I have a lot of art I want to sell.  All of the profits – that is, everything except shipping costs – will go into the scholarship fund.  First though – I want to mention that the deadline for the…

When I first started making pens, I organized them by shape, size, and how the cap fit against the body when it was closed. After a while I decided to come up with some proper names to make it easier…

Want to win a custom pen and help some lucky deserving students with their college expenses? Postcards are for sale again to raise money for the Newton Pen’s Scholarship. So far we’ve raised 3886.64!  Thank you all so much! There’s…

It’s that time of year again to start getting applications filled out, essays written, and everything turned in to me so I can have my awesome volunteers start reading and grading essays to pick recipients. So visit this page to…

#32 won!  Congrats to… Ted!  I’ll send you an email now and we can start with your new pen design. Thanks everybody!  We raised $3723.00 total so far! (Sorry it took me so long to make this announcement – had…

Only a couple of days left.  32 participants so far. If you’ve already got a set of these post cards you could always have them sent to friends or family as a gift.  I’d be happy to do that.  And…

Hi Everybody, Want to win a custom pen and help some lucky deserving students with their college expenses? Since this is the time for holidays, I’m going to run this postcard sale/fund raiser period for three weeks, for both November…

6 13/16″ closed, 5 7/8″ open. Resting on an awesome gray platter I bought my wife for Christmas (don’t tell her) at Riley Art Glass in Hot Springs.  I took my art club kids there for a field trip to…

Number 47 got it! Congrats! And thanks everybody for participating! We raised almost exactly $500! Fantastic!

(this is an old sale – all items are gone) I usually don’t keep much extra stock around.  I get orders and make those pens and that’s usually about it.  Before the Washington DC and Dallas shows I took a…

Want to win a custom pen and help some lucky deserving students with their college expenses? Enter to win a custom Newton Pen for the Month of October to support the Newton Pens Scholarship!  So far we’ve raised $2969 with those…

Here are some snaps from the 2014 Dallas Pen Show.  I had a great time, met some great people, made some sales and commissions (yay!), and can’t wait till the next show.  Somebody said to me over the weekend, “You’ve…

It’s just a bit after 9pm, so time to pick a winner using random.org, 1-59, and the winner is… drum roll, please…. #9!  Nine is the winner of a free custom pen!  I don’t have the list of names in…

Well the first set of post cards is nearly out, so I’ve ordered a second set.  School has just started so there’s not a lot for me to pick from, but I think I have some nice images chosen. I’ve…

It’s that time again ladies and gentlemen! Want to win a custom pen and help some lucky deserving students with their college expenses? Enter to win a Newton Pen for the Month of September to support the Newton Pens Scholarship! …

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…