I won’t be going to the Dallas Pen Show this year, but if you can, then you should. I had a blast last time and made some great contacts. I can’t believe it’s already been a year though. Being there was one of those right place, right time moments, and I wound up in Pen World! 😀
It’s been a total roller coaster and I’m loving it.
Anyways, if you can get to Dallas, here’s the schedule. Talk to everybody and look at everything!
Dear fellow pen enthusiasts,
The Dallas Pen Show is fast approaching! The Show remains at the Doubletree Galleria at 4099 Valley View Lane. Map & directions to Doubletree
The Show schedule is:
Thursday September 19
5:00PM – ? Preshow Get Together (on 2nd floor, look for sign)
I found some new resins to offer! These are pretty cool, too.
One is an ivory imitation —
Extra charge – $45 – pricey but pretty.
The other is phenollic resin – a material like you can find on another micarta type pen on the market. 🙂 Extra charge for these? None at all. Only two colors available as far as I can see, though.
And I’m proud to share a pen I made for donation to Literacy Action of Central Arkansas. Shine a Light on Literacy is a brilliant night to benefit Literacy Action of Central Arkansas! The 5th annual event is Thursday, September 26, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the Arkansas Governor’s Mansion. You’ll enjoy food, wine or beer, a unique silent auction with offerings from local artists and authors, and great company.
The pen is made from a Japanese ebonite (also a new material that I now offer – available in this yellow, red, and blue – same price as my German ebonite) and sports a medium tip, two tone nib. It will be presented with one of my new walnut pen boxes.
So far, on the few engravings I’ve made, I’ve been using my old printmaking burins. Probably not anywhere near the best tools for the job, but they work. And when all you have is all you have, you make due. I had been reading around about engraving on the net, and have been looking at pics of gravers, and reading about how most artists grind their own tools. So after looking at pictures a bit, I took a bit of metal rod from the shop and put a point on it. The rod is about 2 foot long – so quite ungainly, but it’s SOOO much better to cut with than the tools I’ve been using. Night and day. I’m going to cut the rod down and put a handle on it. 🙂 Very excited about my next piece.
I can’t believe how lucky I am to be friends with such an awesome carpenter. This guy just loves doing what he does. I ask him to make me pen boxes and he gives me THESE!!
The first four boxes are here! And I’m so excited! 🙂
(and they’re free with a pen order)
The insides of the boxes are not lined, but your pen will be in one of my wife’s cloth wraps, so it will be snug as a bug in a rug. 🙂 The wraps will be randomly picked unless you request a certain color combo.
If you want a box without an order, the price will be $40, and if you want a different wood on the ends, like the Leopard wood, Purple Heart, or Maple in these photos, it will be $15 extra.
I’ll wax the boxes by request. A bit of wax goes a long way to bring out the grain and make the box go from wow to amazing. 🙂
Shipping weight for just a box will be 1.25 to 1.5 pounds.
Shipping cost in the US will be $10 and to most places in the world, $12 (Canada) up to $20 (most everywhere else).
I struck a deal with a friend of mine here in town – I’ve got custom boxes! I’m very excited about this. This one is mine – just a rough prototype – but hopefully you’ll get an idea. We’re also going to put a notch in the top of the boxes to use as a desk or display stand. Did I mention that I’m very excited!? 🙂
Okay, so it may seem odd to be excited about a box but hear me out. There’s something really awesome about seeing something you have worked really hard on being completely finished and wrapped up in a bow. Literally! Packaging them in these custom boxes which have been made especially for me is so satisfying. You can contact the company linked here if you want to discuss a custom packaging design for your product.
These will also be available for sale, with a wrap, if you want one for your Newton Pen that you bought a while back, or if you just want one. We’re going to work out prices soon.
And check out these beautiful pen wraps my wife made! 🙂
It’s that time again – and here’s the newest pen for the . It’s made from Golden Brown acrylic, and comes with a #8, 18k gold nib. Full disclosure – I’m going to take the cost of the nib out of the money collected on this . The nib is $175. If you win, and you don’t want this particular pen, I’ll make another pen with a #8 nib, whatever material I have as long as it’s big enough, c/c filler. I know this brown isn’t for everybody. 🙂
Remember – if you win – you can pick your pen – either with or without this nib.
One person has suggested to let the winner pick whether they use the gold nib or steel nib – so that way more money can go towards the scholarship. Sounds good to me. 🙂
And another person just suggested to me to make it an option that the winner could buy a gold nib, either the #8 or a #6, so that all the money can go towards the scholarship! Also a great idea! I’ll leave that up to the winner and will keep their choice private. Thanks everybody!
The #8 nibs come in fine, medium, and broad. I’ll do any grind you like at no extra charge.
So if all that sounds good then you can buy as many as you want payable through paypal to newtonpensscholarships@gmail.com. Be sure not to send payment to my other email address.
If you have any questions at all please contact me at [email protected], or ask here in the comments section. Please be sure to send payment to the correct address or it may get lost.
ends 9pm central US time, Friday August 16, 2013. Not tax deductible.
And I FINALLY got a copy of the graduation video where I present two kids with the first scholarships – and here it is! 🙂
I’m so glad you can’t see my hands shaking. 🙂
Remember – if you win – you can pick your pen – either with or without this nib.
One person has suggested to let the winner pick whether they use the gold nib or steel nib – so that way more money can go towards the scholarship. Sounds good to me. 🙂
Finally made a pen to take the #8 nib. It’s big. I should be able to offer this nib in the medium sizes up to the larger size pens. I’ll have to make a medium to be sure it will fit, not sure yet. These nibs are $175.
The pen is also a new Jumbo size. Available in any of the styles, or any customized design you can come up with. Starting at $250 with a #6 steel nib. Limited material choice with this size as most blanks won’t be big enough to make a cap.
Hi Pen Peeps!
I’ve been using these schedule 40 PVC tubes to ship my pens in since they’re pretty much indestructible. You could run one of these over with a truck and it would be fine. In fact, I rolled my new metal lathe into the shop on several cut up pieces of PVC and they all did fine. That’s over 1000 pounds rolling along on just a few pieces of plastic.
Since my awesome wife started making pen wraps your pens have been shipped in a wrap inside these PVC tubes. So my presentation is getting better.
The other day I had a thought – wrap the PVC!
So I did and it helps presentation even more. It’s not as nice as a clam shell pen box, but it’s something I can afford. And it’s STRONG. 🙂 I’ll change the image up every now and then, too.
