Temere Fiere

I recently found myself with the opportunity to make a couple of dip pens as gifts, so I thought I'd make a quick tutorial on how to make a dip pen for anyone else that might try this fun exercise. I'd made one before, but it had been a while and I had scavenged a few pieces from an old pen to make that one, so I decided to have another go, this time from scratch. I had mostly in mind what I was looking for, but it took me a little to find all the components. The Handle - Easy, I knew I wanted to carve it out of some sort of hardwood The Nib - Gave me a little trouble, but I eventually found a pack of two at Hobby Lobby for a pretty reasonable price. The Nib-holder - This gave me the most trouble. I knew it had to be a thin metal tube just big enough to accept the nib and hold it tightly, but it also needed to look nice and be something I could work with. I finally found a stainless steel ferrule off of an old fishing pole that was the perfect diameter and was l...