The X Pen houses the Pilot Hi Tec C pen refill in a strong and attractive carbon fiber and stainless steel housing. The X-Pen is constructed using a machined carbon fiber tube bonded to a 303 stainless steel tip that accepts the Hi-Tec C cartridge. The stainless steel back is press fit into the tube, and can be easily removed to quickly change out the pen refill. It’s even spring loaded to provide a little “give” if you push hard while writing. The design is simple, smooth, and incredibly strong! This is the type of pen that will outlast you that you can give to future generations.
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The Pen Project
Designed to be a compact, dependable addition to your everyday carry. 100% MA made.
After several years of engineering school, I started to develop a passion for product design. I challenged myself to design an everyday object that I would be able to fabricate myself, embarking on a mission to design a pen to be carried with me every day.
Recently, the project took a different form when I decided to do a manufacturing run of these pens. The project went from design and fabrication to a mission to keep this project local in Massachusetts, keep the footprint low and to take it to market. Over the past year I have worked hard to make this happen.
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XTS Solid Titanium Pen + Stylus
World’s First Titanium Pen that works with 30+ pens. We’ve spent the last 5 months designing and making numerous changes in order to make the most versatile pen possible. While making a TA4 titanium pen from clip-to-tip is really cool and unique by itself, we felt that was not enough and challenged ourselves to add a truly revolutionary feature. Our pen accepts more refills & brands than any other pen. Ever. We like to think of it as being a refill-ninja.
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Minimal & Durable Pen
The Minimal & Durable Pen, CNC machined from solid 6061 aluminum. Compatible with many cartridges (Pilot, Zebra, Mont Blanc and more….)
Its called the MD-Pen. Minimal, durable and comfortable is the idea behind this pen. We spent several months working with our CAD Engineer to design the minimal, durable and comfortable pen which is able to accommodate many types of refills / cartridges.
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Clutch Pencil
A beautifully crafted and elegant lead holder designed to feel natural in your hands and truly last.
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Ti2 Titanium Pen
Based on the coveted Pilot HI TEC C pen system, the Ti2 is machined out of grade 2 titanium for
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HAND Stylus
A finely crafted, pen-like stylus featuring the world’s smallest (4mm) retracting, rotating, replaceable tip.
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EiMIM Pen
A simple pen featuring Pilot Hi Tec C inserts, great finishes, and MAGNETS! Check update #5 for more pictures of all of the finishes.
So everyone needs pens, right? Well this is the ultimate pen. Great materials (6061 Aluminum), great finishes (raw, glass bead blasted, and powder coated), great inserts (your choice of black or blue Pilot Hi Tec C in 0.25mm, 0.3mm, and 0.4mm), and MAGNETS!
The EiMIM Pen has been in the work for three months, and after design, prototype, back to the drawing board and repeating that process I have come up with something I am proud of. Really proud of.
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PressurePen Stylus
A pressure sensitive stylus for iPad and Android tablets. Inexpensive to produce and buy, all designs and software will be open source.
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Ultimate Clicky Pen
The Ultimate Clicky Pen is made in the USA, smooth as silk, designed to last a lifetime and quite possibly, the perfect clicky pen.
So what is The Ultimate Clicky Pen? It’s an all metal clicky pen with a body machined out of 6061-T6 Aluminum. For proper balance, a tip machined out of 303 Stainless Steel. To stay put in your pocket, a clip pressed out of spring steel and then coated for durability and corrosion resistance. A spacer for fitting multiple cartridges (Fisher / Foray / Parker) and at its heart, a machined advancing mechanism with a ball bearing cam design for silky smooth operation.
What exactly makes this pen special, what makes it better? First of all this is no disposable plastic pen. It’s a machined beauty and designed to be entirely modular and last a lifetime. In addition to the thoughtful design, The Ultimate Clicky Pen is both functional and stunningly beautiful at once with a weight and balance that feels like magic in your hand and brings life to your words.
Having designed numerous pens before, about a year ago I started working on designing an all metal, machined clicky pen. Unfortunately, I found that unlike standard pens the leap between designing and building a machined clicky pen is bigger than I thought.
I have the designs, the mechanisms and functioning hand machined prototypes. What I need is your help and funding to create a first production run on a CNC and get custom springs made. Since we’ve already got the designs and prototypes, turn around time should be pretty quick (~2-3 months max including anodizing and assembly) and everything is being made in Arizona.