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Newton Pens - Buy Postcards - Raise Money - Help Students!

http://newtonpens.com/2015/04/02/march-scholarship-drawing-winner-and-it-all-begins-again/ Hi everybody! First I want to give a big congrats to Celeste for winning the drawing for March! She’ll be getting her own custom pen designed to her specs, and it should be nice, too. We’ve already ironed out all of the details. So far you’ve all helped to raise $5274.11. It looks like we should reach $6000 by the time scholarships are given out at the end of May. Thanks so much! ***** It’s Apri

April 3, 2015

Newton Pens Scholarship - It's That Time. :)

Newton Pens Scholarships – Get Ready It’s that time of year again to start getting applications filled out, essays written, and everything turned in to me so I can have my awesome volunteers start reading and grading essays to pick recipients. So visit this page to read about requirements and to download the form. http://newtonpens.wordpress.com/newton-pens-scholarships/ If you know any high school seniors who could use some extra cash their first semester, please send them this way. Last

January 6, 2015

Peyton Street Pens Blog

Expressive Line Variation From The Pilot 78G

Looking for inexpensive line variation in order to add more expression to your writing? Many customers come to us on the hunt for flex, when really all they are looking for is a way to add character to their every day writing. The popularity of the custom "cursive italic" grind at pen shows and in work shops (our own included) is a testament to the addictive nature of the subtle italic. By luck or design, Pilot's venerable 78G fountain pen sports enjoyable italic nibs on their B and BB pens, and

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December 21, 2014

Pens For Kids - To Help With Needs

I usually don't keep much extra stock around. I get orders and make those pens and that's usually about it. Before the Washington DC and Dallas shows I took a few days and made a few extra pens to have something at the shows to show and sell. Instead of holding on to them for any longer, I want to sell them now. Some of the kids at school need deodorant and shoes and shampoo and other hygienic items. If you buy one of these pens, any nib you like, grinds for $15, gold nibs are $100 extra, all

October 24, 2014

Newton Pens August Scholarship Raffle

It’s on! Enter to win a Newton Pen for the Month of August to support the Newton Pens Scholarship! So far we’ve raised $1450 in only two months! Read all the rules on how to enter here. Entry period starts August 5th and ends August 24th. If you have ANY questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask. I’m always more than happy to answer. I’ve got a ton of cool materials for the winner to choose from. If you don’t see what you want, shout out and I can help find it or we can have it custom ma

August 6, 2014

Scholarship Fund Raising And Nib Grinds

Good morning everybody! Scholarships I’m very excited to announce a new way to raise money for the scholarships: postcards! What better way to use your fountain pens than by writing notes on postcards with artwork made by students?! And all the money made from the sale of these postcards will go towards the scholarships! When you buy a pack of 5 postcards for $10 you’re automatically entered into the raffle, which is totally free now. If you wish to enter the raffle without buying postc

July 21, 2014

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen Sale 9Th July 2014 - Public View London This Week

HI all, Our fIne Pens Catalogue is now available on line, and here is a direct link to the catalogue listing: http://www.dreweatts.com/cms/pages/auction/13787 We are viewing the pens in London from 30th June to 2nd July, and then again at Donnington Priory from next weekend. Here is a taster from the sale, Namiki Emperor Autumn Flowers http://fpngallery/sml_gallery_111096_3_29069.jpg

June 29, 2014

Dc Pen Show And A Thanks To Vanness Pens

http://newtonpens.wordpress.com/2014/06/18/dc-pen-show-and-vanness/ I’m going to be at the Washington DC Pen Show in August! Arriving the 7th, at a table the 8th, 9th, and 10th. I’ve bought tickets and booked a room and everything. It’s official! Holy cow I’m nervous. I’m going to get as much made as I can and bring it all with me. I’ll also be bringing a few rods with me for show-n-tell. Is there anything in particular you would like to see? I’ll be sharing a table with Vanness

June 18, 2014

2015 Newton Pens Scholarship – June Raffle Is Open!

Hope you’re all having a good summer so far. I’m enjoying all this shop time. I thought now would be a good time to start raising money again for next year’s scholarships. We all raised just over $6000 and have helped 6 kids out with $1000 scholarships. I wish I was better with words, but it means so much to me to be able to help out like this, and I wouldn’t be able to do it without all of you. So let’s get started. One winner – one pen. All you have to do to enter is go here and re

June 11, 2014

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen Sale 9Th July 2014 - Consignments Welcome

http://fpngallery/sml_gallery_111096_3_400717.jpg You will have seen our new advert of FPN for our forthcoming sale of Fine Pens on 9th July. We already have a wonderful selection of limited edition pens consigned, including this Montblanc 888 Pope Julius II fountain pen. We are still accepting consignments for the sale. If any of you are thinking of selling you pens, we would be delighted to hear from you, with a view to offering a different experience from the other outlets for selling yo

May 21, 2014

Newton Pens Scholarship Raffle April/may

Here it is – the last raffle for the school year. Whatever money is raised over the next two weeks will be included with this year’s scholarships, which by the way, are being read and scores tallied. I should know who will be getting scholarships in a couple of weeks. This month – let’s keep it simple – just two winners. First winner will get a custom pen of their choice from Newton Pens. The second winner will get a couple of pens that were donated to me just for the raffle, and another

April 28, 2014

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Vintage Pen Auction 30Th April - Catalogue Now Available On-Line

Hi All, The listing for the Dreweatts & Bloomsbury 30th April Vintage Fountain Pen is now available on-line. Here is a link to the listing of the lots, along with an image of a Mabie Todd 'Swan' Green Lizard from the sale. I hope you like what is on offer! http://www.dreweatts.com/cms/pages/lots/13773?auction-id=2901&lots.%7Ersp.p=20&lots.%7Ersp.gp=19&currency=&lots.%7Ersp.l=20&lots.%7Ersp.cl=20&lots.%7Ersp.ss=date%2Ca&lots.%7Ersp.css=number%2Ca http://fpng

April 19, 2014

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Vintage Pen Auction 30Th April - Catalogue Available Tomorrow!

HI all, We should have the catalogue finally published on our website tomorrow, and I will post the links as soon as the catalogue is available. In the meantime here is another pen from the sale. This time it's a Conway Stewart, Executive 60, Cracked Ice, a black and grey fountain pen, circa 1949, estimated at £40 - 60 http://fpngallery/sml_gallery_111096_3_20423.jpg

April 15, 2014

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Vintage Pen Auction 30Th April

I am pleased to let you know that our Vintage Fountain Pen Auction on 30th April is nearly ready to publish our website, and we hope to have it live on-line early next week. I am sure you have all seen the advert for the sale here on FPN, and the advert will link to the sale listing as soon as the sale is published on our website. The sale contains 266 lots of wonderful Vintage Fountain Pens, like the Parker, Vacumatic, Major, a burgandy pearl, circa 1934, shown below. Many of the pens are fro

April 10, 2014

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen Auction 26Th March - Public View Continues From Saturday 22Nd March Until 26Th March

The public viewing exhibition for the Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen Auction on 26th March continues all this weekend at Donnington Priory near Newbury. Here is another of the limited edition Montblancs being offered in the sale - Diego Rivera (limited edition of 70 pens) http://fpngallery/sml_gallery_111096_3_34364.jpg You can get directions to Donnington Priory and download a PDF of the catalogue from the website here: http://www.dreweatts.com/media/dreweatts/auctions/13753.pdf

March 21, 2014

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen Auction 26Th March - Public View Starts Monday 17 Th March

The first part of our public viewing for the Fine Pen Sale begins on Monday 17th March in our London Salerooms in Maddox Street. You can find all the lot details and the viewing times on the website here: http://www.dreweatts.com/cms/pages/auction/13753 In the meantime, here is another taster, this time a Montblanc Alfred Hitchock http://fpngallery/sml_gallery_111096_3_54616.jpg

March 14, 2014

London Viewing For Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen Sale 26Th March

The first part of our public viewing for the Fine Pen Sale begins next Monday 17th March i n our London Salerooms in Maddox Street. You can find all the lot details and the viewing times on the website here: http://www.dreweatts.com/cms/pages/auction/13753 In the meantime, here is another taster, this time a Montblanc Alfred Hitchock http://fpngallery/sml_gallery_111096_3_25132.jpg

March 11, 2014

The Star Lot Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen Auction 26Th March

Here is an image from the 26th March Fine Pen Auction catalogue. This is the top lot, a Montblanc Charlie Chaplin Limited Edition 18 carat white gold fountain pen. It is absolutely exquisite! http://fpngallery/sml_gallery_111096_3_73289.jpg

February 28, 2014

Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Fine Pen Auction 26Th March

We have now published on line the Dreweatts & Bloomsbury 26th March Fine Pen Auction. Here is a link to the full auction listing: http://www.dreweatts.com/cms/pages/auction/13753

February 28, 2014

Newton Pens Scholarship Deadline Extended

Hi Everybody, I just want to say thanks for all of the participation in the raffles so far – and remember there’s only three more days for the current one. Two pens, one winner! http://newtonpens.wordpress.com/2013/12/08/december-raffle-for-2014-scholarship/ I also want to announce that I’m extending the deadline to turn in scholarship applications until March 1st of 2014 so more of you have time to get these in. If you know a senior who could really use the extra few bucks to help them ge