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…

#9 got it! Congrats! And thanks to everybody SO MUCH for participating. This scholarship is set to reach more kids than the first. Hopefully every year I’ll be able to continue increasing the number of people helped with this money.

Newton Pens now offers the larger size pens with #8 nibs. They come in 18k gold, two tone fine, medium, or broad, with any grind that you like. They are $200 each.

Sometimes when making your pens I goof up a bit.  And by a bit I mean that I have to start ALL THE WAY OVER.  😀  It makes for good practice, even if it’s sometimes quite frustrating.  Here are a…

I’m creating a new page that I’ll update as often as I upload pics of pens.  It’s going to be a page where you can go to see the last 10 or so pens I’ve made. There will be a…

I just finished, and that means last night, my first group order.  This was made for the New Mexico Pen Collectors Club.  I made 14 pens in all. And here they are.  🙂 Made from alien snot acrylic. They are…

  It’s that time again – and here’s the newest pen for the .  It’s made from a translucent gray acrylic with white stripes twisting around it.  I call it Gray Ghost.  🙂   I’ll use a random number picker…

#19 Won!  Congrats! Sold 5 more last night! That brings the total up to $260 plus donated money and my part from pen sales! $90. That makes the total raised so far $350! Thanks everybody! Update!  Just sold 5 more! …

This one was named by the young lady who received a scholarship.  She chose to name it after herself.  It reminds me of the ruffs worn around the necks of some men and women in late 16th century England. Here…

So recently I set out to name some of my more popular, and most often requested, styles of pens, to try to make it easier for people to order from me.  It could also act as a starting point –…

Here’s one I’m doing for the New Mexico Pen Collectors Club. These are all going to be pocket pens.

My first experiment with threading.  And it was good!  🙂  I love my new lathe. Now to master it, then double and quad start threads.  🙂

It’s that time again – and here’s the newest pen for the .  It’s made from a celluloid that was given to me about a year ago, and I haven’t been sure what I wanted to do with it until…

Here’s a shot of the entire shop (mostly) after all has been set up and organized pretty well.  Little desk at bottom left was made with scraps of my old work bench – has nib tuning/grinding stuff and a little…

That’s right! I got the metal lathe going! And it’s freaking awesome! No idea what I’m talking about? Then read this great page all about metal lathes (view article here) so you can understand why I’m so excited. I have…

Yeeha!  I gave the two scholarships out tonight.  I only stuttered once when I lost my place, but I did great!  😀  My hands were shaking like MAD, but nobody could see that behind the podium.  That felt really good…

About to go fill it up with oil and turn it on.  🙂

It’s still in the driveway – I have a friend coming over soon to help me roll it inside. edit:  Got it in!  Used a bunch of cut schedule 40 PVC and just rolled it in.  Was easier than we…

I’ve received all the scholarship applications and sorted through them, discarded the incomplete, and now have only three to review.  I’ve given out copies of the essays to ten of the teachers I work with and we’re working on narrowing…

Well, the scholarship money has been transferred to the school and all the applications have come in. I’m going to spend this week with the other teachers reading through them all and picking the 2 or 4 most deserving. There…