Thompson Pens

1,500 followers. We couldn’t be more grateful. It’s really starting to feel like things are heating up🔥

As a thank you for your continued support, we’d like to offer the next 2 customers who place an order for a Thompson Simplicity $250 off the price of your purchase. This offer will be valid until September 1st or until both discounts are claimed.

As the summer months approach, keep an eye out for our In the Shop video series! Episode 1 just released today and we’ll be releasing a special Episode 1.5 very soon!

We hope you’re all well and wish you all success in your endeaveors. Stay tuned and as always, have a blessed evening🙏🏼

Hello everyone!

Tomorrow afternoon, we’ll be premiering the introductory video for our 2026 In the Shop series, followed by the first full entry in the series. In this first video, we’ll be sharing our work on an order from a customer from 🦀Maryland, U.S.A.🦀 featuring this beautiful RHR Parker Giant replica(circa1920s).

This order will also continue into a second entry once another pen from the same customer returns from being re-tipped. That video will let us show the next part of the process: what happens when a repair job ends up needing a repair, how we approach the final adjustments, and what it takes to get an order fully across the finish line.

In the Shop is our way of bringing you further into the process behind Thompson Pens. We’ll be showing the work that happens at the lathe, the decisions that have to be made, the setbacks that come up along the way, and the level of care required when every detail matters.

We also hope this series will be useful for anyone who owns a small business, wants to start one, or is trying to guide a business into a new phase. As a father-and-son team working in a business that has been around for over three decades, we’ve learned many lessons the hard way, and we want to share those experiences honestly as we continue working to streamline our operations, strengthen the business, and preserve the quality that got us here.

We couldn’t have made it this far without the support, encouragement, and patience of so many people over the years, and we’re excited to share more of what really goes on In the Shop. We hope you’ll enjoy following along, and that something in this series may be helpful to you too✍🏼

Introducing: In the Shop with Thompson Pens

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be making a video series that aims to give you a closer look at the craft, care, and decisions behind Thompson Pens. This series comes at a real turning point for us. We’re working through our backlog, clearing space in the shop, tightening up our process, and making things more streamlined without losing the handmade standards that brought us here in the first place.

For our customers, we want this to be a more transparent look at what goes into the work before a pen ever reaches your hand. For other makers, artists, and aspiring entrepreneurs, we also want this to be an honest look at what it’s like when an old small business decides it’s time to refine, reset, and build for the next chapter.

Not polished theory or business guru advice. Just the real shop, the real decisions, the delays, the fixes, the small wins, and the work behind the work.

Welcome to In the Shop with Thompson Pens.

Introducing: In the Shop with Thompson Pens

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be making a video series that aims to give you a closer look at the craft, care, and decisions behind Thompson Pens. This series comes at a real turning point for us. We’re working through our backlog, clearing space in the shop, tightening up our process, and making things more streamlined without losing the handmade standards that brought us here in the first place.

For our customers, we want this to be a more transparent look at what goes into the work before a pen ever reaches your hand. For other makers, artists, and aspiring entrepreneurs, we also want this to be an honest look at what it’s like when an old small business decides it’s time to refine, reset, and build for the next chapter.

Not polished theory or business guru advice. Just the real shop, the real decisions, the delays, the fixes, the small wins, and the work behind the work.

Welcome to In the Shop with Thompson Pens.