Colton just sent a photo to me the other day showing his pen on the first day of college! He picked a large size Majestic in Bob’s Seven Seas resin.  Enjoy your pen, Colton!  

Hi Everybody, I just received the video from the 2014 graduation where I gave away two scholarships to two kids at Mountain Pine.  No matter what work comes out of my shop none of it will make me as proud…

First I want to thank everybody who participated in this month’s fund raising.  We raised $263! That brings the total to 1712! Using Random.org and entering 1-36, #6 got it this time! Congrats to Mike G.! Wahoo!! Now he has…

It took me longer than I wanted to get to this, but better late than never, right?  🙂  

It’s on! Enter to win a Newton Pen for the Month of August to support the Newton Pens Scholarship!  So far we’ve raised $1450 in only two months! Read all the rules on how to enter here. Entry period starts…

The winner for the July/August drawing was #25!  Congrats to Seth G! Since I’m going to DC this weekend I thought I’d get a couple of different things put together to bring with me.  The USA pens of course, and…

I’ve made up two USA flag themed pens especially for the DC Pen Show next weekend! More pics here and here.

Update: August 3rd – #25 got it!  Congrats to #25!! Hi everybody, Yesterday one of the scholarship recipients and Nanna (she told me not to call her a grandma) came by to pick out colors and have her pen made. …

Check it out!  I just got this Sheaffer Legacy 2 from Vanness the other day.  I don’t post much about other pens on here but I wanted to share this. This is the Daum Crystal set made in 2000.  It…

Update: August 3rd – #25 got it!  Congrats to #25!! Good morning everybody! Scholarships I’m very excited to announce a new way to raise money for the scholarships: postcards!  What better way to use your fountain pens than by writing…

Hi Everybody! I wanted to let you all know that I have new clips that I designed. They’re made from sterling silver or from brass. Once I’m out of my engraved clips this is what I’ll be using exclusively as…

#69 won it!  Congrats to Ray! Thanks everybody for contributing to the scholarship.  You raised enough this month for one kid to get a $1000 scholarship.  Let’s keep it up.  🙂 Starting next month the way we raise money will…

I’m going to be at the Washington DC Pen Show in August!  Arriving the 7th, at a table the 8th, 9th, and 10th.  I’ve bought tickets and booked a room and everything.  It’s official! Holy cow I’m nervous.  I’m going…

Hope you’re all having a good summer so far.  I’m enjoying all this shop time.  🙂 I thought now would be a good time to start raising money again for next year’s scholarships. We all raised just over $6000 and…

Hi Everybody! Scholarships went out!  Six students were selected based on the essays they wrote, and each one will be getting a $1000 scholarship. Congrats to you kids at Mountain Pine, Cutter Morning Star, Benton, and Lakeside! And thank you…

A bit of work, a bit of fun, and a really good dinner.

First Happy Mother’s Day!  We had a great day today walking downtown and then Chinese for dinner.  Downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas is beautiful.  Here are some shots… And the winner of the Pen Drawing? Well, 65 were sold this time,…

So close! Ends tomorrow night and the fund is at $5961 and I just received an email from an absolute saint who said that if I don’t meet my goal, he’d donate the money to help me reach it!  I’m…

38 sold! . Email me if you have any questions – [email protected] and I’ll be so glad to answer. All of this money will go towards helping send graduating seniors to college. So far we’ve raised $5386 plus the $380…

Check out some of the cool materials available to the winner. 🙂

Here it is – the last for the school year.  Whatever money is raised over the next two weeks will be included with this year’s scholarships, which by the way, are being read and scores tallied.  I should know who…

Thanks to everybody who participated – and a huge thanks to the two very kind folks who contributed $400 total!  Thanks so much! Remember – half of the money brought in from will go to prom to help my juniors…

Hi Everybody! This has been a very busy week for me and most of it has been spent recovering from donkey basketball.  I don’t know if you’ve ever played basketball on a donkey, but I wouldn’t recommend it.  Some of…

Hi Everybody! So normally I give each at least two weeks run time, usually with a day or two added on so it ends on a weekend.  This time I goofed… Two weeks from March 14th would be the 28th,…

March 2014 ! Before I delay any more, I’m going to just start it.  🙂 This month, as always, you can win a custom pen by me.   Your choice model (or your own design?), material, nib and grind. One…

So 5pm, March 22nd, a Saturday afternoon, I’m going to be riding a donkey… and playing basketball.  Two things I’ve never done. If you don’t hear from me after that, I’ve probably been crushed by a crazed donkey.  🙂 You…

A lot has been going on this last week and I’m not terribly great at telling a story, so I’ll just jump right in.  🙂 The Arkansas pen show was Friday and saturday. I only had a couple of pens…

And the winners are! For a custom pen by me – #15.  Congrats! Second draw for the Aileron Steampunk fountain pen goes to #20. Third draw for the Levenger L Tech that was just reviewed here will go to #14.…

Hi everybody! Well, it’s that time of year and applications are starting to come in.  I’ve got one from my school and two from different schools around town. I need your help.  I need some volunteers who would be willing…

Another ! This time lots of pens to give away (thanks SO MUCH to all who have donated) and lots of winners! This time I’ll pick 8 numbers for 8 winners.  Read below for all the details. So if all…