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Awards

Edison Glenmont is Goldspot’s 2014 Pen Of the Year!

Hi Pen Fans!

I’m super-proud to announce that the 2014 Limited Edition Glenmont was named Goldspot Luxury Gifts Pen of the Year for 2014!

For those counting, that’s four years in a row that Edison has won this award!  Counting the Pen World Magazine nomination and win, here’s how the last four years have looked for Edison…

 

2011
Huron
Pen World Readers’ Choice
Nominated
2011
Collier
Goldspot Pen of the Year
Won
2012
Beaumont
Goldspot Pen of the Year
Won
2013
Menlo
Goldspot Pen of the Year
Won
2014
Beaumont
Pen World Readers’ Choice
Won
2014
Glenmont
Goldspot Pen of the Year
Won

Needless to say, we are awfully proud to be earning up this kind of recognition!  Big thanks for our fans in general, and especially to those that voted!  We appreciate you greatly!

Brian at Edison

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Pen Shows

A Great Ohio Show!

Hi Pen Fans!

As usual, the Ohio Pen Show was wonderful!

I’ll attach a slideshow with  my photos below.
(If you can’t see this slideshow, click here.)

We are still pretty exhausted, and might not be working much today.  If you are expecting an email from me, I will respond today or tomorrow.  If you don’t hear from me by the end of the day on Wednesday, feel free to reach out.

Thanks!

Brian at Edison

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Pen Shows Special Offers

Fountain Pen Day Special and Ohio Pen Show!

Hi Pen Fans!

Highlights from the video….

1.  Friday, November 7th is Fountain Pen Day!  We will be offering a free italic grind (stub, cursive italic, or crisp italic), valued at $40 with the purchase of any Current Inventory Pen.  Click here for the gallery showing these pens, or you can watch the video above to see them.  There is also a slideshow at the bottom of this post showing these pens.

2.  To take advantage of this offer, send me an email with your request on Fountain Pen Day between 12:00am and 11:59pm, EST.  Obviously, I might not be able to respond to emails sent outside of business hours and additionally, I’ll be busy at the Ohio Pen show.   However, as long as your email is in my inbox within those hours, we’ll honor the free grind.

3.  The Ohio Pen Show is also on Friday, the same day as Fountain Pen Day, and will continue until Sunday.  We hope to see you there!

4.  If you request a pen for the Fountain Pen Day Special that happened to sell at the Ohio Pen Show, fear not, we will either figure out an alternative pen, or we can remake the pen for you.

Happy Fountain Pen Day!  I hope to see you at the Ohio Show!

Brian at Edison

(if you cannot see the slideshow below, click here)

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New Pens

2014 LE Glenmont Finished!

Hi Pen Fans!

The 2014 LE Glenmont is finished, and heading out to the owners!

This was a larger project than what I anticipated, so it took us a little longer than the LE pen from last year.

I will attach a slideshow below that shows all photos from beginning to end. If you can’t see this slideshow, click here.

We managed to ship about 130 of the 170+ pens yesterday, so many of you have already received tracking information.  The rest of the pens will ship today.  If you bought the pen and you don’t have tracking information by Saturday, check your spam folder first.  If you still have no information at that time, then feel free to email us.

I’d like that thank everyone for participating!  We’ll do it again next year!

Brian at Edison

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New Pens

LE Glenmont Update #3

Hi Pen Fans!

The 2014 LE Glenmonts are moving along nicely.  See recent pics below, or the entire gallery of progress is here.

Just about all of the Pearlized Wine Pens are off the lathe, sanded and polished.

All of the Cumberland Pens are off the lathe, but not sanded and polished yet. That’s what we are working on now.

Then clip attachment, final assembly, final touchups, and nib work.

Right now, I’ll give a very rough estimated shipping date of after the Ohio Pen Show.  So probably before Thanksgiving.  But please don’t hold me to that, as unexpected things can happen.  In any case, I’ll keep the updates timely!

Thanks!

Brian at Edison

Rough (and a little dusty) Cumberland caps. Waiting to be sanded.

 

Sanded and Polished Cumberland Barrels and Sections

 

Sanded Cumberland barrels, waiting to be polished

 

Polished Wine Pens
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Pen Shows

A Great Michigan Pen Show!

Hi Pen Fans!

As usual, our friends up in Michigan put on another excellent Michigan Pen Show!

While it’s not the largest show out there, it’s tons of fun, a bit more relaxed, and all the vendors are excellent.  At a show like this, myself and other vendors can usually take more time with each customer, which makes for a great experience all around.  And of course, you’ll still find all things vintage and modern, as you can see within my photos.

I’ll attach a slideshow of my photos from the show below!

Big thanks to our friends up north!

(if you can’t see the slideshow below, click here)
 

Thanks!

Brian at Edison

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Pen Shows

Michigan Pen Show This Weekend!

Hi Pen Fans!

We’ll be packing up today for the Michigan Pen Show!

If you haven’t attended, it’s a really nice intimate show and there are always plenty of excellent vendors in attendance.  You’ll find all things in modern as well as vintage pens.

We will be bringing our Current Inventory with us.  I’ll include a slideshow below that will show the pens that we’ll be bringing.

We hope to see you at the show!

Brian at Edison

(if you can’t see the slideshow below, click here)

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New Pens

2014 LE Glenmont Update #2

Hi Pen Fans!

The 2014 LE Glenmonts are moving along nicely!

We have almost all of the Wine pens off of the lathe, and are currently sanding and polishing.

The Cumberland pens are still on the lathe.  However, some are off and have moved along to sanding and polishing!

Pics with recent progress as well as a slideshow with all progress is below.

Stay tuned!

Brian at Edison

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

Categories
Site Maintenance

A Website Facelift!

Hi Pen Fans!

If you are viewing this blog post on our website, then you’ll be seeing our new look!

If you are not on our site currently, feel free to head on over to www.edisonpen.com and  have a look!

I am very happy with the new appearance, but there’s still some minor formatting issues to take care of, which we’ll be working on over the next few days.  If you see any issues with the website, feel free to let us know, but we should be ironing out all of these small details in the next few days.

As a side note, the 2014 LE Glenmonts are coming together nicely!  I apologize for not having a more recent update, but during the time that we transitioned over to this new appearance, I couldn’t post anything or risk losing the content.  So expect to see a 2014 LE Glenmont update early this week!

Let me know what you think of the new look and have a great day!

Brian at Edison

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Articles

Let’s Reevaluate Converter Filling Fountain Pens

Hi Pen Fans.

I recently completed an article and have included it withiin the Articles page on the site.

This article, along with the others, are written with the intention of clearing up misconceptions, as well as providing the best information to aid in choosing a fountain pen.

Within this article, I ask the reader to reevaluate converter filling fountain pens.

You can read the article here.  Let me know your thoughts!

Brian at Edison