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The last year has been insane.  More travel than I’ve ever done in one year (6 pen shows – only 5 this year and from here on out I hope) and we got some health issues dealt with and taken care of (nothing serious, just stuff we needed to do) and with all that and […]

After I saw the movie Hook, with Robin Williams, back in… 1993?, I was so excited every time it snowed because that meant I could call my friend Neil and scream into the phone “It’s SNOWING!” and then hang up.  I was an obnoxious kid.  😂 So it just snowed here. And I have new […]

15% off site wide now till midnight Sunday!  

It’s said word of mouth is the best way to advertise.  With that in mind, I want to thank everybody who has bought one of my pens and shared them with their friends and fellow pen collectors, with a 40% off discount. There are 2 ways you can get a discount. 1. If three people […]

Hi Everybody! While I’m frantically getting ready for the Pacific Northwest Pen Show (Portland, OR), I’m also trying to keep up with everything in the shop.  You can see the PNW show on Instagram, too. I’ve just recently started getting black nibs again, and that means I can finally use all those black clips I’ve […]

I can usually find what I need online when I have to take something apart, from a switch in the Whirlpool washer, to a vacuum switch on the old HVAC.  But this morning I couldn’t find what I needed. My wife loves pepper, so maybe 8 or 10 years ago I bought her a nice […]

Hey Everybody it’s that special time in a pen maker’s life when I get to release something new (at least new to me, b/c as we’ve learned and keep learning, there is NOTHING new under the sun 😂). At the 2023 Chicago pen show one of my favorite regulars asked me if I would be […]

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photos by Matthew Chen  

I’ve just put up 8 new pens, what you don’t take will go to the Arkansas show next weekend.    Click the image to see. Thanks!