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Bexley America Artist
No. 2 Limited Edition
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Featuring Artist: Ray Cover, Master Engraver
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Woodgrain with Vermeil
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This fountain pen was created with Ray Cover,
an artist and master engraver. Mr. Cover is known for his fine
engraving on knives and guns as well as fishing rods and reels
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This is the Vermeil over wood grain ebonite
(hard rubber) with a 10K solid white gold clip on the cap. The
clip has been electroplated in 23 carat gold to match the vermeil.
Vermeil has been used on fountain pens for about a century and
is the name given to gold over sterling silver.
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This pen is #10 of 18. This number is
stamped on the back of the clip band. Also notice in the
picture to the left the number 925, barely visible at
the top. This number indicates the sterling silver content
under the gold.
Notice the exquisite hand work, enlarged more than ten
times here.
Ray Cover uses a microscope to get a close-up view of
the surface that he is hand engraving. He works on each
piece of precious metal on these pens, hand engraving
them one-at-a-time. This is remarkable when you consider
that most engraving is done today with a computer-guided
laser beam.
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This is truly a bench made pen - the work
of a true artist and master engraver. This is the real stuff.
Click here for his web
site.
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Each pen is 51/4" long with the cap
on. The barrel is 4 1/4" long not including the nib, and
3/8" wide. The section is 1/4" long. The whole pen
weighs 27 grams
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Both Artist series pens come with
18k two-tone nibs, hand set by Howard Levy. They are
available in Fine, Medium, Broad and Broad Stub. The
Stub nib is suitable for customization to all forms
of italic points up to 1.15 mm. |
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This is a piston filling fountain pen that
requires a bottle of ink in order to fill. It is filled by twisting
the blind cap on the end of the barrel.
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Each pen comes in a custom wooden box, hand crafted by wood
worker, Wally Becker. The material and finishes of the boxes
have been selected to complement the finishes of each pen.
Click here for his web site.
The American Artist Series #1 pen has already sold out. We
imagine that this limited edition #2 pen will go the same
way. Only 18 pieces will be made in each of the two colors.
Retail Price: $3500.00
Our Price: $2800.00
To
place an order, or for more information, please call us at
323-655-2641. Or
email: info@nibs.com.
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