* pen making Well, late again, sorry. As I said yesterday I have a few things I want to get through today. In the leading image are the sections I have made today and an example of the new setup. So those of you who watched the video I put up last week you will notice that there are a lot of the model of … Continue reading Pen making update Y2 Wk33: Heavy metal christmas

* Pen making So, we made it through the year and at times it was tough, very tough. I am sure that it hasn’t been a good time for most and I just wanted to say thank you for following my progress in these trying times and I really appreciate your feedback. If I can help distract people from everything I will. Anyway on with … Continue reading Pen making update Y2 Wk34: New Designs and new plans

* The ugly I did a presentation last week, some of you may have seen it. Some may not have. The ones which haven’t seen it I have added it to the post main title. I was so nervous about this, I am not a public speaker. I know there were quite a few people who attended the event and they were in the uk … Continue reading Pen making update Y2 Wk32: The good, the bad and the ugly

* Pen Making First of all I want to introduce one of the staff members of Den’s Pens. Her name is Eris, and yes it’s the Eris that one of my pen designs is named after. She is 7 and she has just signed on to be the assistant pen designer. She has started to design her own pens and blanks as seen [here](https://i.imgur.com/rByx1NW.jpg) . … Continue reading Pen making update Y2 Wk31: Brass Tax and glowsticks

Well that time of year is around again and good riddance to 2020, hopefully 2021 will be kinder to us all. Anyway, i am on facebook and a member of the fountain pens uk group (which can be found here). They are running a set of talks and quizzes for the lead up to christmas. I am doing one of these talks and I have … Continue reading Fountain pen 12 days of christmas