And now that the word has gotten out, and
the demand has grown for these lovely pens,
that are hand-crafted in the beautiful
California foothill community of Sierra
Madre, we formed a company and decided to
offer our wares online.

Every pen is hand crafted from start to finish
in our workshop.  From choosing the finest
wood available to drilling, turning and
shaping, finishing, and assembling.  We test
every pen for balance, comfort, and
smoothness of mechanism.  If we won't use it
and love it ourselves, we will not sell it, or
even give it away. (But less than perfect pens
do make great mobiles for our twins' nursery!)

We do not use duplicators or any instruments
to make exact copies of any pen, so each one
is a work of art in itself.  Although we do
have pens in stock, we usually make them to
order.  So it may take up to a week to ship.

Every pen comes with a 30 day satisfaction
guarantee.  If you don't like it, simply return
it in the same condition it was sent, and we
will give you a full refund.  
We hope you will love and enjoy your pen as
much as we have enjoyed making it for you.

Sierra Madre Pen Company
My wife, Leslie, and I have our son,
Jack, to thank for the creation of Sierra
Madre Pens.  For his eighth birthday, he
wanted a Harry Potter themed party.  
Being the type of family who likes to
plan and throw events ourselves, it
became our mission to transform our
humble home into Hogwart's School of
Wizardry.  Well, what Harry Potter party
would be complete without wands?  So I
bought a lathe and hand "turned" fifty
wands for all the kids (and their
siblings)!

After the party, I had this beautiful piece
of machinery sitting in my workshop
and wondered what else I could use it
for.  Then I heard about turning pens.  
One pen, and I was hooked!  I made
pens for friends. I made pens  for
relatives.  For Christmas, for
Hanukkah, for Birthdays.  If it was a
sunny day, I gave away a pen to
celebrate.

It seemed that whenever anyone used a
pen I gave them, someone would see it
and want to buy one.  In other cases,
people would know someone else who
owned a gift store or pharmacy or
specialty shop, and they would buy
dozens at a time.  
Jack's First Pens