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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 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!!

Every now and then somebody sends me a pen with a broken part to see if I can fix or make a new part. Here’s an Ancora that I was sent.  Customer asked if I could make an entire new…

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…

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…

August 16th update And #15 gets it!  Yaaay!! Congrats!!   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 –…

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…

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…

I’ve got a proper logo developed thanks to some help from one of my fantastic customers. This is the image that will go on my nibs from now on.  🙂     I’ve also added a new page under the…

Engraving!  This is my first piece, practice, but it was so much fun!  Can’t wait to do more. This is from a picture of a bonsai tree I found on the net. I used a couple of different types of…