A fun fountain pen nib using a soft drink soda/pop can

I was reading an article here: http://www.popcanpen.com/how_to/howto_make%20_pen.html

Sounds quite cool and appeals to the DIY in me. (Cheap Dip pen too)

Though I made a few modifications to the instructions to fit my purposes

Brush Dowels from Art Friend ($0.45), Root Beer Can from NCCS vending machine and a template from Popcanpen.com =)

Instead of a rounded curved end, I cut an italic tip. I secured the nib to the dowel via clear tape, removed the sponge end and snapped the end off.

Close up view of the tip.

Testing the pen.

Well, it still looks ugly. The wood looks meh.

So I thought I coated the whole wooden body (up to the end of the scotch tape) in Oil-Based Timberlac Polyurethane Decorative Wood Varnish by Nippon.

I trimmed the nib width to slightly less than 2mm (my handwriting isn't that small).

TADA! The final product!

Total costs for a single pen? About $1. =D

Cheap and good.

EDIT (2015/06/20): It seems that I have been using it wrong for years. I'm supposed to use it face down! ^^" Silly me. I modified it to be closer to a Pilot Parallel/Lamy Italic nib instead of the calligraphy pen.