My wife collects fountain pens and I thought it might be fun to make her a pen out of carbon fiber. Her birthday is coming up in March so I want to get started. I am not totally sure how I will do it at this point but thought I would post and see what others on the board think.
I bought a new pen which I would like to mold from, it has a female shape and is a pretty good brand. I can then turn around and use the internals.
Here is a picture of the pen I want to copy.
My plan is to make a mold of the pen with the cap on (second picture). I thought I could just make a mold of half the pen. I would mold the half that doesn’t have the pocket clip. Then I could make 2 parts from the mold and put them together. At that point I could have the pen shell. I am not positive but I believe I can remove the silver caps on the end and install them on my pen. I would then cut the case that I made so I have a base and a cap. I can then make threads where the fountain pen internals can screw into (the black part with the nib in the first picture).
That is my thought so far. My big concern is making the outer shell. After that I believe I have it under control.
I hope this make sense… let me know your thoughts!
Thanks,
Daniel