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As I try to improve the quality of my pens it seems like the most important ingredient is feedback from the fountain pen community at large.  With this in mind I did an informal survey on facebook and I feel like I got a lot of good information.   I learned that people don't always like the crazy flamboyant colors found on some of the alumilite and acrylic blanks I like to use.  Sometimes people just want a nice conservative colored well made smooth writing pen.  I have a couple that will fit this bill in the works right now.  I...

  Got 3 new pens made this weekend.  They are all similar in style.  All are medium sized and make great carry around pens.  I have been experimenting with styles lately and have started getting attached to a small pointed finial detail on both ends of the pen.  All the pens I just finished have this detail.  I hope to come out with some actual named models of pen soon.  I have been making them however I feel for the past 10 years.  I think its time to start having standard models that I can offer.  It will also make...

I originally designed this store to be a way to showcase my custom fountain pens that I make.  The problem is that I like to make ALOT of different things in general.  I also really enjoy making ballpoint pens.  As of today you will find an ever increasing selection of ballpoint pens that I will also offer for sale.  I can't help it,  the one thing I love about kit pens is the variety of wood that you can use to make them.  I still enjoy using acrylic and resins, but there is nothing like the feel of a wood...

I spent quite a bit of time this weekend making pens.  I got 2 done in Conway Stewart acrylic that both turned out pretty cool.  I did one other pen in a Green Flecked acrylic this is understated, but turned out much better than I originally thought it would.  I hope to be adding a couple of pens per week going into the Christmas season and, as always, I will be available for special orders too.  I have been experimenting in my spare time with a completely made from scratch plunger filling system.  I am not quite ready to put...

I'm back from vacation and doing my best to get back into making some pens.  I am spending all this week making some clipless pens out of this really beautiful flecked material I had sitting around.     I'm pretty happy with how the first two came out.  I am hoping to make a couple more before the week is over.  Here is Nebraska it is FINALLY not 95 degrees with 100% humidity.  Its actually a pretty tolerable 85.   I have a box for pens I made from Walnut about half done.  Still deciding on how I am going to...