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We'd like to introduce you to our brand new pen kit - the Beaufort Zephyr. and to celbrate its launch, we're giving them away for free. Designed by us here in the UK, and manufactured to our usual hih standards, The Zephyr follows on from the success of our hugely popular Sirocco pen kits, and uses the same mechanism, tube and bushes. It is compatible with Sierra tubes for people using pre-cast tube-in blanks, it has its mechanism mounted in the finial, it comes with a Parker style, ...

If you make custom pens, often called kitless pens, or it’s something you’ve been considering and been daunted by the prospect, we’ve just made things a whole lot easier. We have introduced a range of ready-made sections for fountain pens, that are already engineered and threaded to take Bock nibs. The section is the component into which the nib assembly is screwed, and is possibly the most complicated element of making a pen from first principles. Made by Bock ...

Having launched our brand new Sirocco pen kit at the end of June, we thought it was high time we mentioned it in our blog – in fact long overdue. The Sirocco, like all our other pens kits, is designed by us and manufactured to our usual high standards and tolerances. It uses exactly the same size of tube as a Sierra kit, but there the similarity with a Sierra stops. Unlike a Sierra, the Sirocco has its twist mechanism mounted in the finial, not in the nib, which means that the ...

If you’re looking for a click pen with a reliable mechanism, here it is. With a specially engineered mechanism designed to keep on clicking, it’s available to buy online right now. Tempest pen kits   Introducing the new Tempest click ballpoint from Beaufort Ink ...

Have you seen the new Mistral ballpoints and pencils yet? They’ve been on line for a couple of weeks now. Long awaited, we now have the the final additions to out world class suite of Mistral pen kits, which we believe are possibly the only suite of kits available word wide that truly do match. Choose from a fountain pen, rollerball, ballpoint and pencil. All kits in the suite are designed by us and made to our renowned  exacting standards and tolerances, and feature premium ...

Great news for makers of kitless pens or custom pens. Triple start threads, or triple lead threads are popular amongst pen makers because it means the  pen cap can be removed or replaced with fewer turns.  Whereas, depending on the length of your thread,  it takes several turns of the cap to screw it on with a single start thread, a triple start thread will do it in a couple of turns or less and is far more professional that way. They’re not cheap, but there again ...

This is our brand new size 5 fountain pen nib, which is supplied as standard with all Beaufort Mistral fountain pen kits, and will also be available to buy on line within the next few days. We promised elsewhere that we’d publish a bit of information about it, so here it is. Nearly all pen kits are supplied with a so called IPG nib, so called because they are engraved “Iridium Point Germany”. Nothing is further from the truth as they don’t have an iridium point, nor ...

Designed to sit amongst the highest quality kits available, our Mistral range of matching fountain pen, rollerball, ballpoint pen and mechanical pencil  are made to the most exacting standards and tolerances, feature premium quality platings and come with the very best of nibs, refills and German made mechanisms. Aimed squarely at the higher end of the market, the Mistral suite of pen kits has been designed by us from first principles for those occasion when you need a prestige pen kit ...

Introducing our refillable rollerball nibs. A strange concept? No, a good one. Our innovative refillable rollerball nibs take a “Standard International” ink converter or ink cartridge, and therefore can be refilled in just the same way as a fountain pen. Available with a black or chromed finish, they are ideal for makers of kitless pens or custom pens, and many pen kits can also be adapted to accept them. Needless to say, we have the corresponding thread taps to match, and you ...

The chances are that you’ve never used ebonite for pen making. Up until now it’s been incredibly hard to find in the UK, but that has just changed. Ebonite is used by the prestige classic pen manufacturers – Montblanc, Parker, Cross, Pelikan, Waterman, Montegrappa,  Choppard, you name them – they all use ebonite for their top marques, which in some cases sell for hundreds of pounds. So we’ve sourced it and it’s available on our website right now. ...