Mithrilmechanisms
@mithrilmechanisms.com
Saving the world from Bic pens one custom handturned item at a time. Hundreds down, bazillions to go.
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Listen, it's too big a world to be in competition with everybody else. The only guy I have to get better than is who I am right now.
- Col. S Potter
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Listen, it's too big a world to be in competition with everybody else. The only guy I have to get better than is who I am right now.
- Col. S Potter
I'm dying here. "Opposed ATM rolls".... #dimension20
November 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I'm dying here. "Opposed ATM rolls".... #dimension20
Copied from a Krebs repost on Mastodon. Great idea though.
October 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Copied from a Krebs repost on Mastodon. Great idea though.
Was able to sneak a pen in this week. A Steam'pump' style pen, Garnet Gear is made with some vintage cellulose acetate that I recently was able to pick up. Beautiful material and beautiful to work with.
October 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Was able to sneak a pen in this week. A Steam'pump' style pen, Garnet Gear is made with some vintage cellulose acetate that I recently was able to pick up. Beautiful material and beautiful to work with.
And already for the mobs
October 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
And already for the mobs
In the middle of my first attempt at a 360 degree herringbone pattern.
Lesson were learned and still are being learned
Lesson were learned and still are being learned
October 1, 2025 at 4:21 AM
In the middle of my first attempt at a 360 degree herringbone pattern.
Lesson were learned and still are being learned
Lesson were learned and still are being learned
Finally got everything setup to be able to turn again. My schedule still leaves me with limited time but I was at least able to get this one out.
And for me it's an extra special one. The wood is douglas fir reclaimed from roofing material from Ray Bradbury's house.
#fountainpen #booksky
And for me it's an extra special one. The wood is douglas fir reclaimed from roofing material from Ray Bradbury's house.
#fountainpen #booksky
August 21, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Finally got everything setup to be able to turn again. My schedule still leaves me with limited time but I was at least able to get this one out.
And for me it's an extra special one. The wood is douglas fir reclaimed from roofing material from Ray Bradbury's house.
#fountainpen #booksky
And for me it's an extra special one. The wood is douglas fir reclaimed from roofing material from Ray Bradbury's house.
#fountainpen #booksky
New workspace coming along. Had to put some things on the floor to get to other things to be able to put em away
July 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
New workspace coming along. Had to put some things on the floor to get to other things to be able to put em away
Steampunk with green ribbon fountain pen
Prototype 3.0 on a Beaufort Cyclone
Prototype 3.0 on a Beaufort Cyclone
February 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Steampunk with green ribbon fountain pen
Prototype 3.0 on a Beaufort Cyclone
Prototype 3.0 on a Beaufort Cyclone
1/ Prototype 2, a successful failure
As suspected, the watch parts were too thick. What was surprising was just how much 'meat' I had t play with, at least on a Cyclone kit. If I had left the top just a little bowed in the middle I wouldn't have scraped the gears.
#penturning #steampunk
As suspected, the watch parts were too thick. What was surprising was just how much 'meat' I had t play with, at least on a Cyclone kit. If I had left the top just a little bowed in the middle I wouldn't have scraped the gears.
#penturning #steampunk
January 4, 2025 at 4:04 AM
1/ Prototype 2, a successful failure
As suspected, the watch parts were too thick. What was surprising was just how much 'meat' I had t play with, at least on a Cyclone kit. If I had left the top just a little bowed in the middle I wouldn't have scraped the gears.
#penturning #steampunk
As suspected, the watch parts were too thick. What was surprising was just how much 'meat' I had t play with, at least on a Cyclone kit. If I had left the top just a little bowed in the middle I wouldn't have scraped the gears.
#penturning #steampunk
Wait... Dungeons and Dragons is 50 years old?
Ah hell no
Ah hell no
December 31, 2024 at 6:12 AM
Wait... Dungeons and Dragons is 50 years old?
Ah hell no
Ah hell no
First two for the pressure pot tomorrow.
Though I feel like I'm about to make the same mistake many others before me have - too much height of stuff on the blanks - I'm going to have to try it anyway because if it works out it'll be awesome.
#penturning #steampunk #fountainpen
Though I feel like I'm about to make the same mistake many others before me have - too much height of stuff on the blanks - I'm going to have to try it anyway because if it works out it'll be awesome.
#penturning #steampunk #fountainpen
December 31, 2024 at 4:34 AM
First two for the pressure pot tomorrow.
Though I feel like I'm about to make the same mistake many others before me have - too much height of stuff on the blanks - I'm going to have to try it anyway because if it works out it'll be awesome.
#penturning #steampunk #fountainpen
Though I feel like I'm about to make the same mistake many others before me have - too much height of stuff on the blanks - I'm going to have to try it anyway because if it works out it'll be awesome.
#penturning #steampunk #fountainpen
Shiny new toys
ROI - 36 or so steampunk pen blanks. Yeah, that's how I'm justifying this.
#penturning
ROI - 36 or so steampunk pen blanks. Yeah, that's how I'm justifying this.
#penturning
December 17, 2024 at 12:10 AM
Shiny new toys
ROI - 36 or so steampunk pen blanks. Yeah, that's how I'm justifying this.
#penturning
ROI - 36 or so steampunk pen blanks. Yeah, that's how I'm justifying this.
#penturning
Gremlins have moved on and I was able to finish this one today.
Bois D'Arc
Beufort Mistral fountain pen in black titanium with an orange osage blank with rings of Glorietta Mountain meteorite.
#Penturning
Bois D'Arc
Beufort Mistral fountain pen in black titanium with an orange osage blank with rings of Glorietta Mountain meteorite.
#Penturning
November 30, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Gremlins have moved on and I was able to finish this one today.
Bois D'Arc
Beufort Mistral fountain pen in black titanium with an orange osage blank with rings of Glorietta Mountain meteorite.
#Penturning
Bois D'Arc
Beufort Mistral fountain pen in black titanium with an orange osage blank with rings of Glorietta Mountain meteorite.
#Penturning
Olympiad
Dayacom's JR Zeus rollerball / fountain pen in brass with a rotocrylic hydra blank.
I had a happy accident with this one. This time on a whim I painted the brass tubes green and it ended up giving the white resin a subtle green tinge.
#Penturning
Dayacom's JR Zeus rollerball / fountain pen in brass with a rotocrylic hydra blank.
I had a happy accident with this one. This time on a whim I painted the brass tubes green and it ended up giving the white resin a subtle green tinge.
#Penturning
November 26, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Olympiad
Dayacom's JR Zeus rollerball / fountain pen in brass with a rotocrylic hydra blank.
I had a happy accident with this one. This time on a whim I painted the brass tubes green and it ended up giving the white resin a subtle green tinge.
#Penturning
Dayacom's JR Zeus rollerball / fountain pen in brass with a rotocrylic hydra blank.
I had a happy accident with this one. This time on a whim I painted the brass tubes green and it ended up giving the white resin a subtle green tinge.
#Penturning
Demeter
Cigar ballpoint in antique silver with a Bear Tooth Woods color shift resin blank.
There really is no greater compliment than when someone picks up one of your pens at a show and then reaches out to get another one directly. Everything about this was chosen by that person.
#Penturning
Cigar ballpoint in antique silver with a Bear Tooth Woods color shift resin blank.
There really is no greater compliment than when someone picks up one of your pens at a show and then reaches out to get another one directly. Everything about this was chosen by that person.
#Penturning
November 26, 2024 at 1:55 AM
Demeter
Cigar ballpoint in antique silver with a Bear Tooth Woods color shift resin blank.
There really is no greater compliment than when someone picks up one of your pens at a show and then reaches out to get another one directly. Everything about this was chosen by that person.
#Penturning
Cigar ballpoint in antique silver with a Bear Tooth Woods color shift resin blank.
There really is no greater compliment than when someone picks up one of your pens at a show and then reaches out to get another one directly. Everything about this was chosen by that person.
#Penturning
Ice Cream Cone
Notus gold ballpoint. The blank is a piece of spectraply cut and glued into a simple herringbone pattern with some holly wood end caps.
#Penturning
Notus gold ballpoint. The blank is a piece of spectraply cut and glued into a simple herringbone pattern with some holly wood end caps.
#Penturning
November 26, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Ice Cream Cone
Notus gold ballpoint. The blank is a piece of spectraply cut and glued into a simple herringbone pattern with some holly wood end caps.
#Penturning
Notus gold ballpoint. The blank is a piece of spectraply cut and glued into a simple herringbone pattern with some holly wood end caps.
#Penturning
Maxwell's Other Hammer
Brass hammer with something I found in a bin of rando stuff at the local wood store. I /think/ is a leftover pool cue offcut. It's too dense to be regular spectraply anyway.
#Penturning
Brass hammer with something I found in a bin of rando stuff at the local wood store. I /think/ is a leftover pool cue offcut. It's too dense to be regular spectraply anyway.
#Penturning
November 26, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Maxwell's Other Hammer
Brass hammer with something I found in a bin of rando stuff at the local wood store. I /think/ is a leftover pool cue offcut. It's too dense to be regular spectraply anyway.
#Penturning
Brass hammer with something I found in a bin of rando stuff at the local wood store. I /think/ is a leftover pool cue offcut. It's too dense to be regular spectraply anyway.
#Penturning
Old Town
PSI's Southwest rollerball / fountain pen in antique pewter with a desert ironwood and faux-stone blank.
#Penturning
PSI's Southwest rollerball / fountain pen in antique pewter with a desert ironwood and faux-stone blank.
#Penturning
November 26, 2024 at 1:35 AM
Old Town
PSI's Southwest rollerball / fountain pen in antique pewter with a desert ironwood and faux-stone blank.
#Penturning
PSI's Southwest rollerball / fountain pen in antique pewter with a desert ironwood and faux-stone blank.
#Penturning
Steampunk lighter with a McKenzie Penwork's brass and titanium resin blank.
These got a lot easier when I learned you can take a 31/64th brass tube and use it to make a sleeve for the blank itself.
#Penturning
These got a lot easier when I learned you can take a 31/64th brass tube and use it to make a sleeve for the blank itself.
#Penturning
November 26, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Steampunk lighter with a McKenzie Penwork's brass and titanium resin blank.
These got a lot easier when I learned you can take a 31/64th brass tube and use it to make a sleeve for the blank itself.
#Penturning
These got a lot easier when I learned you can take a 31/64th brass tube and use it to make a sleeve for the blank itself.
#Penturning
Derby
Equestrian themed ballpoint in gold with a yellowheart, redwood, purpleheart, and ebony wood blank
#Penturning
Equestrian themed ballpoint in gold with a yellowheart, redwood, purpleheart, and ebony wood blank
#Penturning
November 26, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Derby
Equestrian themed ballpoint in gold with a yellowheart, redwood, purpleheart, and ebony wood blank
#Penturning
Equestrian themed ballpoint in gold with a yellowheart, redwood, purpleheart, and ebony wood blank
#Penturning
Elaia
JR Milton in rollerball/fountain pen in antique silver with an olive wood blank and a ring meteorite inlay.
Yes, I put something from space on a pen I named for Athena's sacred tree... because why not!
(That and I thought the iron would work well with the finish on the hardware)
#Penturning
JR Milton in rollerball/fountain pen in antique silver with an olive wood blank and a ring meteorite inlay.
Yes, I put something from space on a pen I named for Athena's sacred tree... because why not!
(That and I thought the iron would work well with the finish on the hardware)
#Penturning
November 26, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Elaia
JR Milton in rollerball/fountain pen in antique silver with an olive wood blank and a ring meteorite inlay.
Yes, I put something from space on a pen I named for Athena's sacred tree... because why not!
(That and I thought the iron would work well with the finish on the hardware)
#Penturning
JR Milton in rollerball/fountain pen in antique silver with an olive wood blank and a ring meteorite inlay.
Yes, I put something from space on a pen I named for Athena's sacred tree... because why not!
(That and I thought the iron would work well with the finish on the hardware)
#Penturning
Atlantis
Imperial rollerball / fountain pen in rhodium and gold with one of Bullseye Turning's "Cloud" blanks. The Clouds is a maple burl and resin combo and my photo sadly does not do it justice
#Penturning
Imperial rollerball / fountain pen in rhodium and gold with one of Bullseye Turning's "Cloud" blanks. The Clouds is a maple burl and resin combo and my photo sadly does not do it justice
#Penturning
November 26, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Atlantis
Imperial rollerball / fountain pen in rhodium and gold with one of Bullseye Turning's "Cloud" blanks. The Clouds is a maple burl and resin combo and my photo sadly does not do it justice
#Penturning
Imperial rollerball / fountain pen in rhodium and gold with one of Bullseye Turning's "Cloud" blanks. The Clouds is a maple burl and resin combo and my photo sadly does not do it justice
#Penturning
Owl
Owl themed rollerball pen in pewter with a brown and white (owlish colors) resin blank.
#Penturning
Owl themed rollerball pen in pewter with a brown and white (owlish colors) resin blank.
#Penturning
November 26, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Owl
Owl themed rollerball pen in pewter with a brown and white (owlish colors) resin blank.
#Penturning
Owl themed rollerball pen in pewter with a brown and white (owlish colors) resin blank.
#Penturning
Wadsworth
Magnifying glass with a double dyed maple and resin handle.
And a shout out to Tim "I buttel sir" Curry.
#Penturning
Magnifying glass with a double dyed maple and resin handle.
And a shout out to Tim "I buttel sir" Curry.
#Penturning
November 24, 2024 at 9:45 PM
Wadsworth
Magnifying glass with a double dyed maple and resin handle.
And a shout out to Tim "I buttel sir" Curry.
#Penturning
Magnifying glass with a double dyed maple and resin handle.
And a shout out to Tim "I buttel sir" Curry.
#Penturning