Author: newtonpens

Number 47 got it! Congrats! And thanks everybody for participating! We raised almost exactly $500! Fantastic!

(this is an old sale – all items are gone)
I usually don’t keep much extra stock around.  I get orders and make those pens and that’s usually about it.  Before the Washington DC and Dallas shows I took a few days and made a few extra pens to have something at the shows to show and sell.

Instead of holding on to them for any longer, I want to sell them now.  Some of the kids at school need deodorant and shoes and shampoo and other hygienic items.

If you buy one of these pens, any nib you like, grinds for $15, gold nibs are $100 extra, all the profit will go directly to buying things for my students at school.  Send questions and requests to [email protected]

Thanks.

Pen and link, price below link.
Top Row:
1-Gibby Orange and Cumberland hard rubber–
-SOLD

2-Eastman 2 Nib Bob’s Brown and Blue Gray resin
$325
3-Striped Gibby
SOLD
4-Gibby Brown and Black acrylics
$150 – Fitted with a #6 nib and c/c filler

Bottom Row:
1-Eastman Blue Chip acrylic
$225
2-Sumpter Cornflower acrylic
$225
3-Orville Bob’s Light Jade resin
$225
4-Preston Amethyst–SOLD

Want to win a custom pen and help some lucky deserving students with their college expenses?

Enter to win a custom Newton Pen for the Month of October to support the Newton Pens Scholarship!  So far we’ve raised $2969 with those awesome student art post cards!

Read all the rules on how to enter here.

Questions?
1. “I’m confused how do I buy? I see no buy button for the postcards.”

–There is no buy button.  You just send $10 via paypal to
@gmail.com
along with a postal address and I send you a pack of cards and a pen number.

2. “Interesting idea.
Is it open to non-USA residents? I couldn’t find information one way or the other, but postage costs must surely be an issue.”

–Open to everybody worldwide.  Yeah – postage is high but I’m covering it.  I’m also covering the cost of the post cards out of my own pocket.

3. “What kind of pen do I get if I win?”

–You get any model, any size, any nib grind, any material I have on hand.  If you want a gold nib or special filling system (button, bulb, or piston) I ask that you pay for that.  I’ll cover shipping but will be happy to let you pay for that if you want.

4. “How do I enter for free?”

–Send a note or postcard in the mail to me at
Newton Pens Fund Raiser
PO Box 6084
Hot Springs, Ar. 71902

Include contact info like name and email or I won’t accept it.  Nicknames don’t count.  This is the same thing I tell my students at school: put your name on it or I can’t grade it!  🙂

5. “Who can get a scholarship?  Art students only?  Kids in Arkansas only?  Kids at the school where you work only?”

–Right now the scholarship is open to any high school students going in to college, anywhere in the USA.  Kids at any school can apply and receive a scholarship.  Current college students are not eligible.  Adults going back to school are not eligible.

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Entry period starts October 16th and ends Saturday night, November 1st at 9pm Central US time.  If you have ANY questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask.  I’m always more than happy to answer.

Here are some of the pens made for past pen winners.

Eastman Green Ebonite

Mint Toffee Townsend

Celluloid Gibby

Gray Como Pocket Pen

Button Filling Eastman

I’ve got a ton of cool materials for the winner to choose from.  If you want a closer look at some of the materials, let me know and I can get some better photos.

Here are some snaps from the 2014 Dallas Pen Show.  I had a great time, met some great people, made some sales and commissions (yay!), and can’t wait till the next show.  Somebody said to me over the weekend, “You’ve been bitten by the bug, haven’t you?”  YES.

It’s just a bit after 9pm, so time to pick a winner using random.org, 1-59, and the winner is…

drum roll, please….

#9!  Nine is the winner of a free custom pen!  I don’t have the list of names in front of me so I have no idea who it is, but congratulations to number nine!  🙂

And thanks so much to everybody who contributed to the fund – it’s now over $2000 – exact numbers later.

There’s still lots of time between now and May to raise more money for the kids.

Thanks!

Shawn

Well the first set of post cards is nearly out, so I’ve ordered a second set.  School has just started so there’s not a lot for me to pick from, but I think I have some nice images chosen.

I’ve picked four new images from the end of last year and a couple from this year, and have reused one from the first set of cards.  These should be in my hands in about a week.

Thanks to everybody who has supported the scholarship.  To continue to support the scholarship, and help get some kids into college, read about the current for September here.

It’s that time again ladies and gentlemen!

Want to win a custom pen and help some lucky deserving students with their college expenses?

Enter to win a Newton Pen for the Month of September to support the Newton Pens Scholarship!  So far we’ve raised $1702 with those awesome student art post cards in only two months!

Read all the rules on how to enter here.

Entry period starts September 5th and ends Sunday night, September 21 at 9pm Central US time.  If you have ANY questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask.  I’m always more than happy to answer.

Here are some of the pens made for past pen winners.

Mint Toffee Townsend

Celluloid Gibby

Gray Como Pocket Pen

Button Filling Eastman

I’ve got a ton of cool materials for the winner to choose from.  If you don’t see what you want, shout out and I can help find it or we can have it custom made.  If you want a closer look at some of the materials, let me know and I can do that as well.

Colton just sent a photo to me the other day showing his pen on the first day of college!

He picked a large size Majestic in Bob’s Seven Seas resin.  Enjoy your pen, Colton!

 

Hi Everybody,

I just received the video from the 2014 graduation where I gave away two scholarships to two kids at Mountain Pine.  No matter what work comes out of my shop none of it will make me as proud as being able to help deserving students with college.  I wouldn’t be able to do any of this without all of you who have donated and contributed money and time, and from the bottom of my heart, I want to say thank you.

 

All videos here.

First I want to thank everybody who participated in this month’s fund raising.  We raised $263!

That brings the total to 1712!

Using Random.org and entering 1-36, #6 got it this time!

Congrats to Mike G.!

Wahoo!!

Now he has the daunting task of picking out his pen.  🙂

Thanks everybody!!

Come back in September for another chance to win a pen and to help raise money for some deserving high school students.