Pelikan Pencil Conversion

This project has been sitting on my bench now for close to a year.

I was sent two old pencil bodies and asked to convert them to take Parker refills.

Like any time you are using old parts there is a risk.

We tried my first idea on a green one that was a common color and I ended up with a bunch of bits. Bad day.

So that is why this one sat on my desk for so long trying to come up with a idea that would still have a complete pen at the end of it all.

One day like many of my projects a solution just hit me and this is what I ended up with.

A couple more 51 style pens

I have always wanted a Parker 51 ballpoint but every time I see them they are going way more than what I am prepared to pay.

So because today was a holiday I was able to get out into the shop by 6:30 and this is what I came up with.

I also polished up the inside so you can see the ink level of the Itoya refill that I have installed in it.

Next up is using some Parker Sonnet nibs that I had kicking around.

Sooo Blue

I got this material in on Friday and I had forgotten how much I love this crushed velvet material.

This was the same type of material that I made my first kit pen out of about 18 years ago.
I used one of the new clicker units from Richard Greenwald's site.
It is so smooth with no noise at all when it is advancing the refill.

It is made to take Parker @ Itoya style refills.

The clip I had from a bunch of parts that I got a bit ago.

I love this blue.

Making A Pen To Use The Zebra Style Refills

I have always like the refills that Zebra has for their F series ballpoints but they did not seem to work in any other pen that I had so I built one.

This has no clip because my wife is trying it out for me and she is not keen on clips.

Very simple and clean design.

Royal Ball Point

I got this little pen a while ago because I thought it was sort of cute.

It is only 3 1/2 inches and does not seem to have any cap.

The refill was all dried out of course.

But I was able to cut down a Bic refill and now I have a pen that writes but no idea about it's history.

Anyone?