Newton Pens Give Away

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I'm having a give away over at Instagram. If you're on IG head on over and repost the photo and text and you could win this-

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeY9K4AFclR

 

It's my old style faceted Quapaw with urushi by Brooks and an ebonite feed from Flexible Nib Factory.

Pen will come with a steel nib unless you want to upgrade to gold.

Thanks!

 

[keo]

Shawn, that is an absolutely gorgeous pen! Not gorgeous enough to make me sign up for Instagram (or Facebook, or Twitter, or... Nothing’s _that_ gorgeous!), but it makes a strong case.

[abstract49]

Shawn, that is an absolutely gorgeous pen! Not gorgeous enough to make me sign up for Instagram (or Facebook, or Twitter, or... Nothing’s _that_ gorgeous!), but it makes a strong case.

 

Ditto here about signing onto Instagram or Twitter (I am on FB). So, being a happy purchaser of a Prospector, I'll just cut to the chase and ask whether I can just buy this one from your website?

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This one isn't for sale. I had made it for myself a while back, and traded a pen to Brooks so he'd do the urushi for me. I was thinking of something to do to generate a little buzz and thought giving this one away might do that.

[DrDebG]

Shawn, that is an absolutely gorgeous pen! Not gorgeous enough to make me sign up for Instagram (or Facebook, or Twitter, or... Nothing’s _that_ gorgeous!), but it makes a strong case.

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Stunning pen!

[PaganArcher]

Beautiful pen. Pity that so many give-aways/raffles require participation through social networking sites though.

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It makes it easier on me to have everything under one roof. It's also the easiest way to get loads of eyeballs on the give away and to pick a winner in the end.

[Federalist Pens]

Well Done Shawn!

[AmandaW]

I tried to play. I have an account not used much. Managed to get the app installed on my phone. Followed. Copy, I think. Hash... sheesh, I can't figure it out. LOL. I gave up.

 

Gorgeous pen! Good luck with the buzz-building.

 

(Shocking number of ads on the instagram app. Maybe that's why I deleted it, rather than a lack of space on the previous phone.)

[DrDebG]

Hi Shawn,

 

This is a wonderful giveaway! You are very kind and generous.

 

Unfortunately it seems that many of us, perhaps of an older generation, are not members of social media. I confess I do have a Facebook account, but I have avoided Instagram and Twitter because, in all truthfulness, I don't have time. If I took the time for them, I would not be able to participate on my one and only forum - FPN. So, please do not feel slighted if we all don't jump on this giveaway.

 

If I might speak for us all - we do appreciate your giveaway and appreciate giving us the opportunity to participate.

 

The various best of luck to you!

[Lloyd]

Hi Shawn,

 

This is a wonderful giveaway! You are very kind and generous.

 

Unfortunately it seems that many of us, perhaps of an older generation, are not members of social media. I confess I do have a Facebook account, but I have avoided Instagram and Twitter because, in all truthfulness, I don't have time. If I took the time for them, I would not be able to participate on my one and only forum - FPN. So, please do not feel slighted if we all don't jump on this giveaway.

 

If I might speak for us all - we do appreciate your giveaway and appreciate giving us the opportunity to participate.

 

The various best of luck to you!

(no hashtag) Me, too.

[stuckinohio]

Well, this made me sign up for instagram. Now if I could only figure out how to do whatever it is I need to do I'll have a chance!

 

[Smithman]

Shawn--your generosity is much appreciated. This is a particularly fascinating pen--unusual design plus urushi!I see many have commented about not using social media and missing out. We all should be making informed choices that we believe meet our needs. I stay away from Facebook, for example, so I do miss out on quite a few things. Instagram happens to be the one network in which I do participate, so this time I benefit from this opportunity. BTW: the pen would look terrific in the pen wrap I just bought from Elizabeth 😄

[stuckinohio]

OK. I think I successfully re-posted it!

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Awesome.

[Ink_Chick]

Lovely! ❤️ heading over to IG now...

[KKay]

I don't do social media either. It is a beautiful pen though!

[Ebberman]

I would love to see a survey asking people on this site if they use social media (or if it uses them).

I suspect the minority use it.

I tried Facebook, but it confirmed the old saying - Empty vessels make most sound.

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Social media is fine depending on how you use and control it. I block people every day, and unfollow every body except for people I know in person, and a few others. It's not annoying at all to be on facebook since I have most of it blocked out. Same thing for Instagram and Twitter. I don't engage with negative or aggressive individuals/accounts - I block them. I treat social media just like I treat real life - I don't engage with those I don't wish to engage with.

[Lloyd]

Social media is fine depending on how you use and control it. I block people every day, and unfollow every body except for people I know in person, and a few others. It's not annoying at all to be on facebook since I have most of it blocked out. Same thing for Instagram and Twitter. I don't engage with negative or aggressive individuals/accounts - I block them. I treat social media just like I treat real life - I don't engage with those I don't wish to engage with.

For some of us, Social media is an added layer of unnecessary distraction in an already too overloaded world. To get a discount, I joined FB under an alias to prevent anyone I know trying to contact me there. I'd rather interact with those I care about via face-to-face, voicephone, skype, email, IM, or written. I'm on LinkedIn only due to it being a modern era necessity...I hate it.