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Hey Everybody! First – a huge thanks to all of you who have supported our fundraiser. We didn’t reach the goal of $33,000 (net), but without the eyes that Kickstarter gets, I’m very happy with how far we’ve gotten . …

Hey Everybody! I just got a little bit of a new material for the fundraiser pens!  There’s enough for 8 pens. It’s a Nikko ebonite I’m calling Amazon, with colors of the Brazilian flag, green, blue, and yellow. For an…

Hi Everybody! First I want to say thanks to everybody who has supported our fundraiser! We’ve raised $15,474 so far ($27,893 when you include shipping, pen blanks, nibs, and other materials, taxes and fees). We’ve already broken ground on the…

Whoa we just hit 17,000 followers on Instagram! Thank you all so much! That means it’s time for a big fat give away! I’m going to make something with my very last Jowo 8 gold nib (medium point) and one…

Hey everybody! First – thanks so much for all the support over the last few days for our fundraiser.  Fingers crossed we’ll reach our goal in a few weeks.  We’re at almost $8300 right now (after materials, fees, shipping). I…

Hey Everybody! Okay, I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was trying to start a Kickstarter to raise money for a new machine and some shop improvements.  Well, that’s not going to happen.  My goal was too focused on…

Happy late Fountain Pen Day!  I was at Vanness Friday night – first time in almost 2 years I got out of the shop for pen stuff.  I was NOT ready.  I forgot ink and converters at home.  X)  Thankfully…

Hi everybody!  I just finished a batch of 16 Prospectors. First up a group of 8 Omas acrylic (similar to their Arlecchino celluloid).  I made one last year and it got a lot of attention, so I wanted to offer…

So I’m getting ready to do something kind of big for us – a Kickstarter.  I don’t know if you remember, but back in January 2012 I started a campaign to raise just under $1,000 to buy some pen making…

Hi Everybody, Time to put some new pens up on the site again. What I have today are some Orville C pens, small size.  The C denotes cone shaped ends rather than the normal flat top. Also check my sales…