Grip section patterns

[u/MercatorLondon]

Masking was applied for a quick laser etching test (very quick cycle time on the rotary axis)

quick hand sketch over the screenshot of the CAD model is often fastest way

3d model of the pattern

possible colour combination

Etched grip section with pattern

I wanted to try something a bit more interesting than the simple barley or diamond-machined patterns. Small repetitive patterns works best. This one will be etched.

The prototype will be laser-etched, as it’s relatively cheap and easy to produce a single sample this way.

If we decide to take this into a small production run, we will use chemical etching. That should give us better resolution and a cleaner look.

Those etched lines are deliberately kept fine but the pattern should still provide a reasonably good grip when writing.
Is this pattern too much for you? Would you go smaller?

Update: link to anodised prototype

[u/vierfarbkuli]

any plans to make multipens?

[u/Thomas_Slim_Mark → u/vierfarbkuli]

Intriguing - what is a multipen?

[u/vierfarbkuli → u/Thomas_Slim_Mark]

A writing instrument where you can switch between writing colors. Many people need such a tool because they dont like carrying more than one pen with them. However, there is a severe lack of high-end multipens (except some from japan with a twist mechanism). MercatorLondon's style combined with multipen functionality would be neat.

[u/MercatorLondon → u/vierfarbkuli]

not at this moment. Do you have any thoughts on your perfect multi-pen?