Welcome to Andy's Pens - Restorer and Vendor of Vintage and Classic Fountain Pens and Pencils, Authorised Stockist for Modern Writing Instruments

If you are interested in pens, or if you would like to try a pen out before you buy it, please visit Andy's Pens shop.

We are open from 09:00 to 16:00 Monday to Saturday. The address is:

Andy's Pens
8 Tollgate Buildings
Hadlow Road
Tonbridge
Kent TN9 1NX

If you need directions, please follow this link to the Google Maps page, where the shop's position is flagged. If you are coming by car, there is free parking down Mill Lane, which is the road which runs down the side of the shop.

For more information please see my "Andy's Pens - The Shop" page here.

8th March 2010: I have just added the beautiful Visconti Art collection to me website. A distinctive and unique collection inspired by different cultures and different ages. The Ellenic pays tribute to Ancient Greece. The body and cap of the pen is made from sterling silver in a fluted design that was inspired by Doric columns. The Art Nouveau has a sterling silver olverlay on jet black lucite and harks back to the style of the 1900s and 1910s. The Art Renaissance has a black lucite cap and a filigree sterling silver barrel that resembles the knights' chain mail armour. See the complete Visconti Art Collection here.

8th March 2010: The Reporter 4 is a new release from Tombow. "Four ballpoint pens in one" with black, blue, red and green coloured leads.The Reporter 4 is available in four fashionable translucent casing colours, and the Reporter 4 Compact is available in eight solid casing colours. One of the all-time Japan favourite ballpoint pens is now available in Europe. The pushbuttons are designed in different shapes. So one can select each colour by just feeling the button. Can be clipped anywhere: The Reporter 4 can be clipped anywhere - it will not slip or fall due to the spring loaded pocket clip. Almost unworthy mentioning that each Reporter 4 colour lead is refillable. Just turn the tip and replace the right refill. Always and everywhere ready for writing See the complete Tombow Reporter 4 and Reporter 4 Compact Collections here.

25th February 2010: To celebrate the launch of their new resin Coronet series Conway Stewart is making available a small edition of only 50 numbered fountain pens in their popular Green Whirl material. Created with time-honoured British craftsmanship and inspired by original designs of Conway Stewart models made during the 1940s, the Coronet offers a modern approach to the evocative world of fountain pens.
The Coronet has a clean and elegant style rendered in distinguished polished resin, a fabulous combination that makes this exciting new Conway Stewart edition a perfect fit for the always-evolving young professional market. Designed to marry a classic British heritage of fine writing instruments with a timeless modern shape, the Coronet adapts a traditional mode of writing to the today’s paperless world.
The new packaging for the Conway Stewart Coronet series has been designed to house your fountain pen and to serve as a showcase pen stand for the desk. The display box is crafted of luxurious full grain leather in a rich black colour. Not only is this an elegant and stylish presentation to house and protect your gift, the top of the lid can be reversed to make an executive desk stand for display.
The Coronet is priced very competitively for such a high-quality writing instrument, and we feel confident that this offering represents great value.
Available to order now until March 26, 2010 - orders will be fulfilled on a first come first served basis. No orders will be accepted after this date. This colour will not be repeated on this model thereafter and will not be available as a bespoke pen.
You can see a larger image of the Conway Stewart Coronet Green Whirl Limited Edition Pen here.

Writing Modes: Fountain Pen
Nib Grades: M
Mechanism: Cartridge / Converter
Dimensions: Pen closed 13.5 cm; Weight 22 gms
Prce: £220.00
Packaging: New Full Grain Leather Gift Box
Numbered: X of 50

23rd February 2010: A new Limited Edition pen from Sailor - the Take Nuri Nekko. This product is made of carved and crafted ebonite in the size of the King of Pens and made to look exactly like the bamboo root (Nekko means root).They are all individually crafted by hand and skillfully coated with coloured Urushi lacquer.The special Take Nuri process is well known in Japan.They are not individually numbered but there will be is certificate in each box indicating only 30 pieces in the collection.This pen is fitted with a large 21 carat gold nib in either medium or broad points.  For an additional fee, the Take Nuri Nekko may also be ordered with one of Sailor's Speciality nibs. As there are only 30 pens in this edition, we are expecting them to sell out very quickly, so if you would like one of these pens pelase do not selay your order. This pen is available for pre-order now for delivery during March 2010. See all the Sailor Limited Edition pens including the new Take Nuri Nekko model here.

20th February 2010: The Airpress is a new release from Tombow. Did you ever try to write for a long time horizontally or overhead with a normal ballpoint pen? Gravity and the lack of pressure in the ink refill made this impossible. The Tombow technicians addressed this problem and in a complex series of tests they developed with the AirPress Pen a worldwide patented technology. One „Click“ and internal mechanism pumps air into the ink refills and averts the backflow of the ink. The result: The AirPress Pen stays ready for use. Always and everywhere. The perfect attendant for outdoor, hobby, school and business. The AirPress Pen is the perfect writing instrument for all situations in which the pen cannot be held at the usual writing angle – e.g. at wallhanging marketing plans or at storage rack labeling. Also perfect for warehousemen, architects and building workers.One can fix the AirPress Pen with its tough metal clip on casual or working clothes. with the little ring at the end of the barrel one can fix the Pen with a lace e.g. to a rucksack. Additionally the AirPress Pen is a real outdoor-activist: The rubberized grip affords a comfortable and safe hold even the fingers are wet or one wears gloves.Tombow demonstrates with this innovative allrounder and its worldwide patented AirPress-technique that the development of writing instruments is not completed until now. See the Tombow Airpress Collection here.

20th February 2010: The Onbook is a new release from Tombow. The Onbook is the perfect notebook companion. It fits perfectly down the spine or cover of a note book. It will not stick out, slip or fall off. Available as ballpoint pen and mechanical pencil, which differ by a fine button at the body of the ballpoint pen to retract the lead. Both versions are available in three beautiful soft colours. The ONBOOK is refillable. Just turn the tip and replace the refill. See the Tombow Onbook Collection here.

20th February 2010: A brand new release from Visconti, available to order immediately, the amazing Homo Sapiens. More than five thousand years ago with the invention of writing the pre-history of the human kind ceases and Homo Sapiens marks the eve of human history. The same age discovers the metallurgy, thus allowing the civilization of metals to sign the beginning of human evolution all the way to the invention of the wheel. The first great civilizations arose on the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates river banks and soon led to the development of sciences like algebra, geometry, astronomy, engineering.Visconti conceived the Homo Sapiens writing instruments line for real writers, for those to whom the fountain pen continues to represent a travelling mate, a daily friend to share with the same civilization that writing contributed to create.The material in this pen is as antique as the world: lava from the Etna volcano. Nevertheless, it has several characteristics that render it unique in the manufacturing of writing instruments. Visconti has successfully produced a material containing over 50% of pure basaltic lava, catalysed together with resin in a formula – patented thus obviously kept secret - whose extraordinary characteristics practically transforms it into a material perfectly fit to writing instruments. See the Visconti Homo Sapiens Collection here.

20th February 2010: I have just added the Visconti Divina to my website, and this pen is available to order. Divina is a collection of very innovative writing instruments that carries in its DNA the Italian Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci and the golden number (1,618), which is said to transmit the key of knowledge.The golden ratio applied for the first time to a writing instrument has generated a revolutionary design changing the aesthetic canons of fountain pens.Some of the distinctive elements are the pentagram and the proportion between cap and section, but the really captivating feature is the golden spiral that harmoniously envelops the pen.These elements melt together in alchemy of forms and proportions to make a pen that can be defined as the fifth essence of elegance: so modern to seam timeless, so ancient to seam supernatural. In one word: Divina. See the Visconti Divina Collection here.

20th February 2010: I have just added tghe Visconti Rembrandt series to my website. Rembrandt has succeeded like nobody else to melt in his works of art the earthly and the spiritual aspects of the human being. His painting technique, the chiaroscuro, is now re-proposed by Visconti for the new writing instruments collection – classical and dramatic like only masterpieces are. Fountain pen, roller ball and ballpoint range in 4 colours-apparently plain that reveal at a closer look chiaroscuro nuances which render unique every single pen. The clip presents a new mechanism, completely restyled and indestructible, made of two parts only beside the spring. Worldwide novelty is the magnetic lock, simple and efficient at the same time. In this case not only has Visconti optimized the necessary opening effort but has also conceived the system with a view to render the closing easier as well. The closure results best for everyone, even for those particularly distracted, allowing to avoid in this manner accidents such as those typical of the twist closing pens.The metal ring has been finely engraved in the best Visconti tradition with ornamental motifs used by the artist. The entire collection can be personalized using the well-known Visconti patent- My Pen System-with the instant application of the initials, the zodiac sign or the semi-precious stone preferred by the fortunate future owner of our Rembrandt pen. See the Visconti Rembrandt Collection here.

19th February 2010: Hot off the press, a new release from Conway Stewart - the Coronet. Created with time-honoured British craftsmanship and inspired by original designs of Conway Stewart models made during the 1940s, this newest addition of fine writing instruments offers a modern approach to the evocative world of fountain pens. The Coronet has a clean and elegant style rendered in distinguished polished resin, a fabulous combination that makes this exciting new Conway Stewart edition a perfect fit for the always-evolving young professional market. Designed to marry a classic British heritage of fine writing instruments with a timeless modern shape, the Coronet adapts a traditional mode of writing to the today’s paperless world. Each Coronet fountain pen is crafted of hand fitted and polished resin in a choice of five colours; Brown Whirl, Exmoor, Dartmoor, Turquoise Fleck and Walnut. These modern colours are accented with gleaming 18-carat solid gold bands featured on the cap and barrel, along with the traditionally styled Conway Stewart pocket clip. The slight taper to the cap and barrel, in conjunction with the use of elegant resins result in a fine writing instrument that is both practical and beautiful - precisely balanced to allow the solid 18 carat gold nib to glide smoothly across the paper with effortless ease. The section is shaped to be comfortable in the hand, making writing with the Coronet a pleasure and sized to fit neatly into pocket or purse. See the Conway Stewart Coronet Collection here.

18th February 2010: A brand new ballpoint pen from Sheaffer - the Intensity. This new addition to the Sheaffer portfolio is the perfect choice, Its clean unwavering lines are sleek and streamlined, it embodies both balance and comfort to offer an extreme writing pleasure to todays professional.This stylish writing instrument features a smooth twist-action mechanism to retract the ballpoint and carries the renowned Sheaffer® White Dot® of quality and prestige.The Sheaffer® Intensity® Ballpoint pen comes packaged in a Sheaffer luxury gift box, with a lilmited three year warranty. See the Sheaffer Intensity Collection here.

16th February 2010: A new-look Basic collection from Faber-Castell Design. Stylish and practical, the new-look Basic range from Faber-Castell comprises rollerball and ballpoint in a choice of sumptious finishes - pearl and black, leather and carbon fibre. See the Faber-Castell Design Basic collection here.

16th February 2010: New from Graf von Faber-Castell is the Intuition collection. . One of the nicest experiences in life is spontaneously doing the right thing when faced with a decisive situation. The new Intuition pens and pencils in the Graf von Faber-Castell series provide the opportunity to experience that in its purest form.The gleaming polish of the precious resin barrel catches the eye immediately. The deep black radiates an intensity that gives these writing implements their unusual aura. This is accentuated in a most effective way by the platinum-plated ring at the end of the cap or front piece, discreetly engraved with the words "handmade in Germany". The barrel is elegantly shaped in a single piece: no screw thread interrupts its puristic form that ensures, in a masterly way, the highest degree of functionalism. One can tell intuitively from the gently concave grip that it will sit comfortably between the fingers. See the Graf von Faber-Castell Intuition collection here.