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I have been asked quite a bit about what produces the brilliant finishes on our pens. The question seems simple, but the answer can be complex…. So here goes.

We review friction finishes, laquer and several other processes that are used to produce these amazing pens.

In a world flooded with flimsy, forgettable plastic pens that vanish into drawers without a second thought, we craft something entirely different: genuine, one-of-a-kind usable art that feels like it was waiting its whole life just for your hand. Every piece is born in a small workshop from materials most people will only ever dream of touching—Prohibition-era whiskey barrel staves, century-old storm-fallen burl, shipwreck timber, genuine lunar dust, crushed dinosaur bone, antique watch gears frozen in time, hand-pressed dried flowers suspended in crystal resin, Fordite, and even fragments of the Berlin Wall—then shaped into three perfectly ergonomic sizes (Midsize, Junior, and Majestic) that actually fit real human hands and make writing a joy again, especially for those with larger grips or arthritis. We could mass-produce hundreds of cheap, identical copies and call it a business, but instead we make only a handful each month, pouring obsessive nights and soul into every curve and detail so that when your pen finally arrives it doesn’t feel like a purchase; it feels like coming home to the only one in existence, built from history, beauty, and unfiltered passion, ready to capture your story for generations. Welcome home—we’ve been waiting for you.