I’m excited to release my newest line, The Rise Reclaimed! Ballpoints, rollerballs, and fountain pens using prop wood recovered from the set of The Dark Knight Rises. This is a limited edition series. Each pen includes a Certificate of Authenticity with the fountain pen having an 8 page booklet.

I’m proud to announce my Old Ironsides Limited Edition pen has been nominated for Best Artisan Pen in the 2026 Pen World Magazine Readers’ Choice Awards! This pen, using reclaimed wood & copper from the USS Constitution, took the better part of a year from concept to completion.

My daughter, a Radio, TV, Film major with minors in Communications & New Media at Rowan University, started a blog critiquing movies and shows!

Hey South Jersey-ish fountain pen friends! I’m hosting Damien of All in the Nib Feb 14 from 10-2. He’ll have some grind samples on-hand to try out or can tune a problem nib for you. His slots fill fast, so reserve yours at allinthenib.com/gwpens 10% off any pen getting nib work. See you then!

Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving! I’m running my only store-wide sale of the year, offering 15% off everything in-stock + a free bottle of ink with all fountain pen purchases! Shown here is my 2025 Holiday Pour based on my store tree decorations. (no coupon code needed btw)

A big Thank You to @penaddict.com for the recent Meet Your Maker post! You can see some of my fountain pens and read the article on The Pen Addict’s blog at: www.penaddict.com

Day 3 of the Triangle Pen Show is underway! Find me in the Oak Room (room 3) and say Hi! 🙂

Brooks Primary Manipulation 5 blanks are in-stock here! His new version of his classic PM line incorporates a silver shimmer that has to be seen in person to be fully appreciated. These won’t be ready in time for the Triangle show, but they will be on my table at the DC Supershow in August!

Spent today wet sanding, buffing, and ultrasonic cleaning this batch of CC1 fountain pens. Monday they’ll get their notches to have clips added.

I knew I was tempting fate when I cast this resin in my favorite color. Then the black accents with the clip and nib, and the black ebonite section…yep. This CC1 is going to be a keeper for me!

Chrome clip with steel nib or gold clip and nib? I feel like this is a winner either way. First look at my new CC1 fountain pen series! Resin pour is DiamondCast.

A concept that’s been kicking around for me for some time now. My Gloucester Cathedral Hogwarts fountain pen series. The wood, from Gloucester Cathedral in England, was the film location for several iconic scenes from throughout the Harry Potter series.

A little sneak peek at a new pen series in the works!

It’s a double One of These Things is Not Like the Other: Fountain Pen Edition! 😂

New D2 model fountain pen in a resin pour that doesn’t have a name yet. Any suggestions?

Incredibly honored to be nominated in 2 categories for the annual Reader’s Choice Awards for Pen World Magazine! My Sunburst guitar fountain pen and Dungeon dice with matched pen.

A big Thank You to Ms. Catalano & her 3rd and 4th year shop students at Woodstown HS for stopping by today! I gave the full shop tour, talked about my journey, & demo’d the CNC lathe for them. I enjoyed that the class made pens for me to give feedback on with a blind judging for bragging rights 🙂

A quick (sped up) little video of boring out a fountain pen section to match a JoWo 6 housing profile. After each one I do a test fit with a nib to make sure everything is running true and no tool wear has changed the necessary dimensions. This will receive the body threads during shaping.

Are you local to Southern New Jersey? Interested in learning about fountain pens? I’m having a class at my shop tomorrow, April 5th, from 3-4pm covering you everything you need to know about fountain pens! Email me at [email protected] to reserve your spot.

Honored for the opportunity to be interviewed by my daughter’s TV Production class today at Rowan U! Everyone there was incredibly kind and professional. We talked about my shop, how I got into pen making, and a bit about my current favorite fountain pen among other things.

After the feedback on if this should have a polished steel or black nib, I think the unofficial poll from earlier nailed it. Black it is! Thanks to everyone who took a moment to comment 🙂

Hmmm, polished steel nib in the Onyx GemPen to match the fine silver setting and ghostly presence resin highlights, or a black nib to match the onyx and darker parts of the resin? 🤔

New Pen Day hits a little different for me here at the store. I get to see them and hold them, but they aren’t mine 😭

It’s time to get some pics of these fountain pens for my website. Nice rainy day kind of activity 🙂

Own a piece of the original 1969 Woodstock stage! I made the resin using the colors of the Woodstock promo flyers with pieces of the iconic stage inlaid into the cap in the shape of a peace symbol. Currently available on my site, includes Certificate of Authenticity.

Some future fountain pens here! Pieces I picked up this past weekend include a bunch of different resin blanks as well as wood from the USS Missouri, the USS Wisconsin, & the USS North Carolina. Taking a few more days off before re-opening the shop, then some custom orders to work on before these.

The Baltimore Pen Show was fantastic! I had such a good time catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. I’ve been busy since getting back for the Mid-Atlantic Turners Expo this weekend (I drive out tomorrow). Apologies for being a bit absent here lately!

Ready to kick off the last day of the Baltimore Pen Show! Stop by and say Hi 🙂

Just finished up the first Woodstock fountain pen - The Peace symbol on the cap is inlaid with wood from the 1969 Woodstock stage! I made the resin using the colors from the promotional posters of the time. This will be available at the Baltimore Pen Show in a few days.

Another Sneak Peek at the upcoming pen I’m making tied to the Peace symbol nib from yesterday - A fountain pen using wood from the original 1969 Woodstock stage! The resin was cast using the primary color scheme for the concert poster used to promote the event. Now for it to cure before turning.

Another early look at an upcoming pen I hope to have ready for the Baltimore Pen Show ✌️

A recently finished GPS model with an amazing resin from @pourlycontrolled.bsky.social ! I’ll have a couple of these at the Baltimore Pen Show next week.

Redesigned & back in stock! The Battleship NJ fountain pen with teak deck from BB-62 is available once again, with a few updates. Available online, in-store, or soon at the Baltimore Pen Show! Each includes a Certificate of Authenticity detailing the most decorated battleship in US Naval history.

Putting my laser engraver to work on a redesign of my Battleship NJ fountain pen series. Here’s a sneak peek 🫣

Latest addition to the GemPen 25 line, Onyx set in fine silver for the rollstop with resin I poured to resemble black granite. The resin has wisps of white with some holographic glitter throughout. Available online or in-store in Woodstown, NJ.

A quick look at some blanks just in! These will be fountain pens finished (hopefully) for the Baltimore Pen Show.

I’ve always loved pens, which is what got me started as a pen maker. Today I brought my Mont Blanc Meisterstuck rollerball & pencil set (sorry fountain pen fam, these pre-date my love for fp’s!) into work to fix a bent pencil clip Took it apart & in maybe 5 minutes had it fixed identical to the RB!

A few fountain pen caps freshly sanded and polished. Now to start a series of baths in ultrasonic cleaners before a final buffing.

3 weeks until the Baltimore Pen Show & 4 weeks until the Mid-Atlantic Turning Expo where you can find me as a vendor for both! It’s going to be a busy few weeks with my first back-to-back shows.

It’s almost Valentine’s Day and it’s not too late to drop a hint or treat yourself! This GemPen fountain pen with Rose Quartz rollstop set in fine silver is available on my website or in-store. (please reach out if you want to stop by the store due to the incoming snow ❄️)

Pre-gaming by working on my year end taxes 😂

Not quite a fountain pen post, but I found myself thinking back to this day when Amy & Patrick Kennedy stopped by my store with their kids & thought I’d share. Amy at the time was running for Congress and wanted to learn first-hand about the difficulties small businesses faced during the pandemic.

Today was a busy day! Here’s a shot of another recently finished fountain pen (shown in the video earlier). This is my new GPS series. I cast the resin with translucent blue dye, purple mica, and splashes of pink mica. Available online, in-store, or at the Baltimore Pen Show if it lasts that long.

My just-finished Year of the Snake fountain pen! This is the only one available (and I just listed it on my website). This is a super fun one to gaze at and see all of the swirling snakeskin patterns. Also available in-store and, if it lasts that long, the Baltimore Pen Show next month.

Incredibly happy with how this fountain pen turned out! This is 1 of the 2 blanks I posted video of the other da (the other pen looks just as amazing). Translucent blue due, purple mica, and splashes of pink mica. Hopefully I’ll have it online this weekend if it doesn’t sell in the store first.

A couple of future fountain pens I just took out of the mold 😍

A whole bunch of fountain pen sanding and polishing ahead of me today and tomorrow, but on deck will be these 2 pieces for Year of the Snake 🐍

A slew of D2 fountain pens ready for sanding and polishing 🙂

Working on what’s typically a day off because I don’t have shop gnomes showing up in the night to do things for me 😂 But that’s ok, won’t find me complaining about making pens! 🙂

A couple of new D2 style fountain pens being added to my site soon. One resin pour I call Island Vibes, the other is Ghostly Presence. Can you tell which is which? 😂