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New Pens

Snake Clips!

Hi Pen Fans.

In the past, I’ve had cast sterling snake clips, but truth be told, I was only OK with their designs.

I recently enlisted the help of a friend to create some custom snake clips to my specifications and design.

I couldn’t be happier with how they turned out.

They wrap around the cap of a Huron or Glenmont.  Since they are not attached all the way around the cap, they are adjustable to a degree to make a perfect fit.

They are probably not all that functional, outside of keeping a pen from rolling off of a desk.  They are more decorative.  I wouldn’t recommend slipping the clips over a real thick pocket, as they might bend.  However, being sterling silver, they can easily be moved back into tension.

The clip is shown below in a black acrylic pen with a satin finish.

Being silver, I don’t recommend these clips going onto an ebonite pen.  The ebonite outgassing will tarnish the clip.  However, the black acrylic that you see above is a perfect “faux” ebonite.  It’s rather soft, and not at all brittle like most acrylics.  When a pen is finished in this acrylic, I can’t tell the difference between this and ebonite without smelling.

This clip looks great with black acrylic.  I have trouble picturing this clip on something with grain, or a wild material, as your eye would be divided between the material and the clip.  However, I can see this clip with some other solid colors…blue, red, green, etc….

These clips will add $90 to the cost of a pen.

Thanks for looking!

Brian at Edison

 

 

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Time Away

Back in Action…

Hi Everyone.

My computer problems are taken care of.

Any communication or email problems that I have had are now alleviated.

However, there is a possibility that I’ve lost some emails in the last 4-5 days, and perhaps also some archived emails.

If you are expecting an email from me and haven’t received it, or if you feel that my communication has been poor, please reach out.  I most likely did not receive an email, or lost it in an archive.

Also…for those of you with orders in, I’m a couple days behind due to all these problems.  I’ll be contacting those effected directly, and everyone else in the queue will get an overall update soon.

Thanks.

Brian at Edison

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Time Away

Computer Problems, Please Bear With Me….

Hey Everyone.

I’ve had a very serious problem with my shop computer.

I’ll get it into repair on Monday.  Hopefully, I’ll return the same day with everything back to normal.

I’m hoping that I can access the hard drive on my shop computer and move it all to a new computer.

If not, everything is backed up via an offsite backup service.

Best case scenario, I’m all set Monday evening.

Worst case scenario, I’ll have to access everything late this coming week, as the offline service can take up to 4 or 5 days to completely restore everything.

Bottom line, if I’m slow on emails and correspondences, you’ll know why.  If I have technical problems related to the computer, you’ll know why.

Thanks.

Brian at Edison

 

 

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Urushi

The Next Urushi Project – We Need Your Help!

Hi Pen Fans!

I’d like to thank everyone for their interest in the Urushi Pearl Project, the first LE project between Edison and Hakumin Urushi Kobo.  The project was a huge success and we have decided that we are going to continue this cooperative effort.

In fact, we are currently in the process of planning our next LE! We have decided that this next edition will be done on the Herald and we have some good ideas for the technique, which will be something different from the Pearl LE. While we are keeping the specific technique under wraps for now, we will say that the color scheme will be in the cooler side of the spectrum this time and that we will be using rhodium trim.

However, we are stuck on deciding one thing.  Clip or no clip?  A clip would add convenience and stop a pen from rolling away. Going clipless would emphasize an unbroken surface of the lacquer and show off the purity of the design. Which do we choose? Either way would be beautiful, and it ends up all being a matter of personal preference.

And so we have decided, who better to decide than those who will be owning them?

We have started a poll over at the Fountain Pen Network to put this up for a vote among our clients.

Clipped or Clipless? What would you like?

Please follow this link to vote, or click here….

http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php?/topic/167620-edison-hakumin-project-no-2-we-need-your-help/page__p__1675692__hl__edison__fromsearch__1#entry1675692

Thanks!

Brian at Edison and Ernest at Hakumin Urushi

 

 

 

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Urushi

The Urushi Pearls are Completed!

Hi Pen Fans!

The first ten Urushi Pearls are completed, and will ship tomorrow.

For those who will receive the second ten pens, we are still on track for a mid-September delivery.  We will send updates.

Some photos below….

To see the complete set of photos, click here, or the link below…

https://edisonpen.com/page.cfm/Urushi-Pearl-Project

Thanks,

Brian at Edison and Ernest at Hakumin Urushi.

 

 

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Urushi

The Urushi Pearls are Finished, and Teaming Up with Hakumin Urushi in DC!

Hi Pen Fans!

I have two items to cover in this blog entry.  Both involve Ernest, with Hakumin Urushi Kobo.

First, I am pleased to announce that Ernest and I will be teaming up and sharing a table at the DC Pen Show this weekend.

Our teaming up will truly make for a phenomenal custom pen opportunity. 

If the customer wishes, a custom order for any Edison Pen can be placed, with Ernest working his urushi magic on said pen.  Or we can work with the customer to create a completely new design.

This means that the possibilities are endless.  Any Edison Pen or any custom Edison creation can be comissioned.  Then the customer can discuss lacquer techniques with Ernest to customize a wonderful traditional Japanese lacquer finish.

This certainly represents something awfully unique in the pen world.

 

Second, The Urushi Pearls are Finished!

Please see the pics below…they certainly speak for themselves!


I will have more completed photos up on the Urushi Peal Page later, as I’m busy getting ready for the DC Pen Show.

This has been a fantastic project.  Ernest and I are already making plans for the next Limited Edition.  If you want to subscribe to my blog (upper-right-hand corner of this page), you will be automatically updated when we are starting the next series, and taking orders.

So I hope to see lots of you at the DC Pen Show.  If you are on the fence about attending, remember that this is the biggest and best show in the US if not the world!

Thanks!

Brian at Edison

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Urushi

Urushi Pearl – Just About Done….

Hi Pen Fans!

The first ten Urushi Pearls will be available for shipping the week of August 16th.

For those attending the DC Pen Show, you will receive your pen at the show.

For those who cannot attend the show, your pen will ship after the week of August 16th.

I will attach some teaser photos……complete photos will be coming soon…..

 

 

 

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New Pens

Introducing the Huron Grande and Herald Grande….

Hi Pen Fans!

I am proud to introduce two new pen models.

I have created larger versions of the Herald and Huron.

These will be known as the Huron Grande and Herald Grande.

Here is a slideshow showing the Huron Grande…..
(if you cannot see this slideshow, click here)

 

…and a slideshow showing the Herald Grande….
(if you cannot see this slideshow, click here)

These are both pretty large pens, at 6 1/2" capped, and 5 3/8" uncapped.  But still not overly heavy at around 26 grams capped and 15 grams uncapped.

Here is a photo showing how these new pens stack up next to my current line….

These Grande pens are both avalable as fountain pens, but I will have a rollerball option coming soon.

I do have some of these pen in inventory, ready for immediate sale.  Click here to see my current inventory.

Please click these links to learn more about these pens.

Huron Grande

Herald Grande

Thanks,

Brian at Edison

 

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Urushi

Urushi Update – An Exciting Step….

Hi Pen Fans!

The Pearl Urushi Project is getting even more exciting.

We are at the Togi (sanding) stage.  This means that all of the work to create the layers of gold and lacquer are starting to emerge.

At this point, careful sanding exposes the layers that have been built up and hidden until now.

There is a video as well as a photo showing the progress here….

https://edisonpen.com/page.cfm/Urushi-Pearl-Project

It is safe to say that we are at the home stretch on the first batch of 10 pens.

We are anticipating having these pens complete prior to the DC Pen Show.

The second batch of 10 pens are still on target for September delivery.

Thanks,

Brian at Edison

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New Pens

The Edison/Chatterley LE Huron Grande

Hi Pen Fans.

I’m pround to announce a collaboration between Edison and Chatterley Pens.

In about 2 weeks, I will officially announce "Grande" versions of a couple of my pens. 

As the name implies, these will be larger versions.

I have completed an early Limited Edition of 18 Huron Grande pens for Chatterley Pens.  These pens are made from Ivory Celluloid.

This Ivory Celluloid is getting scarce, and will be completely gone very soon, if it’s not already gone from my supplier.

This is a larger pen, at about 6.5" capped, and 5.5" uncapped.

This pen in Ivory Celluloid will only be available from Chatterley Pens.  They are not for sale here.  I will not be making anymore Huron Grande pens from this Ivory Celluloid. 

Please visit Chatterley Pens at www.pentime.com for more more details.

Photos are below, courtesy of Chatterley Pens.

Thanks,

Brian at Edison.