A Field Guide to Sheaffer's Pencils - now available!

 As usual, just because things have been quiet here doesn't mean I haven't been working furiously behind the scenes. 

About a year ago, I sat down to start a new series of articles, and I thought an excellent start would be a follow-up to "The Sheaffer Spotter's Bible" article I did concerning Sheaffer's post-war pencils. My collection of Balance pencils was sorely in need of organization, so I got them in order and shot some nice pictures. Some of you might have seen the preliminary version, which was up for a few weeks while I solicited comments from my all-star peanut gallery - David Isaacson, Daniel Kirchheimer, Matt McColm, Brian McQueen, Pat Mohan, David Nishimura and Roger Wooten. 

It quickly became apparent that this would be far more than a blog article, and with more than 100 articles posted here over the years about Sheaffer, I knew the project would make a really nice book.

And, after a year of hard work, it is . . . 

The book is 198 pages long. Here's a few of the pages:

Initial praise is encouraging. "A really cool and important book," according to Jim Mamoulides, editor of The Pennant. "Masterful," says Nicky Pessaroff, editor of Pen World.

The cover price is $59.95, but use coupon code "Loyalknight" during checkout and you'll receive $10 off.

Purchase A Field Guide to Sheaffer's Pencils

Books are now in hand and will be available at the Baltimore Show this year, so I've added a listing to pay for your copy and pick it up at the show:

Pay now - pick it up at the show