The Last Hand-Turned Pens From a Small Atelier in the Sologne Forest
One block of rare hardwood, shaped by hand on a lathe for 45 minutes, oiled with linen and fitted with a brass clip. Each barrel swells under the index finger and tapers under the thumb, and no two grains are alike. Sold straight from the turner, with no catalog in between.
Sologne Hand-Turned Wood Pen
$47.00
A Drawer Full of Pens and Not One Worth Keeping
Free pens from the bank, plastic pens with chewed caps, a gift pen nobody ever used. Every man has the drawer. They write, they run dry, they get tossed, and none of them ever feels like his.
Most of a Catalog Price Never Reaches the Pen
A buyer offered the atelier a wholesale price so his holiday catalog could sell each pen for about eight times as much. The wood and the 45 minutes of turning are the smallest part of a number like that. The rest pays for the catalog, the showroom and the layers in between.
One Turner, One Lathe, 45 Minutes for Every Pen
For 22 years Etienne Maillerot has turned pens in a converted barn outside Romorantin, in the Sologne forest. He selects each block, shapes it with a gouge and a skew chisel, and oils it by hand. This last batch ships from his atelier, with nobody in between.
Four Things He Notices the First Time He Picks It Up
What separates a hand-turned pen from a factory pen
What Separates It From an Ordinary Pen
Six things that decide whether he will carry it every day
Sologne Hand-Turned Pen
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Ordinary Plastic Pen
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| Turned by hand from a single block of hardwood | ||
| Contoured to fit the hand, not a straight tube | ||
| Solid 22 g weight, brass clip and tip | ||
| Grain unique to each pen, darkens with use | ||
| Takes standard ballpoint refills, made to last decades | ||
| 30-day money-back guarantee, free shipping |
Hand-turned · Velvet sleeve · 30-day guarantee
What Owners Write Back to the Atelier
Men who use the pen every day, and the people who gave it to them.
Morning One: He Picks It Up and Writes the First Line
Out of the velvet sleeve, a click, and it writes. The weight settles in the hand, the contour finds the fingers, and the first signature comes out slower and smoother than usual. By the end of the week most men stop reaching for anything else.
A Christmas Gift He Will Actually Use, for Him or for Yourself
Here is what ships to you:
· 1 Sologne hand-turned wood pen, rare hardwood, brass clip and tip
· A ballpoint refill already fitted
· A velvet sleeve, ready to give
Common Questions Before You Order
Straight answers before you choose his gift.