JEBs Manaslu Fountain Pen

About the JEBs Manaslu:

The Manaslu JEBs Manaslu fountain pen uses a unique externally mounted Art Deco-style clip. Most clip rings are mounted below the finial, either externally or internally (hidden). Very few clips are mounted externally. Other pen styles with similar clips are the CS 100 and 58. In fact, the CS 100 is one of my favorite CS pens, so I had the 100 pen in mind when I designed the Manaslu.

For a full-size pen, the Manaslu is short and stout. The clip is secured with a small, hand-made acrylic plug. The plug is usually made with the same material as the cap, but it can be made in a different color if desired.

About the name:

This pen is named after Manaslu, the eighth-highest mountain in the world. Also known as Kutang, it’s located in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in west-central Nepal. Manaslu means “mountain of the spirit,” and the word is derived from the Sanskrit word manasa, meaning “intellect” or “soul.” Manaslu was first climbed on May 9, 1956, by Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu, members of a Japanese expedition. If you’d like to learn more about Manaslu, visit Wikipedia: Manaslu.

Manaslu dimensions:

The Manaslu is a shorter-styled pen, coming in at about 5 1/2″ long when capped, but it’s similar in diameter to the other larger pens. The uncapped length is about 5 1/8″ with a 3″ long barrel. You can also order it with a longer 3.25″ long barrel. Maximum diameters are cap 5/8″ and barrel 9/16″.

Manaslu options and upgrades:

The Manaslu is another style that allows you a few upgrade options. You can add metal accent bands at various locations for a little additional touch of flash, such as at the base of the cap or the end of the barrel.

Material: As with most JEB’s Pens, the Manaslu can be ordered in one of the materials shown, or you can choose your own custom color and material. Another option is to make a ‘2-tone’ pen using two different colors. Use two solid colors, or use something with a pattern and accent it with a solid color. Use the accent color on the Section and clip finial, or go a step further and add a blind-cap with the secondary color.

Hardware: The Art Deco-style clip is available in antique gold only. And as shown in one of the photo’s, the Manaslu can be ordered with a 4 mm wide accent band at the base of the cap. Also, a matching gold accent band can be added behind the section, or add a band at the end of the barrel with a blind-cap.

Nib: The Manaslu comes standard with a #6 steel nib in your choice of finishes and tip sizes. Current finishes available are: polished steel and AGS (All-Gold-Steel). Tip sizes available are: x-fine, fine, medium, broad, or 1.1 and 1.5 italic.

Inking system: Standard inking system is C/C (cartridge/converter). Other inking system options are eyedropper, button filler, bulb filler, or vacumatic. One of the photo’s shows the Manaslu made with the button filler system, complete with a matching acrylic button.

Rollerball option: As shown in one of the photo’s, the Manaslu (as well as most other pen styles) can be ordered as a rollerball pen. I have two different-style nose cones that can be used. The large cone, as shown, or a smaller cone with an acrylic extension. Together with the small nose cone, the length is about the same as that of the large nose cone.

Featured Manaslu

This Manaslu has several unique features that I wanted to point out, so I thought I’d show it separately as a feature pen…

The first unique feature is the material. Supplied by the customer, it’s some very rare blue diffusion bonded acrylic (DBA). If you’re not familiar with DBA, it’s created by stacking thin flat sheets of cast acrylic together, then compressing it to a point where the sheets join together at the molecular level. The process creates a subtle horizontal light & dark pattern.

About this DBA… There were only a few of these DBA colors made, and from the information could find, all were given special names. The blue seems to be so rare that I was only able to find a photo of one other pen made with it. It mentioned a color name, but I wasn’t sure if it was the orignal color name, or the pen maker named it. So I won’t mention it. If anyone knows what the color is called, I’d apprecaite an email.

This customer sent along another piece of rare vintage material call Impero celluloid. Their was just enough (1″ long) to use for the clip jewel.

He also sent few shorter pieces of green and red DBA, neither of which were enough to make a fountain pen. So he requested I make a pair of Euro style kit pens. There was just enough green for a pen, but the red was only a little over an inch long. So I made a red and black 2-tone pen with the red framed by the black on the lower half of the pen, then an all black upper barrel.

Another somewhat unique feature on this Manaslu is the nib. It’s made by a company called SCHON DSGN (for Schon Design) and is called the MONOC. It’s made of Titanium and made to fit Sections machined for a #6 Jowo. The nib is available in 17 different colors/finishes. This one is called polished silver.

Photo’s… Shown on the RIGHT is the group of pens. Below is a slideshow of the blue Manaslu.

Miscellaneous items:
I also offer a variety of hand-made pen-related items. Pen Props, pen cap Buttons, Pen and Ink Trays, Cufflinks, and Button Covers. Use a Pen Props to display a pen or temporarily raise the nib. Order in a pen-matching material or a wooden style in a variety of finishes. Cap Buttons are small pieces of cap jewelry you can add to a clipless pen to keep it from rolling. Use a Pen & Ink Trays to display your favorite pen and ink. Trays are available in several styles and in your choice of natural wood. Cufflinks and Button Covers are timeless favorites that dress up a shirt. Order them in pen-matching material.

To custom order any of the pens you see on my website for yourself or as a gift, please contact me at jeb<@>jebspens.com.

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