A custom pen for me
Each year I make a few hundred custom pens for people all over the world. Customers contact me and tell me what they are looking for and I take it from there. We start out with the type of writing instrument that they want: ball point, roller ball or fountain pen. Then it’s on to the good stuff for the body of the pen. Maybe it’s a favorite color or a wood from a certain area of the world. Sometimes it’s about a profession or something that a person likes; coffee, favorite sport, cooking, wine, fishing, etc. Often times it’s simply because a friend has a birthday, wedding, or anniversary coming up so “what have you got that’s cool”?
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As you can imagine there might be one or two pens that don’t make it out of my shop. I’m very picky and if the finish isn’t just right or maybe I cracked it putting it together that particular pen won’t be shipped out. Often times the pen will become my shop pen. I haven’t intentionally made myself a pen since turning a denim Katahdin pen for myself 16 or 17 years ago.
So with all of that in mind, a few weeks ago I decided to make myself a pen. I wanted it to be a ball point, acrylic, green and be something that I haven’t made before. Oh, and cool looking. I finally turned it yesterday.
What I ended up with was a Platinum Katahdin pen made in green raffir acrylic. It’s described as intensely colored resin combined with organic materials. I don’t know what the organic material in the resin actually is but it reminds me of bamboo or grass (yes, I know bamboo is a type of grass) that has been freshly cut and the ends are torn.
What do you think of my new pen? You can check out the pens that I have in stock by clicking here. What type of custom pen can I make for you?