Vertex Ballpoint Pen with Antique Brass Hardware and Aluminum Body / #323

Description

**** RAW SOLID ALUMINUM PEN BODY ****
*** The Hex Nut Mechanics Pen ***
This is a handmade top button click action ballpoint pen made by Placid Crafts. Yes, this pen is made from a Solid Aluminum Rod. The Hardware on this pen is Antique Brass. The solid aluminum rod is cut to length, drilled out and a brass tube glued in. From there it is turned in a metal lathe to shape and fit and sanded and polished. The pen is 5-1/2" long. I would consider this a standard diameter pen because the pen body is .440 and both the top and bottom are Hex (Nut Shaped).  I call this the Mechanics Pen because it looks like you need a 7/16" wrench to take this pen apart..... But you don't..... With the aluminum pen body this pen weighs 1.2 oz. or about the same as a pen made of Corian or slightly heavier than the poly resin blanks. The raw aluminum pen body is very unique and not like the standard pen blanks that you buy. This pen body is RAW Aluminum; It has no lacquer, sealer, or acrylic covering. This pen will Patina as raw aluminum will. New as it is, it is shiny. Aluminum is a soft metal and will scuff up, scratch, and age as raw aluminum. It will take on an antique look as it ages.  /  271-323
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he standard Fisher “SPR Series” Refills were developed for NASA and have been used on EVERY Space Shuttle mission both American and Russian. They are hermetically sealed with a
specially formulated thixotropic ink
and pressurized to about 35 PSI. They are the only refills that will write at any angle because they do not rely on gravity.
TO ADD OPTIONAL .50 INK COLOR AND POINT
CHANGE OUT SERVICE TO YOUR ORDER:
►INK COLOR AND POINT PREFERENCE: We get a lot of requests to change out the ink cartridge to suit the buyer's personal preference for color. We will change out the black ink / medium point cartridge that are standard in most pens to a color and point refill cartridge of your choice for .50 per pen. From our eBay store home page - just click on the TOP CATEGORY “CUSTOMIZING YOUR PEN” and select the listing Fisher Space Pen. Please purchase the Ink Preference and the pen and combine the payment. The Fisher refills fit the Retro 51 pens with the Parker adapters but the Retro 51 refills do not fit the Fisher pens so we have separate listing for the choices of the two pens. Type or paste the Listing number below into the search bar then add it to the shopping cart with the pen you are purchasing and pay at the same time.
Fisher Space Pen Ink Change Out Service
For .50 additional Charge Listing Number
293004811034
Your choices are:
Fisher SPR Pressurized Ballpoints:
Black / Fine, Black / Medium, Black / Bold
Blue / Fine,  Blue / Medium, Blue / Bold
Red / Medium, Red / Fine
Green / Medium, Green / Fine
Purple / Medium
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Silver / Medium
Brown / Medium
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Burgundy / Medium
OR ....
Turquoise / Medium
About Placid Crafts:
Placid crafts specializes in handmade pens both conventional handmade and their signature metal series pens. These are made on a metal lathe form solid metal round stock blanks; these are made from Rebar, Aluminum, Brass, and Copper. These are drilled out to 3/8” and a brass tube glued in to mount the hardware to. The Rebar is lightly cleaned on a wire wheel and sprayed with a clear coat to protect the steel from rusting. The other metal pens are turned to the proper size and the sanded for a smooth surface. These pen bodies are not sealed or coated. They will patina as each type of metal will. They will get darker as they age and the patina gives them the antique look that is so popular right now.
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