Naming my pens

So recently I’ve begun to think more seriously about coming up with a set few styles with names.  I’ve been told by friends in the pen industry that I have too many options and that it’s a bit overwhelming and that it would be a good idea to simplify things a bit.

So I posted over at FPN asking for a bit of advice for names, and that quickly led to names from science.  Isaac being the most obvious.  🙂

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/243299-naming-my-pens

Here’s what I’ve come up with for now…
Nothing set in stone of course…

OH.  And don’t think that the complete and total custom pens that I’ve been making for you will disappear.  I will still make pens built to your specifications, whatever they may be, but I also want to make it easier for people to order one of the more popular styles, of which these four seem to be.

Isaac – Gravity
This is probably my most popular style.  Slight bulge of body and cap.

Other ideas: Principia.

Scheele – Short Stick.  I liked the story of Scheele not getting credit for his discoveries, sort of like getting the short end of the stick.  So I give this name to my shortest pen.  

Other Ideas: Gravitas.

Mendeleev – Periodically.
Because he created the first version of the periodic table, and this was the first sort of nice pen that I ever made.  Small step in the barrel but the cap and barrel don’t close flush together.  Has a small taper towards the back.

Other ideas: Momentum.

And last, Darwin – Natural Selection.
A straight and simple, clean lined pen for the man who came up with the theory of evolution by means of natural selection, a subject that can be anything but straight and simple, especially when you consider some of the weird animals that are out there.  🙂

Other ideas:  Inertia.