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Bexley America Artist No. 2 Limited Edition
Featuring Artist: Ray Cover, Master Engraver
 
Woodgrain with Vermeil
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
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.

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.

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.
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
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.
 
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.

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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