Thread: Cebloplast Serpentine Churchill Fountain pen

Thats a goodlooking pen Amos. Nice work.

Is that stuff readily available?

No, that stuff is as scarce as hens teeth, Amos

Originally Posted by Woodenink

No, that stuff is as scarce as hens teeth, Amos

Well. That's always the way , isn't it .

Beautiful pen Amos, a treasure for anyone. Excellent work.

thats a beauty amos gotta love that stuff im lucky i got sent a piece of that earlier this year in a swap now ive got an idea on what to make with it

I do not know why I continue to pick on your photos Amos but I just do Maybe because your work is so good there is nothing bad that can be said for improvement. But your photos look again like they are going to fall off the page. It must be the angle you take the photos at. When your background and the pen are on a 45 degree angle in the photo it gives that illussion. Also when you use a background such as the carpet in the photo with the cap the grain direction gives that same effect. Now if you use a background that has no lines to compare the pen to I think you would do a whole lot better.

Hey my friend this is just friendly comments and I mean no disrespect. I would like to see your work in the best possible light because you do some great work. Please take this as just a friendly post.

I think that material is some of the best looking stuff around and when shined up and seen in person it stands out. Too bad it is so hard to get these days. Also makes for an interesting turning session with the care needed to work with it and its low melting point. Thanks for showing. Job well done.

great looking pen Amos

you have achieved a marvelous finish

is it just polished or do you have to put a finish on as well???

MIK

Well done Amos that is another beauty. i know that stuff is difficult to turn but it looks as if you have mastered that one. Someone should snap it up quick.

Originally Posted by Woodenink

No, that stuff is as scarce as hens teeth, Amos

I might have a couple of hen's teeth around here somewhere..

Thanks for the comments, and JTT , you are right, I deliberately turn thne camera on an angle to get closer to the pen and show up more detail, I just hate looking at a picture from"far away"! what would be nice is a "close up" that is on the level but still has the size and detail of a picture taken on an angle. JTT we have spoken about this before and your comments are taken on board cheerfully, I know where you are coming from. Amos
Charlie--I am going hen's teeth hunting!--Amos

Originally Posted by Woodenink

Thanks for the comments, and JTT , you are right, I deliberately turn thne camera on an angle to get closer to the pen and show up more detail, I just hate looking at a picture from"far away"! what would be nice is a "close up" that is on the level but still has the size and detail of a picture taken on an angle. JTT we have spoken about this before and your comments are taken on board cheerfully, I know where you are coming from. Amos
Charlie--I am going hen's teeth hunting!--Amos

Amos

Glad to hear you are taking my comments in fun. Do you have a macro feature on your camera??? That would give you that close up look. If not then set your pen more torward the edge of the table closet to the camera. I know this sounds simple but some times we overlook the obvious things and I can vouch for that because I am guilty big time. Thanks again for showing. It does look great and that stuff is better looking in person when it is all polished up like that.

JTT, it is impreative to understand that constructive criticism is very good, better than limping along for years not realizing that you could easily improve, now I have installed a 5 ton JACK underneath the photo stand to prop it up--that pen will never fall off!!! Amos

Beautifully done Amos.


There is something about the style of those old materials. Maybe it's just that it brings back memories of old things, or maybe it's the memory of the first fountain pen I ever used.

Another stunning pen

If you want to pen on an angle, maybe you need to prop it up at the cap end to accomplish this, see if you can find a white chopstick holder or something similar