New Pens

We are an authorized retailer for Bexley, Classic Pens Inc., Conway Stewart, Namiki & Pilot, Pelikan, and Signum. We also have a few other bargains, specials, and consignment pens that are just too good to pass up. The new pens we offer are carefully selected models that we hope will appeal to a broad range of users. We’re always happy to help you in choosing a pen or a nib customization that you’ll find pleasing; if you have questions about the suitability of a pen you’re considering, feel free to send mail.

If the nib’s no good, it doesn’t matter how fancy the rest of the pen is — it’s not a good pen.

Unless otherwise requested at the time of sale, I tune each new pen or nib at no extra charge before shipment. I fill the pen with Waterman Blue-Black ink and write with it on paper from the same fountain pen friendly pads we sell, adjusting as necessary to bring it up to the RichardsPens.com “factory” standard for smoothness and flow.

The result is an adjusted nib, not a customized one. Different inks or different papers can produce different results. Any special adjustment to accommodate your flow preference or a specific ink or paper comes under the heading of customization, and there will be an additional charge for that work.

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 Specialty Nibs

My handcrafted specialty nibs give you a very easy and economical way to explore line variation, ultrafine points, and other nibs not generally offered. I offer handcrafted nibs for your Pelikan M2nn, M4nn, M6nn, M700 Toledo, and “1931” and “1935” limited editions), and for your Namiki (Pilot) Vanishing Point. I regrind standard nibs into italic, oblique italic, and stub italic points that yield beautiful line variation yet retain superb ease in the hand. Each nib is painstakingly hand finished, smoothed, and adjusted for proper flow.

 Restored Vintage Pens

In general, vintage pens are pens that were made many years ago. Exactly how old a pen must be to qualify as “vintage” is a matter of opinion; for arbitrary reasons, I consider pens introduced before about 1960 to be vintage.

All of my vintage pens are fully restored to good writing condition unless otherwise noted. Except for pens that are described as being in mint or NOS condition, these are used pens. I guarantee all of my restoration work (resacking, nib adjustments, etc.)

 Esterbrook Renew-Point Nibs

We have a small stock of Renew-Point nibs. Most are NOS; those that are not NOS have been tested and reconditioned as needed.