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What? Moving again? Yes, but to permanent premises this time. We moved back in January, and have spent the last 6 months working hard, but able to enjoy the peaceful and beautiful surroundings of Exmoor, in the south west of England. However, relocating from the Highlands of Scotland to the south west of England, as we did, was a mighty undertaking, and the premises we've been occupying in the meantime have been rented. Our short term lease has now expired, and we've used the

We're mightily relieved to see these kits back in stock after running out over Easter. Our hugely popular gold & gunmetal Sirocco pen kits are back in stock - Phew! The Beaufort Sirocco is the original British designed pen kit to use Sierra compatible tubes. What's the advantage of Sierra compatible tubes? Well, it means that all the masses of pen blanks out there, cast on Sierra tubes by the many, many blank makers in the pen making comunity, will all fit a Sirocco pen kit.

Triple lead (or triple start) taps and dies cut threads that start in three places. They are used for kitless pens to make a cap thread that twists on and off with 3 times fewer turns than a single start thread. We have triple lead thread taps and dies in stock in 5 sizes, from M10 to M14 Check out our triple lead taps and dies here   Triple lead taps and dies are used for kitless pens for making the cap thread. We have them in stock in 5 sizes from M10 to

Marla Christensen lives and works in Canada, and specialises in  casting her amazing blanks using carefully selected game bird feathers. Each blank is truly unique and is created by delicately and expertly securing each feather before casting in clear polyester resin. Works of art in their own right, Marla’s feather blanks turn to create the most beautiful of pens. We ran pretty low on stck duriung the course of our "big move" but we're pleased to say that we're

Having been spoiled with the scenic value of the Highlands of Scotland for the past several yeras, do we miss it? Yes, of course we do. But when you have this view to feast your eyes on every time you look up from your computer screen, life can't be too bad can it! Exmoor is beautiful, and our little part of it, looking straight down the Exe Valley, frankly takes a lot of beating.   Exmoor in late winter. The view from our office

At the end of January, we're moving to new, larger premesis. It's a massive re-location, and consequently, order shipping will be delayed for a few days. Our website will still be open for business as usual thoughout, but we'll be unable to despatch orders after 24th Januaty, and hoipe to be back to normal by 6th February. If your order is urgent or time sensitive, please make sure that you place it in good toime, as we really won't be able to send it to you between those

Made specially for us in Italy, these single, high density colour, acrylic pen blanks are available in 150mm and 200mm lengths. Easy to turn, these pen blanks finish and polish to a high shine, and are excellent for threading too. Ideal for pen kits, kitless pens and custom pen makers, we have them on our website in 5 different solid colours Jet black Purepurple Cadmium dark red Midnightblue Racing green We're pretty sure we'll be commissioning more colours pretty

Or the 5th plating in our case. We're pleased to announce that at last the 5th plating option for our Zephyr pen kit is now in stock. It's entirely in upgrade gold from start to finish, and we think it looks pretty smart. We hope you agree. This one is turned using a reclaimed whisky cask pen blank. The cask came from the Blair Athol distillery. (The Blair Athol distillery is where Bells whisky comes from). Keep an eye on the penblanks on our website - we have them from

We're pleased to announce the arrival of two new precious metal plating options for our ever popular Sirocco pen kit Rhodium with black titanium accents Black titanium with rhodium accents Both new options are available on the website to buy right now. See our full range of Sirocco pen kits here   Sirocco pen kits are now available in precious metal platings

A happy Christmas to all our customers and friends Thank you for your support and friendship throughout the year - we look forward to working with you in 2019   Happy Christmas to all our customers and friends from Beaufort Ink