newtonpens

They’re here!  I ordered a bunch of pens from fountainpenrevolution.com about two weeks ago with the money raised from my first raffle. Thanks so much to everybody who helped with that raffle and made this purchase possible.  I’ll start giving…

I made a bulb filler. Which means I have a new filling system to add to my list of options when you order a pen. Holds about 2ml of ink. Update: 3ml of ink.  I sealed with shellac and put…

I do not do my own urushi finishes anymore and have no plans to do so in the future.  Thanks. One coat on all the pens tonight.  I forgot how much impact this has on the appearance of the pen. …

Update: Oct 29 — The winner is #26!  Congrats! Here’s the first pen for Newton Pens Scholarship! This cumberland button filler is 1/2″ thick at the threads, Closed – 5 1/2″ – Open 5″ – Posted 6 7  Currently sports…

I hate being sick.  Strep has put me down this weekend – so that will put my production down for a couple of days.  I may get lucky and feel better by Sunday.  I’ll get plenty of couch and TV…

From Vanness.

It looks like The Great Pumpkin threw up all over my lathe.  🙂 And some other photos…

Some pics of me being silly at the pen show…

Yep – sometimes it happens.  A part breaks and needs to be taken care of. This is one of my kickstarter pens.  The barrel broke at the threads – customer said possibly due to over tightening of the cap onto…

WOW had a great time and met lots of awesome people. Sold a pen and bought a pen – an old Wahl I found at Sherrell Tyree’s table.  She’s an awesome lady and gave me a great deal! I probably…