The Sunderland Machine Works MK1 is back! (Sponsor)

Brad Sunderland spent the last couple of years upgrading machinery and streamlining the manufacturing process, and is happy to announce that the Sunderland Machine Works MK1 is available once again.

The MK1 has long been a favorite of mine for several reasons. For starters, there are no threads visible on the pen, and yet the cap screws on and off AND posts on the back. The front-end threads are hidden neatly in a slot under the grip section, and screw into the threads inside the cap for secure closing.

When posting, the cap slides deeply on the back end of the barrel, which has a slight taper to accommodate this. The cap is fit with a polymer liner, which not only keeps the posted cap in place, but also prevents metal on metal scratching.

The clip is machined from a block of stainless steel, making it strong and durable. And, the MK1 comes in several cool anodized colors - orange, green, blue, and red - plus standards such as grey, black, and clear anodization.

The Sunderland MK1 fits all Pilot G2 compatible refills - such as my favorite, the Pilot Juice - plus Montblanc’s screw-in refills for their rollerball and fineliner.

Check out all of the options available at Sunderland Machine Works, and pick out your favorite today. My thanks to them for sponsoring The Pen Addict this week.

Customized Pilot Pens From Gel2Pens.com (Sponsor)

What is the first thought that comes into your head when you hear the phrase “promotional pens?” Yeah, me too. But what if I said you could get quality pens from Pilot like the Acroball, FriXion, and even the Metropolitan? What about the universally popular G2 and Precise? The promotional pen game has changed, and Gel2Pens is at the forefront of putting great pens in the hands of your customers and fans.

Gel2Pens is the sister company to CheapPens.com, which is who I use for my custom Sharpies and the awesome “LOANER” Bic Clic I am about to release. Gel2Pens is Pilot-focused, and has an endless number of great choices. The staff will help you pick the right model of pen for your design, there are no setup charges, and they offer free shipping on every order.

Gel2Pens is offering $25 off any order this week with the promo code PENADDICT, which makes it a no-brainer to try out. Also, CheapPens.com is giving away a $50 Amazon Gift Card, which you can read about via their Twitter account.

Promotional pens are a fun way to share your business or brand, especially when they are the quality of Pilot pens.

My thanks to Gel2Pens for sponsoring The Pen Addict this week.

Limited Edition Japanese Pens, Shipped Worldwide, From PenSachi (Sponsor)

Sachi (幸) means Happiness in Japanese, and the name says it all. All of us at PenSachi love to make you happy by delivering to you the best writing instruments and the most satisfactory writing experience ever.

My name is Ken Katsumoto, and I am the owner of PenSachi.com. At PenSachi, we are a team of both Japanese and foreigners who simply love fountain pens very much and would like to have a career where we can see fountain pens everyday.

Back then, we really started everything from zero! As we are based in Japan, it is very hard for us to reach to customers abroad due to language barrier and time zone difference. Some of our employees still take night English classes in order to deliver better customer service to our customers. We want to introduce the beauty and quality of Japanese writing instruments to the rest of the world.

Currently, we carry products from Sailor, Pilot, Namiki, and Platinum. We also feature products by pen style, such as Demonstrator and Sparkling, as well as a wide variety of standard and specialty nib selections.

We have a special corner for Japan exclusive limited fountain pens. About our products, we are striving to introduce more and more Japanese writing instruments to the world. So we are considering other brands such as Nakaya, Wancher, Kuretake, Hakase, etc. And not only fountain pens, we are preparing to introduce Japanese notebooks to our customers in the near future.

Above all of this, we hope our customers enjoy a HAPPY shopping with PenSachi and have a HAPPY experience with our products. Only that makes us a complete PenSachi.

My thanks to PenSachi for sponsoring The Pen Addict this week.