First custom order!

[Patrick Taylor]

I was just commissioned to make a statesman rhodium/gold roller for a friends wedding (to sign the guestbook). This is a friend, so I had already offered to make him a pen at the cost of materials. So... no big income from this one, but I'm pretty excited that there will be a few dozen people holding and using one of my pens. I guess I need to print more business cards. ;)


Any suggestions or things to watch out for? I assume that the statesman's are the same as the gentlemen's.

[Dave Sinkus]

I would watch out for someone stealing the pen. Put a LoJac on it :)

[Jeff Bower]

Congrats Patrick! That new BS will be paid for by more orders from the wedding no doubt!

[Steve Schlumpf]

Congrats Patrick! Has to make you feel good that for such an important event your friend thought of you and your talent for making unique pens! Hope you get a ton of orders as a result!

[Benjamin Dahl]

Sounds great. You might want to have a back-up roller ink cartridge ready. Normally the roller cartridge that comes with the kit should be fine but I did have one that stopped flowing after very little use (probably a defect in the cartridge). In any case, this is a day that you want to make sure the pen writes flawlessly.
If you are going to bring some cards, bring a couple of different pens as well. They won't take much space in your suit pocket and people like to see models of what they might buy.
Have fun,
Ben

[Bernie Weishapl]

Congrats Patrick that is great. Well deserve and they are going to love it.

[Tony De Masi]

Way to go Patrick. Maybe your friend will give you permission to put a few of your other pens on the table too. :D

Tony