Whatever Happened To Newman Pens?

[etemchin]

Hey All,

So probably 7 or so years ago, I purchased one of the first edition Newman Pens that came with a collectible knife. I met Mr. Newman and he talked about a second run of his pens. I haven't seen or heard anything about Newman Pens since I bought that pen. Does anyone have any idea what happened?

 

I found one over at Nibs.com, but thats about it.

 

http://www.nibs.com/PreOwnedOtherContemporaryPens.htm

 

http://img.mypicturetown.com/cache/dF2vCe*.s%3Drg1_lKfnrqSGDpgCh%3D*2-vZLSYzxs0BMl4YBYYH0h92oe3qjdHxkU%3D/item.JPG?rot=1

[The Royal Pen]

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=xf/0210.htm

That's an article from the wonderful Richard Binder's website, maybe it will help you!

[Bobby Check]

I have one of his pens ( South Sea Bronze) and treasure it

 

http://www.calgarype...m/Database.html has the measurements and some pictures.

 

My information is that sadly the maker, Jim Hickman, died. A great loss.

 

Bobby

 

 

 

Edited March 25, 2011 by Bobby Check

[etemchin]

Just found this.

 

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=xf/0502.htm

 

Truly a great loss.

 

Thanks for the info everyone.

[etemchin]

Anyone know how many different styles of pens he made? It seems that he made at least two different versions, The South Sea Bronze and the larger version. Are there any others?

[Crazy4doxies]

I am late... very late to this party. I have recently aquired a Newman Pen. It is a beautiful dark blue green with pearl shimmers. The clip is silver and the nib is 18kt.

 

I am looking for any information on the filling/ cartridge system for this pen. Thanks.

Edited June 6, 2018 by Crazy4doxies

[graystranger]

I see the links above do not work anymore. I did find some information on Richard Binder's web site:

 

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=xf/2002/10.htm

 

I also found a Newman Pen being auctioned last April here:

 

https://www.ebth.com/items/5739684-newman-pens-bronze-pearl-pen

 

Don't know if this works or not, good luck. Beautiful pen by the way.

[Crazy4doxies]

I see the links above do not work anymore. I did find some information on Richard Binder's web site:

 

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=xf/2002/10.htm

 

I also found a Newman Pen being auctioned last April here:

 

https://www.ebth.com/items/5739684-newman-pens-bronze-pearl-pen

 

Don't know if this works or not, good luck. Beautiful pen by the way.

I have actually found out quite a lot.

On a whim I emailed Richard Binder and got a reply. Also, I spoke with some of the gentlemen above who has also done some research.

 

It is an amazingly crafted pen. It is not Sterling Silver as I though, it is likely rhodium overlay. Mr Binder informed be that Jim was a stickler for quality and insisted on using gold for the metals in his pens. It my pen in particular, the resin has been enhanced with pearl dust to give it a shimmering effect. It does use a standard universal ink converter, although I still am curious about the threads in it (threads similar to a mintblanc). I inked and wrote with the pen Once then promptly cleaned and flushed it. It writes like a dream. It now sits in a tarnish resistent pen case (I made) and gets looked at and polished as needed. I have a few precious pens I refuse to carry with me.

 

Hope that helps.

 

I have seen one for sale on eBay. It started at $2000. Last I looked it was $500. It is a clear demonstrator.

 

Graystranger- I joined the (starcity ROA) pen club. Ill bring it to the next meeting.

Edited June 29, 2018 by Crazy4doxies

[graystranger]

Great, I would love to see this pen. If it were me, I would ink it up and use it!! With the quality materials Newman used it should outlast several lifetimes. So glad you got your answers.

[tenney]

I saw the title of this topic and thought it was about the Japanese Newman brush and rollerball pocket pens (that used Japanese calligraphy ink cartridges) from the late 70's... Guess not :-)

[Crazy4doxies]

I saw the title of this topic and thought it was about the Japanese Newman brush and rollerball pocket pens (that used Japanese calligraphy ink cartridges) from the late 70's... Guess not :-)

Thats OK. I was confused about it when I started looking at first as well. I do know the Japanese pens of which you speak 😁

[Crazy4doxies]

Great, I would love to see this pen. If it were me, I would ink it up and use it!! With the quality materials Newman used it should outlast several lifetimes. So glad you got your answers.

[Crazy4doxies]

You should most definitely share your photo of care instructions. Knowing of course the address and phone number of The pens maker are invalid due to his death many years ago.

[graystranger]

I tried to include the two photos (top half and bottom half) of the paper, but it did not work. I have posted several dozen photos, so I'll try to get it to work this time. The first time the images were in the .png format. That may be why FPN would not add it to my post. Here is a .jpg image format.

 

I tried. Both using the full editor and by pasting the image here. I get an error message both times that I am "... not allowed to use that extension on this site." Funny, the file extension is .jpg. So, the image is not being posted.

 

It is not really detailed instructions, but rather just general info about the pen and info on the care of the pen: polishing cloth, flushing, etc. Sorry.

Edited July 2, 2018 by graystranger