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The Elysian is Pen World’s 2026 Readers’ Choice for Best Artisan Pen!

Hi Pen Fans!

It is a pleasure to announce that the Elysian has won Pen World Magazine’s 2026 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Artisan Pen!

Every year, Pen World hosts their Readers’ Choice Awards where subscribers can vote for their favorite pen within many categories. Some categories include Best Everyday Carry, Best Writing Experience, Best Vintage Inspired Pen, along with many more. 

This year, the award for Best Artisan Pen went to the Edison Elysian, as shown above, made from Jonathon Brooks’ Bohemian Twilight!

The Elysian has been quite a fan favorite since we announced it.  A lot of our fans find the ergonomics to be the best feature, which is exactly what I was after when designing it. 

People that never typically post their pens oftentimes comment that the Elysian is the exception. The fact that the pen is shorter when posted compared to when capped is unique in a pen design.

This causes the balance of the pen to be largely unaffected when posted. Additionally, the extra thickness of the cap lying on the web of the hand makes for an excellent ergonomic experience. 

We’d like to thank all of our fans, but especially to those who voted for us. It is an honor to have been recognized.

Thanks!

Brian at Edison

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Current Inventory Pen Shows

DC Pen Show This Weekend!

Hi Pen Fans!

This weekend is the DC Pen Show!

We’ve been super busy over the last month or so making pens for our inventory, and we’ll be bringing well over 400 pens with us as part of our Current Inventory  for purchase at the show, or after the show if you cannot attend.

At the bottom of this post, you will see a slideshow that includes every pen that we’ll be bringing.

However, I’ll also include links below so that you can see each specific model that will be coming to the show with us.

CLICK HERE FOR ALL PENS

ALL JAMESONS

ALL COLLIER GRANDES

ALL ELYSIANS

ALL MENLOS

ALL PEARLS

ALL COMETS

ALL BEAUMONTS

ALL HERALDS

ALL BROCKTONS

 

ALL GLENMONTS

ALL #76’s

ALL COLLIERS

ALL MINAS

ALL PEARLETTES

Below is a map showing where our tables will be located in ballroom 2. This ballroom is left of the hotel check-in desk.

 

So our Current Inventory Galleries have been updated with lots of new pens that will be available at the show. If you can’t attend the show show this weekend, any pens that don’t sell at the show will be available when we return. Feel free to email me with an inquiry if something appeals.

We hope to see you this weekend!

Brian at Edison

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Tips and Hints

Updated Model Specifications! Spec Sheets, 3D Models, and Augmented Reality!

Hi Pen Fans!

We’ve been working for a while now to create a major overhaul to our Model Specifications page.

Previously we had some photos of pens next to a scale, and honestly it could have been better.

But we have recently hosted full specification sheets, 3D models, and also an option to view our pens in Augmented Reality!

Below is an example of a spec sheet for the Jameson that you can enlarge.

And here is an example of a 3D model of the Elysian. You can zoom in, zoom out, and view the pen from all angles.

View in Augmented Reality

Additionally, if you look at the link below the 3D model, you’ll see an option to view the pen in Augmented Reality!

So by using a mobile device, you can view any of our pens virtually on your desk.

This can be a great tool for understanding how one of or models will size up to any other pens in your collection.

For instance, in the video below, I’m showing how I can use my phone to view a virtual Collier Grande next to a real Elysian, Beaumont, and Jameson. This gives me a great way to figure out how any pen will size up.

Feel free to head on over to our newly updated Model Specification page to check out all details and specs as well as 3D and virtual versions of our pens.

Please let us know your thoughts, but I’m hoping that this can be a nice resource for our customers!

Brian at Edison

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Current Inventory Pen Shows

Chicago Pen Show! With Exclusive Beaumont!

Hi Pen Fans!

This weekend is the Chicago Pen Show!

We’ve been super busy over the last month or so making pens for our inventory, and we’ll be bringing well over 400 pens with us as part of our Current Inventory  for purchase at the show, or after the show if you cannot attend.

We will also be bringing a special Limited Edition Beaumont that is exclusive to the show!

This pen is made from one of Jonathon Brooks’ best, if you ask me – Primary Manipulation, Version 4!

The material is pretty amazing in its colors and patterns.

We have engraved the cap band to denote the 2026 Chicago Pen Show, as well as the edition number on the opposite side.

The Edition will be limited to only 10 pens.

At past pen shows, our LE exclusives have sold pretty fast. Not everyone can attend each day of the show, and many cannot get off work to attend Friday. For this reason, we will limit our Friday sales of this LE to 7 pens only, and our Saturday sales to 3 pens. It will be first come, first served each day.

This pen will be $235 with a steel nib (normally $295 if purchased as a custom version).  

Of course, in addition to this exclusive pen, we’ll be bringning more than 400 pens as part of our Current Inventory.

At the bottom of this page, you will see a slideshow displaying  every pen that we’ll be bringing to the show.

However, I’ll also include links below so that you can see each specific model that will be coming to the show with us.

CLICK HERE FOR ALL PENS

ALL JAMESONS

ALL COLLIER GRANDES

ALL ELYSIANS

ALL MENLOS

ALL PEARLS

ALL COMETS

ALL BEAUMONTS

ALL HERALDS

ALL BROCKTONS

 

ALL GLENMONTS

ALL #76’s

ALL COLLIERS

ALL MINAS

ALL PEARLETTES

So our Current Inventory Galleries have been updated with lots of new pens that will be available at the show. If you can’t attend the show show this weekend, any pens that don’t sell at the show will be available when we return. Feel free to email me with an inquiry if something appeals.

We hope to see you this weekend!

Brian at Edison

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Current Inventory New Pens Pen Shows

Baltimore Pen Show! With Exclusive Rose Gold Elysian!

Hi Pen Fans!

This weekend is the Baltimore Pen Show! 

We’ve been super busy over the last month or so making pens for our inventory, and we’ll be bringing well over 400 pens with us as part of our Current Inventory  for purchase at the show, or after the show if you cannot attend.

But we will also be bringing a special Limited Edition Elysian that is exclusive to the show!

This pen is made from a fantastic material coming from a material maker that we’ve been using more and more lately! This material was made by Lisa Marie Bradley with Pourly Controlled. The material is called Copper Patina.  

As you can see, we’ve outfitted these Elysians with a very nice Rose Gold Band and Rose Gold Nib to compliment the Copper Patina material.

We have engraved the cap band with a graphic denoting the 2026 Baltimore Pen Show, as well as the edition number on the opposite side.

Rose Gold Band
Rose Gold Nib
Rose Gold Band

The Edition will be limited to only 12 pens.

At past pen shows, our LE exclusives have sold pretty fast. Not everyone can attend each day of the show, and many cannot get off work to attend Friday. For this reason, we will limit our Friday sales of this LE to 8 pens only, and our Saturday sales to 4 pens. It will be first come, first served each day.

This pen will be $250 with a steel nib (normally $270 if purchased as a custom version).  

Of course, in addition to this exclusive pen, we’ll be bringning more than 400 pens as part of our Current Inventory.

At the bottom of this page, you will see a slideshow displaying  every pen that we’ll be bringing to the show.

However, I’ll also include links below so that you can see each specific model that will be coming to the show with us.

CLICK HERE FOR ALL PENS

ALL JAMESONS

ALL COLLIER GRANDES

ALL ELYSIANS

ALL MENLOS

ALL PEARLS

ALL COMETS

ALL BEAUMONTS

ALL HERALDS

ALL BROCKTONS

 

ALL GLENMONTS

ALL #76’s

ALL COLLIERS

ALL MINAS

ALL PEARLETTES

So our Current Inventory Galleries have been updated with lots of new pens that will be available at the show. If you can’t attend the show show this weekend, any pens that don’t sell at the show will be available when we return. Feel free to email me with an inquiry if something appeals.

We hope to see you this weekend!

Brian at Edison

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Articles

A Nice Article in Pen World Magazine!

Hi Pen Fans!

For those that subscribe to Pen World Magazine, you might have seen an article regarding Edison in the December 2025 issue! 

Read the article by CLICKING HERE (linked with permission).

When Pen World approached us, I was so happy to learn that Barry Gabay was assigned to this article! Andrea and I have been at this for more than 18 years now, and we remember Barry being around for our first pen show! So I’m honestly not even sure how long Barry has been at it, but certainly longer than us!

Barry became a good friend over the years, and there was truly no one better qualified with a deeper understanding of Edison throughout the years and how we have evolved from the very beginning. 

The article covers Edison from our genesis 18+ years ago when I was working out of our garage, all the way to today. But Barry gets even more in-depth with our backgrounds before pens, how we established ourselves before social media even existed, how we handled growth, hired more, our employee atmosphere, and how we moved to our larger, current facility.

I want the thank Barry as well as Nicky Pessaroff (editor-in-chief who has been with Pen World since 2001), for allowing us some space in the magazine! It was quite flattering when we were approached. 

Lastly, I do feel obligated to let everyone know how I feel about Pen World and what I’ve observed over my years of manufacturing pens. 

Pen World has been around  since 1987, so coming up on 40 years! And as long as I’ve been at this, Pen World has been such an amazing asset to the pen community. 

They cover topics from basic beginner pens all the way up to expensive luxury pens. From the largest manufacturers to the smallest independent makers. Of course, they cover modern pens, but their coverage of vintage pens is equally impressive. 

And considering that no one can make every pen show, you will always find coverage of what you might have missed at the last few shows, along with learning of the upcoming shows.

If you don’t already subscribe to Pen World, I encourage you to give it consideration. Or at least pick up the latest issue (print or digital) and get a feel for what they are about. I think that you’ll find that their content speaks for itself and that they deserve your support in an age when print media of such high quality content could certainly use it.

Again, thanks to Nicky, Barry, and Pen World!

Please let us know your thoughts after reading the article!

Brian at Edison 

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New Pens Production Line

New Material to the Production Line Collier! Ancient Orchid!

I am very happy to announce that we have refreshed the Production Line Collier with a new material – Ancient Orchid!

This is a new material that we have never used before in any pen.

Ancient Orchid is somewhat similar to our very popular Antique Marble version of the Collier, but with purple shades. So if you enjoy the mildly translucent qualities of Antique Marble combined with nice black striated accents, but in a purple shade, this material should be right up your alley!

Ancient Orchid will be in addition the current lineup of the Collier materials. So it will not be replacing any of the current Collier material choices. 

This means that the available Collier materials will now be Ancient Orchid, Rock Candy, Antique Marble, Nighthawk, and Persimmon Swirl, as you can see below.

This pen is part of our Production Line, so you will not buy these directly from Edison.

You can purchase this pen through any of our retailers listed here.

We are very excited to introduce this new material. Please let us know your thoughts on this pen!

And please reach out with any questions!

Brian at Edison

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New Pens Special Offers

Holiday Themed Limited Edition Collier for Small Business Saturday!

Hi Pen Fans!

We are very happy to announce a Holiday Themed Limited Edition Collier for Small Business Saturday!

As part of the Holiday Theme, we were able to put together a really neat custom engraving on the nib. This engraving is a snowflake made up of Edison logos! 

Edison Snowflake!

This material is Arctic Fox made by Lisa Marie with Pourly Controlled. We’ve been using more and more of Lisa Marie’s materials and we couldn’t be happier!

When we first saw this material from Lisa Marie, we instantly thought of snow and winter. So we’ve been hoarding this material the last few months specifically for the Holidays!

This will be a smaller Limited Edition of only 20 pens

These pens are converter fillers. They will come with a Steel nib in your choice of EF, F, M, B, BB, 1.1mm, 1.5mm, Extra Fine Flex, or Fine Flex tip sizes.

The price of this pen will be $250. If purchased as a custom version, the normal price would be $295.

THE edition is sold out

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Current Inventory Pen Shows

Ohio Pen Show! With Pourly Controlled LE Elysian!

Hi Pen Fans!

This weekend is the Ohio Pen Show!

We’ll be bringing an Exclusive Limited Edition Elysian with the option of our Rollerball Combination setup for those that would be interested in having both a fountain pen and a rollerball in the same pen!

This pen is made from a fantastic material coming from a material maker that is pretty new to us! This material was made by Lisa Marie Bradley with Pourly Controlled. The material is called Cold Plasma, and it’s definitely a stunner! Expect to see more and more Edison pens made from Lisa Marie’s materials!

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Of course, the rollerball component is only an option for those that would be interested in having both in the same pen. For those that don’t care for the rollerball option, nothing changes with this pen when it is in fountain pen mode and one would never know the difference. If you are unsure as to  how this works, please see our Rollerball announcement for details. 

The Edition will be limited to only 12 pens.

At past pen shows, our LE exclusives have sold pretty fast. Not everyone can attend each day of the show, and many cannot get off work to attend Friday. For this reason, we will limit our Friday sales of this LE to 8 pens only, and our Saturday sales to 4 pens. It will be first come, first served each day.

We have engraved the cap band with a graphic denoting the 2025 Ohio Pen Show, as well as the edition number on the opposite side.

This pen will be $225 with a steel nib (normally $270 if purchased as a custom version).If you want the rollerball option, we can include a rollerball kit for $20 (normally $35). 

Of course, in addition to this exclusive pen, we’ll be bringning more than 400 pens as part of our Current Inventory.

At the bottom of this page, you will see a slideshow displaying  every pen that we’ll be bringing to the show.

However, I’ll also include links below so that you can see each specific model that will be coming to the show with us.

CLICK HERE FOR ALL PENS

ALL JAMESONS

ALL COLLIER GRANDES

ALL ELYSIANS

ALL MENLOS

ALL PEARLS

ALL COMETS

ALL BEAUMONTS

ALL HERALDS

ALL BROCKTONS

 

ALL GLENMONTS

ALL #76’s

ALL COLLIERS

ALL MINAS

ALL PEARLETTES

So our Current Inventory Galleries have been updated with lots of new pens that will be available at the show. If you can’t attend the show show this weekend, any pens that don’t sell at the show will be available when we return. Feel free to email me with an inquiry if something appeals.

We hope to see you this weekend!

Brian at Edison

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New Pens

Edison Rollerballs! Fountain Pen and Rollerball Within Same Section!

Hi Pen Fans!

I am very happy to announce a unique option for Edison Rollerballs!

I have been able to engineer a neat concept within the interior of our grip sections for all models that use a #6 nib. This design will allow the grip section to house a Fountain Pen Nib and also a Rollerball Nosecone within the same unit.

This fountain pen/rollerball combination option will be compatible with all of our models that use a #6 sized nib. This includes the Collier, Beaumont, Elysian, Menlo, Brockton, Comet, Glenmont, Morgan, #76, Pearl, and Herald.

Elysian
Elysian
Menlo
Menlo
Brockton
Brockton
Collier
Collier
Beaumont
Beaumont
Pearl
Pearl
#76
#76
Herald
Herald
Comet
Comet
Glenmont
Glenmont

This will be an option for any new pen purchase, but we can also offer an aftermarket retrofit to any existing #6-nibbed converter filling Edison pen within your collection.

Compatible refills will be of the “G2” style. We will supply Uniball 207 Gel Refills, but Pilot G2’s, Pentel LR7’s, and many other G2 style refills are compatible.

This gives us three options to offer...

Option #1Purchase new pen with  FP/RB Combination Section. Comes equipped with all components required to use as Fountain Pen and Rollerball.Adds $35 to normal price of Fountain Pen
Option #2Retrofit an existing Edison Pen with FP/RB Combination Section.Ship pen to Edison for retrofit. $80 + $7 return shipping
Option #3Dedicated Rollerball, no Fountain Pen Option.Same price as fountain pen version

Below is a cross section of a grip section showing how this works. I have been able to engineer this in such a way that there are no compromises between the two configurations. In other words, the fountain pen configuration still retains the internal structure required to fully support the fountain pen nib housing. 

If you are interested in purchasing a ready-to-ship Currently Inventoried pen with this Rollerball option, we can do this. However, we will most likely need to manufacture the combination-style section. So rather than shipping immediately, please allow 1-2 business days.

At the time of publishing this announcement, we only have these rollerball nosecone options in rhodium (silver tone). However, gold versions are on the way and should be here within 4-6 weeks. 

Full details are within the video above, but please email me with any questions!

Brian at Edison