Slimline Pens in Colors – Vibrant Expression in Every Stroke

Not every pen needs to be serious. Some pens should make you happy the moment you pick them up — a flash of color that says something about who you are before you've written a single word. Rex turns these slimline pens in his Tucson workshop and fits them with hardware in a range of colors specifically because the standard chrome-gold-black options leave a lot of personality on the table.

The formula is the same as with every pen Rex makes: a blank turned on the lathe, selected for grain and visual character, fitted with hardware that complements it — except in the colorful series, the hardware is the expressive element. Teal, red, purple, blue, and other colors cycle through the collection depending on what's in the workshop and what's working visually with the wood blanks available. 

The slimline profile writes comfortably with cross refill cartridges, which are cheap and universally available. That means these pens are made to be used — not displayed, not saved for special occasions, but carried in a pocket or a bag and written with every day. A pen this lively should be used every day.

These make exceptional gifts for teachers (who deserve a pen that makes the grading feel slightly more fun), students, artists, writers who like their tools to express something, and anyone who would rather have a pocket full of color than a pocket full of corporate grey.

Hand-turned and individually finished in limited quantities in the Sarkanys Rising workshop in Tucson, Arizona. Veteran-owned, husband-and-wife made, and priced to be genuinely accessible.