill them etc? would love one as they look pretty baller

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:48 pm
by Dedalus
Very nice, Graeme. :cheers:
Like the Dublin link. In particular, Beckett and Joyce were closely linked. The young Beckett acted as a secretary of sorts for Joyce while in Paris (he transcribed parts of FW as by this time Joyce's eyesight was very poor). :ugeek:

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 6:56 pm
by koda240
That is a killer pen. Well done Graeme

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:06 pm
by jeckyll
ericf4 wrote:I don't have a clue how to use one?? seriously.....Is it a process to fill them etc? would love one as they look pretty baller
What _do_ you know? :lol:

Here, they work with both refillable and throw away cartridges. The "thingy" that's currently attached has a screw mechanism at the end. You dip the tip in the ink (the tip of your pen, not your micro-penis ;) ) and turn it and it sucks the ink up into the refillable cartridge :)

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Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:23 pm
by lilhoody
ericf4 wrote:.....Is it a process to fill them etc? would love one as they look pretty ballre
Fixed again...damn you're stubborn.

Re: Fountain-Pens

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:28 pm
by ericf4
darin I have no idea what your F'n talking about??