This is the start of the prototype II – as you can see I knocked the pen bit out so that I’m left with the barrel with the flange in the right place (this is so much cheaper and easier than buying silicone and polyurethane and casting it all). Now all I have to do (famous last words) is install the appropriately cut brass rods inside this empty barrel so that the refill sits in the position shown in this photo. This will have to wait now, however until I can get back into the studio in May as we’re away in England and I’m in Belgium until the end of April.
More to follow then