Bulls-Eye Fountain Pen
Solano style fountain pen in olive drab green acrylic
with bulls-eye nose cone.
This pen is like the ‘Submarine‘ pen I made a few years ago. But with this one I used a green Alumilite called olive drab instead of black. Then since I already had a submarine pen, I decided to call this one a bulls-eye pen. So named because when you look head-on at the top of the cap, the colors form a bulls-eye.
The pen was styled after the Solano, but I adjusted the length of the parts. The cap and barrel on the Solano are the same length at 3.0″ each for a total of 6.0″. This pen is 6.0″, but I moved the joint forward and reduced the cap length to 2.50″, then added the 1/2″ to the barrel making it 3.50″ long. The Section is the same length as the Solano at 1″ long.
About the Bulls Eye:
The Bulls-eye was created by gluing the three individual colors of acrylic to the front of a green cap blank. Simple? Maybe. But, in order to get the bulls-eye effect, I had to calculate the length or thickness of each of the three colors so that when the front of the cap was tapered, it would allow all FOUR colors to show when looking straight onto the top of the cap giving the bulls-eye effect. I say four colors because the GREEN in the cap should also be visible. It is, It actually forms a perfect bulls eye. But unfortunately when I took the photo the glare around the cap made the green and some of the red look white.
About the material:
The main material is an Alumilite acrylic called “Olive Drab”. The customer wanted a solid army shade of green, and when I found these blanks I thought they would be perfect.
To continue the army theme, I gave the acrylic a matte finish instead of the traditional high-gloss. I created the finish by stopping just before the final polishing stage, and then cutting back the shine by hand buffing with brown Kraft paper (from a brown paper bag). The paper bag was coarse enough to cut back the shine, but fine enough not leave any scratches. Then I gave it a final buffing with a coarse shop towel leaving a nice silky smooth surface. I think it looks just like the green you’d see on an old army jeep!
Dimensions:
This Pen’s Specifications:
Color / Material: Pen: olive drab Alumilite acrylic.
Bulls eye: Navy blue, white and engine red acrylic acetate.
Length: Capped 6.0″ / uncapped 5.81″.
Diameter (max): .67″ (joint).
Clip: Clipless.
Nib: (broad) 18k gold #6 Jowo.
Filling System: C/C (cartridge/converter). Also available as an eyedropper and vacumatic.
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