Video killed the radio star…
I’ve been having fun making videos lately. Let’s see how long I keep it up.
Making Pens and awarding scholarships since 2012
Making Pens and awarding scholarships since 2012
I’ve been having fun making videos lately. Let’s see how long I keep it up.
Hi Everybody! It’s been such an incredible year to raise money for scholarships! We’re still raising money through end of May, so I’ll know by then for sure, BUT, right now we have raised …checks bank account… $8,911.15 So all…
Hi Everybody, A few things going on right now. Part 1 – I have a group buy pre order sale going on right now. I’m going to be making 14 slim celluloid pens with Jowo #6 nibs, some trim, and…
Hi Everybody, More auction pens about to go live on eBay. Scholarship time is here! If you are a senior in high school, anywhere in the US, or you KNOW a senior in high school, please send them this way…
We here at Newton Pens would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays. It’s all of you that make it possible for me to do this thing that I enjoy so much. Thanks so much.
Hey Everybody, I’m excited to announce that we have some new notebooks. They are the pocket size made by Curnow Bookbinding, filled with white Tomoe River paper. The art is by a local high school student, Ann G. These can…
Hi Everybody! Excited to let you all know about some work I did with Chatterley and The Chicago Pen Company! For Chatterley I made several Prospectors in orange and black G10. These are loaded with Bock 380 nibs in 14k…
Hi everybody! Real quick – 10 new pens up for auction this month – thanks so much to you who have donated pens. Holy cow I appreciate you so much. I’m using eBay to auction pens from now on. The…
Hey everybody! I’ve been so busy lately I think I’ve been neglecting the website posting. I need to update the online store after the DC Show – which was great. We just wrote checks to our latest group of scholarship…
So it’s Summer time Summer time! The May auction is over (I only had the one pen with the Tibaldi scraps) and it raised $250. Thanks so much for your participation and support of the scholarship fund! This month we…
Hey everybody! Atlanta was great! You can see some pics at my Instagram page. Next up is the Chicago show – first weekend in May. If you’re going to be in the area come see us. We’ll be right at…
Hey Eveybody, Thanks so much for stopping by – just a quick note to say THANK YOU to everybody who participated in last month’s auctions. The big Eastman raised $320, the Majestic $150, and the Platinum $25. That’s a good…
Hi Everybody, It’s that time of year to start applying for scholarships! Just a little over one month to get those applications in! Scholarship Application – Rules and Info (updated for ’24/’25 school year) Funds for scholarships raised through auction…
Hey everybody! Goodness we’re keeping busy around here. With the monthly auctions to raise money for scholarships, making Pinnacle pens for Vanness, trying to keep up with my orders and making production pens on the new CNC for inventory and…
Hi everybody! Wow the year is already over! What a whirlwind it’s been too. It’s January and that means National Handwriting Day! I guess? 🙂 Some new news here at Newton Pens: 1 -No more raffling pens to help raise…
It’s almost Christmas! That means it’s time for the best Christmas movie of all time! DIE HARD! But it’s also time to do the normal monthly stuff around here – house cleaning and all that. # 1 – Remember that…
Hi Everybody! We’ve decided to end the raffles – Dec 2018 is the last month. We’ll still sell notebooks and auction pens off to raise money for the scholarship fund, but I won’t be running the raffles for a free…
Bolt On Here’s my bolt on clip prototype. I’ll be using allen head bolts rather than flat head screws. 3d Printed My first 3d printed clips are here too. We’ll work in a few changes to make them a little…
Hi Everybody! Welcome to the monthly Newton Pens update post. We went to the Dallas pen show last weekend – Sept 28 and 29. Had a really great show. We ate at the most amazing Italian restaurant Friday night. Two…
Dallas pen show We’ll be at the Dallas Pen show this year. We’ve booked a wall table so come and find us. Hopefully we’ll have a big sign on the wall with our name on it. Shop expansion – Things…
Hi Everybody! I’m late writing my monthly update but here it is. For July, Michael S (#8) was picked using random.org for a $225 credit towards a custom pen. I’m going to cut checks today for the 2018 scholarship recipients.…
Hey Everybody, The Orville arco auction is over and went for $500! Thanks so much! $225 of that total is going to the scholarship fund. There are some new auction items up ready to be won! Every penny raised from…
Hey Everybody! It’s been a crazy busy month and it’s finally over. Now for another crazy busy month (aren’t they all?). First – Every month as a way of saying thank you to everybody who contributes to the scholarship fund…
Hi Everybody! It’s a new month! We’ve got new pens up for auction this month (19 lots!), and only a few more notebooks and postcard sets left. Once the postcards are gone, that will be it. Since we’re getting really…
Hi pen peoples! The May auctions are over and it looks like we raised $349. Thank you all so much! I’ll get 10 more pens set up for June in the next day or two. If you have some old,…
Hey Everybody! $1,000 awards going to A Meeks – Mountain Pine J Puckett – Cutter Morning Star M Hancock – Macomb High School M McDaniel – Mountain Pine H Scott – Bryant High School R Kennon – Pompano Beach High School T Terry…
Hi Everybody! Thanks so much to everybody who participated in the April pen auctions. I forgot to post a reminder for last minute bidding during the last couple of days but it was still a great month. I’ve already posted…
Hi Everybody, So it’s been another good month for the Newton Pens Scholarship fund raising, with good notebook and postcard sales at the Arkansas Pen Show and online, and several hundred raised from the pen auctions. We raised $673 in…
We had a great time at the pen show this year. We raised some money for the scholarship fund, sold a few pens, met some great people, and brought our boys for their very first show! Holden and Corbin got…