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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. ...

Ebonite pen blanks now in stock. Receive an introductory discount of 10% until 12th December 2015. Sign up to our newsletter to find out how.       Sign up to our newsletter to get your introductory 10% discount on all ebonite blanks ...

Just for information,  a few popular items which had sold out are now back in stock, if you’ve been waiting. 10 inch tubes for 7mm kits are back in, and we’ve also now got spare tubes for both the old style Jr Gent (15/32 and 25/64) and the new style Jr Gent (12.5mm and 10.5mm) Spare pen kit tubes   We’ve now got centre band couplers for the Jr Gent in the new size too, as well as the old. Pen kit spares   And the ever popular Yunstone Iced Mica ...

We’re pleased to say we’ve finally made time to photograph the actual thread taps which suit our Bock nib housings. So instead of a representative picture on our website, now what you see is what you get. Thread tabs for Nock nib housings   Thread taps to suit Bock nib housings ...

Left-handers hold their pens and cover the page differently to right-handers. A normal nib just doesn’t do the job for them because the way the tip is set up is wrong. Bock have tuned these nibs to suit left- handers specially for us, which now gives you the choice of left handed or right handed nibs when selling your fountain pens. In stock in both sizes 5 and 6 with a medium point, they are available to buy on our website ...

A problem with polyurethane (Pu) Gorilla Glue that is experienced by some, is that the inserted pen tubes move whilst the glue cures. Tubes only move with Gorilla glue if you haven’t coated them properly. Gorilla expands, so if you have an uneven covering it will push the tube in the direction of least resistance, which is generally away from the area with least glue. To stop it happening, follow this routine. The tube will never move, you don’t need to check it, and you ...

Our own long awaited ink converters for fountain pens are now in stock and available online. Ideal for custom “kitless” pens, you can also upgrade the converter supplied with any pen kit to further improve the overall quality of your pen and add a premium to it’s selling price, especially if you are upgrading the nib as well. They fit all “standard international” fountain pens, which includes just about every fountain pen kit currently available on the market. ...

Get extra refills with your Beaufort Ink refill order throughout July. Sign up for our newsletter to find out how.       ...

New pen blanks now available from stock – including black walnut and padauk in fat sizes. We also have a small number of our popular wine cask blanks back in stock. www.beaufortink//pen-blanks/wood-pen-blanks/   Pen blanks from Beaufort Ink   ...

Taps to suit Bock nib housings in both size 5 and 6 are on the way, and available to pre-order right now on the website. Any tap (or taps) will get a pre-prder 10% discount, and if you buy a complete set of three in either size, you’ll get a pre-order discount of over 17.5% No voucher codes required – just a special pre-order deal which will run for the early birds until they arrive here, which will be soon we ...