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Additional Footage from Goulet Visit!

Hi Pen Fans!

Many of you will remember when Brian Goulet and Drew Brown with the Goulet Pen Co came to visit in January. We had a great time sitting down and speaking about our business evolution over the years, gave a lot of insight as to how we have grown and also discussed some very recent happenings. If you did not see this interview-style video, you can see it here.

But while Brian and Drew were here, they also captured some excellent footage of our facility and our processes. We have a good amount of Behind the Scenes videos, but none in our new facility. So I think that many will find the video below pretty interesting!

It was so excellent to have my good friends from the Goulet Pen Company come up for their visit! Thanks to Brian and his team for putting this together!

Brian at Edison

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A Nice Chat with Brian Goulet of Goulet Pens!

Hi Pen Fans!

A couple of weeks ago, it was excellent to host Brian Goulet and Drew Brown of Goulet Pens at our facility for a fun visit!

Have a look at the video below of a nice informal chat that we recorded if you are interested in topics such as the 2018 plan for Edison, stories about how the fountain pen business began for each us, our growth and move to a larger facility, new equipment that is on the way, pen design and engineering, along with some other items including our little dog getting into frame for some attention!

Let me know if you have questions regarding the topics covered.

Again, thanks to Brian and Drew for creating the video and making the trip up to see us!

(If you can’t see the video below, click here)

Brian at Edison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Feature on Fox8!

Hi Pen Fans!

For those of you who couldn’t watch the Fox8 Feature on The Edison Pen Company live, it is now hosted online.

If you would like to watch this on live TV it will air on Fox8 Cleveland on the following dates…

Sunday 3/8    2:00pm
Saturday 3/14    3:00pm
Sunday 4/5    2:30pm

Otherwise, I’ve hosted it below.

Enjoy!

Brian at Edison

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We’ll Be on Fox8 This Weekend!

Hi Pen Fans!

Back in the summer we had a film crew from Fox8 in Cleveland visit our facility to do a feature on the Edison Pen Company.  The footage is going to be airing this weekend on a show called “Neighborhood”.  This show features artisans and craftspeople in the Northern Ohio area.

“Neighborhood” will air on the Fox8 affiliate out of Cleveland on the following dates and times…

Sunday 2/1    2:30pm
Sunday 3/8    2:00pm
Saturday 3/14    3:00pm
Sunday 4/5    2:30pm

So if your cable lineup gets Fox8 out of Cleveland, set your Tivo’s!

If you don’t get this station, fear not, there will be an online version and I’ll host it here as soon as I can.

I’ll share some photos below from the shoot.

Have a great weekend!

Brian at Edison

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Behind the Scenes: Making a Menlo Pump Filler

We always receive a lot of good feedback whenever we show "Behind the Scenes" at Edison, so we decided to show you how we make a Menlo Pump Filler.

Enjoy!
(if you can’t see the video below, click here).

 

Thanks!

Brian at Edison 

 

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Penmaker in the Wild!

Hi Pen Fans!

Every wanted to see how a demonstrator is made?

Special thanks to the FPGeeks!

Brian at Edison

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A Couple of Glitches, but Overall, the Hangout was a Blast!

Hi Pen Fans.

The Google+ Hangout last night was a lot of fun.

After an initial glitch (I was somehow not even in my own hangout room!!!), we got into our topics, and had a blast.  We had some great pen-related topics, and then got real informal…. somehow we got onto the direction that the water in our toilets swirls, vs our friend Rocky, who was joining us from Australia!

Now I do record these hangouts, so people who can’t participate can later watch what was discussed.

But – glitch #2 arose!  My audio recording was only my personal microphone, and not the entire group!

Oh well!  This was my first time hosting one of these, so I suppose I’ll chalk it all up to a beta test.

I now know what went wrong with both glitches, so after the LA Pen Show, I’d like to plan another one, and we’ll have everything cleaned up!

Thanks

Brian at Edison

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Let’s Hang Out!

Hi Pen Fans!

On Thursday at 9:00 PM Eastern Time, I’m going to host a Google+ Hangout.

What is a Google+ Hangout?  Essentially, it’s a lot like a Skype Video Chat, but instead of two people, you can have up to 10 people interacting with their webcams.

I’ve been doing Google+ hangouts with other photographers lately, and I can tell you….the interaction and learning possibilies are definitely wonderful.

I’ve done some Ustream video streams before, but I don’t really care for how they lack interactivity.  I feel like I’m just yapping away, and everyone just watches me.  Sure, people can interact in the chat…but when I’m speaking, and everyone else is typing, it’s just not quite the same.

If you would like, check out this link…
http://youtu.be/66ll4Jo3dLM
….this is a recorded hangout with photographers.  Now obviously, you may have no interest in photography.  But if you want to simply watch about 5 seconds, you’ll quickly see how these things work.

So if you are interested, you will need to be a Google+ member.  However, Google+ is a great place for social media.  I won’t get into all of my reasons (it’s quite a polarizing topic), but personally, I like Google+ much better than Facebook.

And if you don’t want to get involoved in another social media site, you can sign up, and simply don’t add people to your circles.  Then you can participate in Hangouts that I host and leave it at that, if you prefer.

So – if you’d like to participate, you’ll follow this link to my Edison Google+ page on Thursday at 9:00 PM EST.
https://plus.google.com/106841003574320099730/posts

At this point, I really don’t have a topic in mind.  I’m up for suggestions!  Since the LA Pen Show is right around the corner, we could discuss Pen Shows.  We could also discuss any range of topics…pen design, nib tuning, inks, whatever!  Show up with whatever you’d like to discuss!

And rest assured – the purpose of this is not Edison promotion.  If people have specific Edison questions, of course, I’ll talk about whatever people want.  But the purpose of this is to promote pens in general and get people excited about pens of all types.  I might use this in the future to launch new pen models, or whatever.  But for now, the topics will not be Edison focused unless the crowd takes it in that direction.

Hope to see plenty of you Thursday night!

Brian at Edison

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Proud to Be a Geek!

Hi Pen Fans!

I am very proud to have been interviewed by Eric with Fountain Pen Geeks this week!  This officially makes me the Geek of the Week!

Fountain Pen Geeks has really become an amazing resource for all fountain pen fans.  Be sure to check out their site.  Podcasts, Reviews, a Forum that is growing very fast…and of course, they have their Geek of the Week!

So pop some corn, and watch the interview below.  We spent an hour and forty minutes together, so we covered a lot.  Topics covered the entire gambit.  We realize that this can be a lot to digest, so the entire interview is broken down into a timeline below the video if you’d like to skip around.

 

Interview Timeline:

0:00:27 You say tomato, I say Milan.
0:01:18 We’re shooting video.
0:02:14 How’s the weather?
0:02:28 Who is Brian Gray?
0:04:10 How many stop lights in Milan?
0:05:47 Family
0:07:11 Brian’s Focus on Photography
0:19:00 Pen Show Talk (LA and Philly)
0:20:40 Life prior to Edison Pen Co
0:24:00 Marquetry Furniture
0:26:17 The seeds of Edison Pen Co
0:31:48 What is an acrylic?
0:33:20 Wood Lathe vs Metal Lathe
0:36:00 Acrylic vs Wood
0:37:55 Woodworking Skills vs Machining Skills
0:38:05 Threads 101
0:39:11 Manual Lathe vs Computer Numerical Controlled Lathe
0:40:42 Spreading the Virtual Word
0:45:50 How many pens have you made?
0:47:00 Edison Owners Reunion in Milan =)
0:47:25 Let’s theorize about mass production techniques…
0:50:00 Edison Pen Co Shop Size
0:50:45 How do you design a pen?
0:54:58 The Mina and Ernest Shin of Hakumin Urushi Kobo
0:58:34 Edison Pen Co and Ernest Shin of Hakumin Urushi Kobo
1:03:00 Pen Models and Materials Paletter
1:09:37 Does Brian collect pens?
1:11:47 Brian’s ink preferences.
1:14:14 Steel Nibs vs Gold Nibs
1:16:45 vs Silver Nibs
1:18:13 Meisternibs
1:20:23 The Pearlette
1:21:18 Size comparison to The Mina
1:21:40 Size comparison to The Huron Grande
1:22:20 The Del Coronado
1:25:48 What’s coming in 2012?
1:28:28 Did he say piston filler?!?
1:30:55 A Huge Number 8 Nib?
1:32:22 And beyond 2012?
1:34:10 What improves Brian’s penmaking skills?
1:37:42 Which pens shows do you attend each year?
1:38:45 Which pen show is the largest?
1:41:10 Thank you! Thank you!
1:42:54 Let’s do dinner!

Make sure to check out FPGeeks if you haven’t already….

Fountain Pen Geeks
FP Geek’s Geek of the Week via iTunes

Subscribe to FP Geeks via RSS

Thanks!

Brian at Edison

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Tune in Tonight!!!

Hi Pen Fans!

Tonight will be the unveiling of the Collier on Write Time at 9 with Brian and Rachel Goulet of The Goulet Pen Company.

The Goulet’s posted a sneak peek here.

So be sure to tune in tonight at 9:00 pm, EDT.

Then there will be an official announcement here tomorrow morning!

Brian at Edison