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You wood love this pen too

While I have many fountain pens made from resin or metal, I don't have any wooden pens. A life without any wooden pens is no life for a pen aficionado like me. So I ordered some from Renee Meeks of Scriptorium Pens.

I show here the first one which Renee has just finished. A dip pen in roasted curly maple (explanation see below). And it turned out beautiful.



Renee had already made a resin pen for me - we call it "Japanese Autumn" pen as it shows the same colors as the leaves in autumn. I will report details in another posting.



While we were planning for the corresponding spring, summer and winter pen, I found out that Renee also likes to make wooden pens. I had a little spare money available, so I decided that now is the time to end my wooden pen-less life.

The first one is a dip pen made from roasted curly maple.

What is curly maple? Wikipedia says "Flame maple (tiger maple), also known as flamed maple, curly maple, ripple maple, fiddleback or tiger stripe, is a feature of maple in which the growth of the wood fibers is distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern, producing wavy lines known as "flames". This effect is often mistakenly said to be part of the grain of the wood; it is more accurately called "figure", as the distortion is perpendicular to the grain direction."

What does roasting mean? Americanspecialityhardwood says "During the process of roasting, water, sugars, and resins are cooked off, leaving behind cellulose and lignum. Lignum is the glue that binds the cellulosic fibers together. Curing in this process increases the stability of the piece. Distribution of lignum is optimized and made consistent throughout the piece, resulting in greater stability of the wood."

I needed a dip pen, so I choose the Literati Academe model of Scriptorium Pens: LINK.

Thank you Renee for the photos.

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Beautiful pen, isn't it?


And I? I am looking forward to the other two pens which are normal fountain pens in different woods.

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Renee has still some of this wood at hand - claim it at Scriptorium Pens. 

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