**** RAW GENUINE 5/8" REBAR ROD PEN BODY ****
This is a handmade Steampunk Bolt Action ballpoint pen made by Placid Crafts. Yes, this pen is made from a 5/8" Rebar Rod. The Hardware on this pen is Antique Pewter & Copper. This pen features the Victorian age Industrialized 19th century look. Some of the cool features of this pen is 24 small flat head screws, the riveted design pattern, the replica Gatling gun barrel, The hand lever pocket clip, The bullet NIB, and not to mention the Bolt Action ink advance mechanism. The pen is 5-7/8" long. I would consider this a larger than standard diameter pen because the pen body is 5/8" Rebar. The raw rebar pen body is very unique and not like the standard pen blanks that you buy, and the rebar definitely adds weight to the pen. This pen body has no lacquer, sealer, or acrylic covering. This pen will Patina (Darken or Age) as raw rebar will. It take on an antique look as it ages. / Pen #148
ABOUT REBAR:
Rebar (short for reinforcing bar), also known as reinforcing steel. Common rebar is made of unfinished tempered steel. Rebar is used as a tension device in reinforced concrete and masonry structures to strengthen and hold the concrete in compression.
Rebar is tempered steel that is case hardened. The core is alloy steel but the closer to the outside the harder the steel gets. This makes drilling it a real problem. I use special hard drill bits manufactured from tungsten and molybdenum to increased hardness and with cobalt added to ensure superior heat resistance.
Ink Color
& Point Change Out Option For $3.50
We get a lot of requests to change out the ink
cartridge to suit the buyer's personal preference for color. We will change out
the black ink / medium point cartridge to a color and point refill cartridge of
your choice for $3.50 per pen. Once we change these out we then have new ink cartridges
that are not sealed in packaging and cannot be sold as new. The customer that
wants a personalized cartridge gets what they want for half the price, and
another customer gets a new but unpackaged ink cartridge at a discounted price.
Ink Preference on this pen is available in our eBay store - just click on the
Store Icon on this listing, then select the Personalized Items Category on the
left hand side of our eBay store. Please purchase the Ink Preference and the
pen and combine the payment. This helps to assure that the order is filled
properly since it helps to keep your choice with your order, and stop delays in
shipping. Use the add message section on the “review your purchase” page to
state your choice; this is the page you come to when you click pay now. There
is a link on the left side of the page below the listing number that has to be
opened to leave a message. These messages come up in PayPal with all of the
order information. Having the choice there helps keep your choice with your
order and greatly reduces mistakes and speeds up shipping. If you miss this
link use the ask seller a question link on the listing to state your
preference.
Your
choices are:
Black /
Fine, Black / Medium, Black / Bold
Blue /
Fine, Blue / Medium, Blue / Bold
Blue Check
Guardian
Red /
Medium, Red / Fine
Green /
Medium, Green / Fine
Purple /
Medium - Silver / Medium
Brown /
Medium - Burgundy / Medium
OR
.... Turquoise
/ Medium
About Fisher Space Pens:
Fisher
Space Pen is yet another great breakthrough from space research. No other pen
has so much to offer. This pen was designed in 1965 by Paul C. Fisher, for
NASA, and with no cost to NASA or our government. Ordinary pens rely on gravity
to write. Hold them upside down and they quit. There was a need for a pen that
would work in the zero gravity vacuum of space, and in extreme conditions. Paul
Fisher developed such a pen. For the ink cartridge to write at any angle the
cartridge was charged with 35 PSI of nitrogen. A small ball type float was used
to separate the gas charge from the ink and it had to be hermetically sealed to
hold the charge. With that type of pressure a precision fit stainless steel
machined socket with a tungsten carbide ball and a specially formulated
thixotropic ink was used keep the pen sealed and leak free. Fisher Space Pens
have been used on EVERY Space Shuttle mission, both USA and Russian. They were
also featured on a Seinfeld episode. ..... Imitated but never duplicated.....
Because it is hermetically sealed it will not dry out like other pens and has a
shelf life of over a hundred years. It does not rely on Gravity, It writes
upside down, in the vacuum of space, on wet paper, underwater, in the freezing
cold of -30° F, and the boiling heat of 250° F. Fisher Ink cartridges stay leak
free and writing longer, cleaner, and more consistently than any other ink
cartridges. Fishers are not only utilized by Astronauts but the Thunderbirds,
the Blue Angels, the Navy Seals, and the Canadian Snowbirds also use the Fisher
pen. Fishers are favorites among Firefighters, Paramedics, and Police Officers.
We have even sold them to Tow Truck operators is Alaska that needed a pen to
write in subzero conditions. If you count on a pen to work, you need a pen with
a Fisher ink cartridge. The Fisher Bullet Pen was exhibited at the New York
Museum of Modern Art. It has been featured on the Tonight Show, Good morning
America, John Ratzenberger's Made in America, and an episode of Seinfeld. Still
proudly made here in the USA and I can tell you first hand Fisher Space Pen
Company is made up of great people. Fisher has a wide variety of pens to fit
almost anyone’s wants and needs in a variety of price ranges. Pens from the
economy line that are gas pressurized, Plastic barrels, and not refillable at
about $5.00 to the Infinium Series Pens that is warranted to never run out of
Ink for a lifetime at about $150.00. Of course, there are many series in
between so you are sure to find the pen that fits your needs and style. All of
this brings me ask the question, “Sure you could buy another pen, but why would
you?” Fisher refills come with an adapter to fit them to Parker and Parker
Style ballpoint pens. Fisher also makes pressurized refills to fit Cross style
pens. See the Fisher line by visiting our eBay store. Just clicking on the
store link, then select the category you would like to see from the list on the
right hand side of the page.
Thank You
From Cyber
Space Pens