Naming My Pens

[watch_art]

So I've been wanting to narrow down the offering a bit to something easier to look at. Easier to navigate on my website, too.

I've been told I have too many options and that I need a line of pens with names.

What would those names be?

 

Ugh... I don't have any idea.

 

So I've come to you, FPN, for help. FPN and it's wonderful members have helped me out before, saved my life in a way actually (yes - really) so I wanted to ask you for ideas for names.

 

I have the 5 different sizes, from 11mm, 1/2" (12.5mm), 14mm, 15mm, and 5/8" (16mm).

http://newtonpens.wordpress.com/1465/size

 

Basically my idea is this - to pick the 4 or 5 most popular styles and give them names. The name would stay the same across the different sizes, so I'd offer a Slim Chance and a Medium Chance. Same style, different sizes. (Dumb name - but just an example)

One suggestion that was made to me was N1, N2, N3, etc. I like the simplicity, but I'd really like to hear more ideas before I settle on something.

 

Here's a quick link to my gallery -

http://newtonpens.wo...65/pen-gallery/

 

I hope that makes sense - it's been a LONG easter day.

Lots of kids and lots of candy.

 

 

Thanks for any suggestions and ideas!

Edited April 1, 2013 by watch_art

[Horseknitter]

There was a thread within the last 6 months about naming computers. You might find some help there as the discussion was a lengthy one. For example, the suggestions included StarWars characters or ships, literary characters or works. You might consider authors of Arkansas. Heck, Franklin-Christoph uses numbers which only make sense to them.

 

Good luck!

[murfie]

... the suggestions included StarWars characters or ships, literary characters or works. You might consider authors of Arkansas.

Excellent suggestion. Pick a subject with heaps of elements. Famous artists would be very appropriate in Shawn's case but they have already been done to death over and over.

 

Could I suggest naming them after U.S. Presidents. That would allow for a large number of models. I wouldn't mind ordering an Eisenhower, or a Truman. Though it might get a bit tricky deciding on the materials for a Nixon.

 

Now please take note - this is a suggestion from a non-American.

 

 

[glinn]

You could stick with the Newton theme and choose math names like Pi, prime, Delta, sine etc. or maybe other names from math and physics: Pythagoras, Merseinne, Ferme etc. Or stick with Newton completely and go with Apple, Gravity, Calculus etc. A quick google search and you would have more names than you could ever make pens for!

 

Gary

 

P.S. I'm not sure about any of my spellings... it's been a long time since high-school...

[asaha]

Your pens are beautiful. I suggest to use animal names, because I love animals

[watch_art]

I thought about political figures and started looking at activists... I just don't want to get real political with it...

[Bill Wood]

Watch Art

 

You're a teacher so this won't be too tough. I'd go with movies. There are classics and new ones all the time.

 

Or how bout' the constellations. Or the planets and the moons surrounding those planets.

 

Or how bout naming pens after your students nick names. That would be fun and get the students to call out the nick names and run with some of those.

 

W

[watch_art]

You could stick with the Newton theme and choose math names like Pi, prime, Delta, sine etc. or maybe other names from math and physics: Pythagoras, Merseinne, Ferme etc. Or stick with Newton completely and go with Apple, Gravity, Calculus etc. A quick google search and you would have more names than you could ever make pens for!

 

Gary

 

P.S. I'm not sure about any of my spellings... it's been a long time since high-school...

 

I like the math references - and I am distantly kin to Isaac believe it or not - or so my mother's genealogy research shows...

[Elizabeth in NJ]

The beauty and variety of the colors made me think of birds. Bird names might be very nice.

 

I can't help you with any particular suggestions because I don't know the first thing about birds. Well, one suggestion--don't use "The Turkey."

[Rose Nibs]

I like pens named after heroes like Achilles, Hector, Beowulf, but I guess most of those guys couldn't write. Forget numbers, they've been thoroughly mined. Visconti has taken artists, although you could focus on American artists. Montblanc has the writers. That leaves flowers. Rivers. Trees. Mountains. Girls' names, boys' names. Tools - Hammer, Axe, Spanner. Best of all something close to you, Arkansas. Can you use county names?

[alvinlum]

What about nature theme; amazon for green, gobi/sahara for brown, etc.

 

Or even the state name of USA?

Edited April 1, 2013 by alvinlum

[trhall]

Why not play on Newton (Isaac) somehow? You could try for different names of apples (Braeburn, Newtown Pippin, Gala, Criterion). Or elements (Helium, etc.) Or prisms from his light theory.

[watch_art]

Ooooh! The ideas get better and better.

[JefferyS]

Your flagship model would have to be "The Isaac". I like the idea of other figures in the scientific revolution. Off the top of my head are the Pasteur, the Lavoisier, the Priestly, the Darwin, the Lyell, the Beagle, and the Huxley.

Edited April 1, 2013 by Jeffery Smith

[TheGreatRoe]

To build off the Newton name, as others have suggested, I'd love to see either:

 

1. Scientists, particularly physicists.

 

2. The elemental particles of physics: Lepton, Quark, Muon, etc.

[F104]

I came across a phrase in a book I read about Japanese calligraphy, which, in the original Japanese, went like this (if memory serves): Ken fude ittai. The translation given was: "The sword and the brush are one entity." Which suggests a connection...would it be out of line to name them after legendary samurai? To my knowledge, it hasn't been done before...

Edited April 1, 2013 by F104

[ImagineItReal]

Looking at your lovely gallery, you truly have exquisite pens. To me they look like a lovely blend of art and physics. I'll second the naming of the lines of pens after particles and giving each line the name of a particle of increasing size corresponding to each larger pen line.

 

Or, given the artistic element the pens incorporate, you could name each line after an artistic style.

[Sandy Fry]

Newton built the first "practical" telescope...The Newtonian Reflector...still in use today. So my thoughts would be to go with famous astronomers...eg: Kepler, Galileo, Copernicus...etc.

 

Good luck deciding.

 

David

[jar]

So I've been wanting to narrow down the offering a bit to something easier to look at. Easier to navigate on my website, too.

I've been told I have too many options and that I need a line of pens with names.

What would those names be?

 

 

 

Fred's taken.

[N2theBreach]

Like Sandy and Jeffery, I too was thinking of the early thinkers in the world of science and math. The names Sandy offered were the ones that were on my mind (except I wasn't sure how Copernicus spelled his name :-).

 

Having said that, what appeals to you? What theme would make you happy to turn on the lathe and pick up a gouge? And appeal to the type of people who buy the types of pens you enjoy making?

 

Note, I think you're wise to avoid political themes. You don't want someone buying someone else's pens just because you have the gall to sell a pen named "President Whatshisname." I could see that happening in today's climate.