The new website is up!

Well, after a long wait, and much anticipation, the new "official" website is up and running! It's been a huge process, and I have devoted much time to making this website function well. If you see any errors, or any mistakes, do me a huge favor and let me know.

And yes, to celebrate, a little photoshop-fun was in order. :)

This entire website was designed by me, from the ground up. I also did all of the photography and design illustrations for it. This website has been long in the making! It has taken me forever to find the time for it, but now that it's up, it's going to be a huge asset to me, and hopefully to you as well.

Let's do a quick run down of all the new features on the website:


- Services. I have updated my pen services, and organized them in a way that I think will be very useful. Each service has it's own respective page, that describes the cost, and what all is involved in the repair.

- Home page. The main page of the website will offer easy access to the 4 most-used pages. This will make it easy for new users to find what they're looking for. The 4 pages are:

1) Services
2) For sale - My monthly tray of vintage restored pens (see below for more details)
3) Sell your pens!
4) FAQ's

Let's go over the last three of these main-page categories real quick:

- Monthly tray of vintage restored pens! This is one that I have personally been looking forward to. I am opening up a web-based mini pen show, so to speak. You can read all the details on the page, so I won't go into them here, but I will say this - Make sure to check that page the first of every month! There will be a lot of AWESOME pens on there. This month (including November, since October is almost over) we've got some great ones including:

- Parker 51 Half Demonstrator - vacumatic - factory B nib!
- Parker 51 Aero - 1.3mm Minuskin re-tipped nib!
- Esterbrook Dollar pen - 2314F fine stub nib
- sheaffer Touchdown Valiant in Burnt Umber brown - very smooth XF nib

Overall there are 12 pens + 1 extra this month, and all of them are fabulous!

- Sell your pens! Now you can get rid of your space-stealing old junkers! I will buy almost any vintage (and/or modern) pen you can think of, and for a fair price too. Make me an offer. :)

- FAQ's. This is a very important new feature. This extensive list of FAQ's will always be growing, as I add to it over the next few years and decades. If you want to see something on there, I am fully open to suggestions!




As for now, those are all the "new" and "fancy" features that I've integrated into the website. I hope you will have pleasant time browsing around and getting used to the new layout.

Again, please let me know if something goes wrong - dead link, glitchy layout, etc. Reporting problems like this helps me to quickly identify the problem, and fix it!

I look forward to future updates, and working with the new website in general. It's definitely a huge improvement over the last blog-site that I was using. :)

Regards,
Tyler Dahl

I'm back!

Well, I just got back home a few hours ago after a much needed vacation. I spent a week in Big Sandy TX, and another week at a state park in TN, around 2 hours away from my house. I had a great time, got to see some friends, catch up on sleep, and get prepared mentally for all the big changes coming up soon in my business. I really enjoyed myself, but it's great to be back home again.

Work will resume as normal on Monday (10/24/11), but I'll begin working through my emails tomorrow morning. I'll do my best to pick everything up where it was left off, and keep things speeding along at a good pace. I appreciate your patience! It's not easy for me to leave behind my business for two weeks like that.

As soon as all your emails are answered, and I begin getting your pens processed as usual, the new website is going on top of my priority list. I intend on finishing it sometime between the end of October, and the first week-or-two of November. The sooner the better!

I'm looking forward to getting back to work, and I'm sure you folks are eager to get your pens back soon! Feel free to shoot me an email if you have any questions.

Until tomorrow,
-Tyler Dahl

News update!

Hey guys! Time for a little update on what's going on over at Tyler Dahl Fountain Pens. :)

First off, for short, we're calling it "Tyler's Pens". That's not official or anything, but it's more convenient than saying "Tyler Dahl Fountain Pens" all the time.  ;)

I am leaving an vacation from the 7th, to the 22nd of October! It's a much needed break, and I am very grateful for it.

While I am gone I encourage you to go and read up on old information lurking around on both my blogs. 

For those who love pen repair there's: The Repairer's Bench

For those who love pens, inks, and paper reviews: My original blog (name soon to change, undecided for now. :)

If you missed my last update, I'll re-cap briefly:

I am moving my original website/blog (777penrepair) and splitting it up. There will be three websites:

tylerdahlpens.com - This is going to move all business stuff to a permanent, and "stationary" website. 

The Repairer's Bench! - This is a new blog for those who love home-repairs, and are just interested in what I do. Please, do check this one out. It's just started up, and it's already a lot of fun!

777penrepair.blogspot.com - Soon to change names to a new blog website. This will be home to all my ink, pen, and paper reviews.

Now for the new updates:

The launch date for the official website (tylerdahlpens.com) is uncertain, but is expected to be around the end of October to the first week of November!

 I am going to have some great stuff on there like:

- A monthly tray of vintage restored pens!

- A huge FAQ section, with detailed information on all sorts of stuff.

- A large database of pen information and articles!

Lot's more too! I just can't name it all right now.

Life has been busy for me, so that's why I am taking the vacation. I will have no email communication during the two weeks that I am gone. I greatly appreciate your understanding on this. I just need some time to relax, chill, and forget about my business temporarily. 

Once I'm back, things will go into full swing! With the new website up, and two blogs running, I'll be a very busy guy. Not to mention all the pens I am fixing for you folks. :)

But it's great to be busy, doing what I love most!

Overall it's going to be fun, difficult, and a great learning experience. I am looking forward to coming home, and setting things up on the new website. I hope you will enjoy the new blog, and all the cool changes!

That's all for now, and you won't hear from me again until I return form my trip. Take care!

Regards,

Tyler Dahl 

News update!

Hey guys! Time for a little update on what's going on over at Tyler Dahl Fountain Pens. :)

First off, for short, we're calling it "Tyler's Pens". That's not official or anything, but it's more convenient than saying Tyler Dahl Fountain Pens all the time.  ;)

I am leaving an vacation from the 7th, to the 22nd of October! It's a much needed break, and I am very grateful for it.

While I am gone I encourage you to go and read up on old information lurking around on both my blogs. 

For those who love pen repair there's: The Repairer's Bench

For those who love pens, inks, and paper reviews: My original blog (name soon to change, undecided for now. :)

If you missed my last update, I'll re-cap briefly:

I am moving my original website/blog (777penrepair) and splitting it up. There will be three websites:

tylerdahlpens.com - This is going to move all business stuff to a permanent, and "stationary" website. 

The Repairer's Bench! - This is a new blog for those who love home-repairs, and are just interested in what I do. Please, do check this one out. It's just started up, and it's already a lot of fun!

777penrepair.blogspot.com - Soon to change names to a new blog website. This will be home to all my ink, pen, and paper reviews.

Now for the new updates:

The launch date for the official website (tylerdahlpens.com) is uncertain, but is expected to be around the end of October to the first week of November!

 I am going to have some great stuff on there like:

- A monthly tray of vintage restored pens!

- A huge FAQ section, with detailed information on all sorts of stuff.

- A large database of pen information and articles!

Lot's more too! I just can't name it all right now.

Life has been busy for me, so that's why I am taking the vacation. I will have no email communication during the two weeks that I am gone. I greatly appreciate your understanding on this. I just need some time to relax, chill, and forget about my business temporarily. 

Once I'm back, things will go into full swing! With the new website up, and two blogs running, I'll be a very busy guy. Not to mention all the pens I am fixing for you folks. :)

But it's great to be busy, doing what I love most!

Overall it's going to be fun, difficult, and a great learning experience. I am looking forward to coming home, and setting things up on the new website. I hope you will enjoy the new blog, and all the cool changes!

That's all for now, and you won't hear from me again until I return form my trip. Take care!

Regards,

Tyler Dahl 

Ink Review - Diamine Oxblood

Diamine Oxblood is a relatively new ink from Diamine, and it has quickly become a very popular one. I finally got a sample, to see for myself what this ink was all about. It certainly lived up to its expectations! For me personally, I prefer a different red color, but I know this one deserves the popularity it has gotten. It is a lovely color.

Some big changes coming up!

Hello to all of you out there - my loyal readers, subscribers, and those of you who just found my blog. I've got an important message today, for anyone who either reads my blog, or uses my repair services:

I've got some really big changes coming up fairly soon, in the next 2-3 months. As my business has been so blessed, and has grown so rapidly, it's time for some expansion! :)

I wanted to let you all know what to expect from these changes. So here it is!

Firstly - I am going to open up a website. This website will be committed to my business. This means that all business type stuff (Sales, repair posts, etc.) will be moved off of this blog. This new website will be a non-blog website. It will remain the same, and house all my information on my business, services, pricing, etc. I will also be putting up my pens-for-sale there.

The reason for this new website is to keep separate my business side, and my fun side. I still want them connected at the heart of it all, but I want to make it easier for my readers to find what they're looking for.

Secondly - I'm going to create a second blog! This one is going to be devoted to repair stuff. For anyone out there who likes to do "home-repairs", you'll want to subscribe to that when it comes out! You'll get some great repair tips, as well as a first-hand look at my repair bench, and what goes on there.

Thirdly - The name of my business is going to change. This is a very important one. I will make this change very slow, so you all don't have to worry about it. From now on, I am going to drop the 777 part of my business name. I never thought my business would be so big, but now that it is, I feel the need to go by my real name. I believe that my real name shows more honesty, personality, and integrity than going by a false "username". I hope that's understandable to you all. :)

The new business name is very simple. Tyler Dahl Fountain Pens. For short, Tyler Dahl Pens. The new website will be launched late October, to early November. I happen to be a web-designer myself, so I'm building it in my spare time. Here's a little sneak peek for you:

Well, what do you think? I'm pretty happy with how it turned out myself. :)

Fourthly - This blog name will change. But fear not! Thanks to google and blogger, I can transfer everything over cleanly and easily. Your subscriptions will be moved over automatically to the new blog.

Here's how the names will go:

tylerdahlpens.com - Main website. The place for using my services. This will have a wealth of information about me, what repairs I do, and FAQ's on sending in your pens for repair. There will also be a place on there to buy the restored pens I sell.

tylerdahlpens.blogspot.com - This will be the new name of this blog. The place for all my ink reviews, pen reviews, tutorials, and other fun stuff! It's going to be a while before I transfer things, as I want everyone to get ready before I make the "big jump".

repairersbench.blogspot.com - The pen repair blog. This is where I'll talk about pen repair, how-to's, and post updates from my workshop. This is going to be a fun one!

My new email address is: tyler@tylerdahlpens.com Please try to change over to this one sooner than later. :) It's going to be hectic for me trying to manage and sync both accounts. Eventually the old email (777penrepair@gmail.com) will be discontinued, but for now it does still work.

There is however, something very important that I want to let you all know. Through all these changes, I want to make sure that you understand this.

Though these changes may "shake" things up a bit, they will not affect how I run my blog and business. I am, and always will strive to maintain my personal touch. I will maintain the same quality in my repair services, as well as in my reviews on this blog. I will still always be open to answering your questions personally, and in a timely manner. If you've got any questions about these changes coming up, please shoot me an email. I'll discuss it with you personally.

That's all for now! Enjoy the new repair blog! And please, let me know if you've got any feedback/advice for me. It's much appreciated!

Regards,
Tyler Dahl