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A bit of downtime for us as we stop for a few days over the festive period. It's been quite a year - we've moved premises  - twice, and we've had our busiest year ever. Our website will be open for business as usual over the festive period, and we'll be back to work on 2nd January. It's you, our customers who've given us our busiest year ever though, and we'd like to take this opporunity to thank you for all the support you've given us, and to wish you ...

Take a look at Garcia-Deschacht and the amazing handmade fountain pens they produce. We’ve been working with Laura and Andy since the start of their journey, supplying them with tooling, fountain pen nibs, pen blanks, ink converters etc. We came across an interview the other day, which we thought you may like to read too - what absolutely beautiful pens they produce (and not a bad showcase for some of our products either, it has to be said). Without a doubt, one of a kind, ...

We're giving away free pen kits until Sunday 6th October. Buy 5 or more Zephyr pen kits in any mix of plating options, and we'll give you a chrome Zephyr completely free of charge. You don't need a voucher code - the free kit will be added to your shopping basket automatically. That's all there is to it. Buy 5 Zephyr pen kits - Get 1 free. Simple   CLICK HERE to go straight there and order yours now   Buy any 5 Beaufort Zephyr ...

Who knew you could fit a larger nib in a Kaweco? Most Kaweco fountain pens are supplied with a short nib - a Bock type 060 in fact, which on the Dia2 looks, well, just wrong. (Sorry Kaweco) The good thing about the Dia2 though, in common with a lot of their other marques, is that the nib is in a standard Bock size 5 housing, which means that you can screw in a different Bock nib as a direct replacement. In any instance where you want to fit a bigger nib, you have to be sure that there is ...

What can we do about all those annoying little plastic bags we send out in their hundreds and thousands each week that contain the parts of our pen kits? We've been puzzling our little minds with this dilemma for some time. We're very aware that most of our pen kit bags probably end up in the bin, and consequently in landfill (or worse) and you'd have to live on a different planet not to realise the harm they cause to our own planet. So... Firstly, we tested paper bags. Hmmm - ...

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 ...