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In my best John Hammond voice from Jurassic Park..."We spared no expense." Always a stressful time when you're putting this much gold on a pen. The entire surface is covered in fine gold powder. Followed by a random pattern of fine gold flake. It's pretty "loud" right now, but it'll have a tamenuri finish when it's all done. Making things a bit more subdued. I'm excited to be finished with it!

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Many many months ago I had a free afternoon and decided to play around in the workshop. I haven't made myself a urushi pen in years. So here's what I came up with. A Charleston model with flutes cut into the body (first try...not perfect) with a Negoro style urushi finish. This was made to look old and worn. The clip is cast bronze with raden inlay and aka tamenuri.
Not for sale...this really is for me! Also, I'm not offering to do flutes on custom orders at this time. I need more practice!
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Aiken model in Purple Ishime Raden.

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Recently finished commission. Aiken model in Kuro Ishime Raden urushi. Really came out nice! I also did a purple version that'll be posted soon.

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The #chicagopenshow2018 is officially over for us. Heading to the airport for our ride home. The show was amazing! Saw many old friends, made lots of new ones, and missed those that couldn't be there. Our little CEO daughter was a big help and had an amazing time. We made the best of our table area by making a fort behind us that Ayden and some of the other vendor's kids could play and not be a distraction.
We stayed a couple extra days to catch a Cubs game with our friends from the @kanileapenco. Our first pro game and they didn't let us down by smashing the Marlins 14-2.
We can't wait for next year!

Today's a beautiful day to be in Chicago for the #chicagopenshow2018! Stop by and say hi!

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Heading off for the @chicagopenshow!
Charleston models in all sorts of Koi colors. Come see these and more at the show!

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#atlpenshow2018 is in the books as the best show ever! I can not begin to say Thank You enough for all the love and support!!!! We were blown away. None of these pens survived the first few hours Friday morning as well as many others.
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Charleston models in an assortment of Koi material!
See y'all at the #atlpenshow2018!

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This is the definition of heart break 💔😭😭😭😭. I feel so sick right now. If this were for me I could live with it. But this is for a customer who has been extremely patient while I've been working on this.
Now I need to regroup and figure how best to fix this.

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Another finished commission. Charleston model made with a custom pour. My inspiration was from a painting by Van Gogh (last pic). The color of my pics is a bit off, but the main color of the pen is the same green as the door in the painting. For secondary colors I used the yellow from the chair and terra cotta of the floor.
Really happy with how it came out! The nib is a Bock Ti and is one of the nicest nibs I've tested in a long time!

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Recently finished commission.
Charleston model (slim version) made with my Water Lily Koi material. #5 Jowo nib in rose gold.
Charleston model made with my Primary Manipulation 3 material. Clear ink window. #6 two tone Jowo nib.

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Recently finished commission. Charleston model made with a custom galaxy material.

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A wise man once told me "if you plant your Tibaldi at midnight during the full moon in winter it'll grow to twice it's length." Who would've thought it'd actually work!?!?! #pen #penporn #penaddict #penmaking #fpaddict #fountainpen #custompen #carolinapencompany #tibaldi #aprilfools

So happy to not be sick anymore! I picked up something either from the Baltimore show, or flight home that had me in rough shape for a couple weeks. Anyhow...to pens! These I made just before Baltimore but never got to post. All Charleston models made from a material I call Suspended Animation. It's basically a color swirl frozen in clear resin. I used to make this years ago and thought it'd be fun to revive the look.
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Charleston model in an experimental urushi finish. Similar in style to Tsugaru nuri but achieved by a different method. Negoro style black and red with areas of patterned lacquer with gold powders. I'm super happy with the way it all came together! One of my new favorites.
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