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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

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

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

We'd like to introduce our brand new pen kit - the Beaufort Zephyr, so for a limited time we're giving them away for free. Designed by us here in the UK, the Zephyr follows on from the success of our hugely popular Sirocco pen kits, and uses the same tube, bushes and mecahnism. It is compatible with Sierra tubes for people who want to use pre-cast tune-in blanks, it has its ultra-smooth mechanism mounted in the finial, it comes with a Parker style, Beaufort Ink refill as standard,

We want you to see our new pen boxes, so we're going to give you one, completely free of charge. Spend £40 on pen kits before midnight on Sunday 7th October, and get a PB50 pen box for free. NO VOUCHER CODE REQUIRED See our full range of pen boxes and pen pouches here   Get a free pen box when you spend £40 or more on pen kits until 7th October

Part of our mission this autumn has been to expand the range of pen boxes we keep in stock. Hmmm. Or are they pen cases? Anyway, whatever they're called, here are 3 of them, which have recently been added to our website. We hope you like them. See our full range of pen boxes here (and pen cases too)  

To celebrate the launch of 2 new platings in our Leveche pen kit range, we’re giving away a free kit until the end of Friday 3rd August. But 5 Leveche kits in any mix of platings and any pen type, and receive a chrome Leveche fountain pen completely free of charge. (no voucher code required) Get a free Beaufort Leveche pen kit here   Buy any 5 Leveche pen kits and get a 6th one free