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In addition to his website, Tim Crowe’s work can be seen at the DC Pen Show every August, and on Instagram He plans to do a new blank and pen drop on Instagram at 1pm Sundays, letting followers vote the day before on which blank it will be.*Any Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online features. “This is unlike anything I’ve ever been a part of.” According to the Urban Dictionary, “turnt” or “turnt up” means excessively excited or wound up, which seems appropriate for the amount of excitement fountain pens can generate today.Ĭrowe’s story sounds a theme mentioned by almost any pen maker you might talk to: the time and support given by other makers. Then, the word passed out of use and came back again with a different meaning, just as fountain pens were superseded by ballpoints and then came back with new appeal. First, it’s an obsolete past tense form of “turn,” which speaks to the process of hand making a pen. Not wanting to use his own name, he settled on the word “turnt” for a number of reasons. When there is a little extra time, Crowe dabbles in music, not having entirely left guitars behind.Ĭhoosing a name for his company let Crowe have a little fun with words. Spare time is at a premium, with a demanding day job, service as a class advisor, and family life. Is it because they write a lot? Because they have time in the summer to work more on their pens? He uses July to prepare for his one pen show, in DC – “three years ago, I didn’t know pen shows were a thing!” I love my day job, and it gives me time to do this.” He wonders about the reasons there seem to be many educators in pen making. He has provided blanks to Leonardo Officina Italiana and Nahvalur, in batches of fifty to a hundred, for exclusive pens sold through the retailer Limited Pens Korea – several have already been released and there are more in the pipeline.Ĭrowe chooses words similar to Shawn Newton’s in describing his feelings about what he does.
Pen companies are beginning to embrace the appeal of handmade alumilite resins, and some have taken note of Crowe’s materials.
An Eowyn model from Mayfair Pens is another favorite recent acquisition. Vintage materials, though difficult to obtain, are on Crowe’s radar, as one of his favorite pens he didn’t make is a Mythic Pen Company pen made from a snakeskin blue cellulose acetate. “It’s like Christmas morning when you shoot that blank out of the mold and see what it looks like.” He hasn’t made pens out of a lot of those recipes, but “the coolest thing is making a pen out of material I also made, or making material to turn someone’s vision into a pen.” The entire process continues to inspire him, “working with my hands, turning a plastic rod into something useful.” He also has help choosing colors from his sons Carson and Mikey – Carson’s blank choices are up to 25 and Mikey’s stand at 8. Inspiration can come from anywhere – photos sent to him by customers, for example, or random things he sees around him. Making materials is famously addicting, and he now has over 270 recipes in his books. It wasn’t long before he decided he’d also like to try making his own materials, and got in touch with maker Bob Dupras, who gave him pointers and talked him through many iterations in the shop.
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