Arden Pen Co / Ranges / Kenilworth
Rollerball · 4 styles · from £60
A rollerball gives you fountain-pen ink flow without the fountain-pen commitment — no filling, no nib to look after, and it will sit in a drawer for a month and still start first time. Kenilworth is where most people land when they want something better than a biro but aren't ready to keep a bottle of ink on the desk.
Available now · 6 ready to post
Each of these is a single piece that already exists — no waiting, and no two alike. Sold pens are left up so you can see the range of what comes off the lathe.
Sourced Indonesia
£60
Sourced USA Resin cast from 1980's
£60
Sourced Recycled from the workshop. Offcuts from other pens.
£60
Sourced Canada reclaimed wood
£60
Sourced Stabalished Horse Chestnut France
£60
Sourced Atlas mountains east of Essaouira
£60
Sourced Maple from USA
£60 · sold
Commission one
Every model here can be turned in any of the materials I hold — timber, fordite, heritage resin or your own wood. Prices start from the figure shown and depend on what you choose to make it from.
from £60
Postable cap on acme threads, so it seats cleanly and doesn't work loose in a pocket. Balanced whether you post the cap or not. This model covers over fourteen different pen kits, with options too wide-ranging to list here. Select it and request a quote, and I'll be in touch to talk through what suits you.
from £70
A capped-end design with noticeably more weight to it. If you find slim pens fiddly, this is the one to hold.
from £80
The most refined shape in the range — a softer, more tapered silhouette in lightweight components, so it disappears in the hand over a long writing session. This model covers over fourteen different pen kits, with options too wide-ranging to list here. Select it and request a quote, and I'll be in touch to talk through what suits you.
from £80
The Tapa Traveler, decorated throughout with motifs drawn from early Polynesian voyaging. A petroglyph warrior on the end cap marks the traveller's origin in the Marquesas and Tahiti, while double rows of triangles trace the route across the Pacific and the banding echoes the patterned tapa cloth beaten from paper mulberry and breadfruit bark. The end cap closes the story with a double-hulled canoe and the Hawaiian island chain.
From a customer
I and my husband use these pens daily they are a piece of craftsmanship and a real pleasure to use. We have also given some as presents to family and they have been very well received. It is a joy to have a pen made by a true craftsman.
Vicky S
Kenilworth II
Commission
Pick the pen, the fittings, the plating and the material — including your own timber if you’ve got something with meaning to it. Takes about two minutes, and there’s no obligation at the end of it.