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Each instrument is chosen for its mechanism and materials.

Writing instruments take standard refills and leads, so replacements follow a standard size.

Uncoated metal takes on the marks of use; polish can bring back its brightness.

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Cassian Star Burr Puzzle

$87.50

Isolde Interlocking Wave Puzzle

$112.00

Thackeray Sliding Marking Ruler

$68.60

Ellison Titanium Slim Bolt-Action Pen

$83.30

Four mechanisms. One is yours.

A pen is opened and closed thousands of times. Choose the mechanism first; the instruments that use it are listed under each drawing, with their prices.

Bolt action — how it moves

Halloway Bronze Bolt-Action Pen — THE HALLOWAY, FROM ABOVE

The three bolt-action pens here all take the Pilot G2 refill — one standard across three bodies.

The bolt runs in an L-shaped slot and locks at the end of its travel, so the tip stays where it was left.

Side click — how it moves

Marlowe Titanium Side-Click Pen — THE MARLOWE, ON ITS END

One press of the side button puts the tip out; a second press takes it back in.

Grade-5 titanium body, 147 mm long and 34 grams, with a milled steel clip.

Marlowe Titanium Side-Click Pen$83.30

Screw cap — how it moves

Pemberton Pocket Amber Fountain Pen — THE PEMBERTON, POSTED

The cap unscrews instead of pulling off, so it stays seated in a pocket or a case.

Posted, the Pemberton reaches 138.5 mm; the Wexford measures 127.5 mm capped, with a #6 steel nib.

Aperture — how it moves

Beaumont Large Brass Circle Drawing Tool — THE BEAUMONT, BLADES OPEN

Steel leaves open and close like a camera aperture as the ring turns.

The Beaumont draws and measures circles from 5 to 120 mm in diameter — single, concentric or shaded.

Shop by collection

Pens and pencils to write with, objects for the surface, tools for drawing — the bench in four collections.

Fountain Pens 4 pieces

Pens & Pencils 8 pieces

Desk Objects 6 pieces

Drawing Tools 6 pieces

Metal, before and after hands.

Aspinall Brass Circle-Drawing Tool — bright brass finish

Halloway Bronze Bolt-Action Pen — bronze with a handled finish

ASPINALL — BRASS, BRIGHT HALLOWAY — BRONZE, HANDLED

Uncoated metal darkens where hands touch it. Polish brings it back. The two photographs are different instruments in different finishes — the change they show is the one handling makes.

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The bench book.

NOTE 01 — REFILLS

One refill standard: G2

The bolt-action pens and the side-click pen on this bench all take the Pilot G2 refill — one standard size shared across four bodies. When a pen runs dry, the refill changes, not the pen.

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NOTE 02 — NIB SIZES

Nib sizes, EF to B

Nibs run from extra fine (EF) to broad (B). Fine suits small, dense handwriting; medium is the middle of the road; broad lays a wetter line, the one usually chosen for signatures. The two amber fountain pens take #6 steel nibs in EF, F, M and B.

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NOTE 03 — BRASS CARE

Brass care, in one line

Uncoated brass and bronze darken where hands touch them. A soft cloth and metal polish bring the brightness back, and the darkening does not change how the instrument works.

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