We have our winners for the free giveaway!

It's finally over, so you can stop holding your breath. ;)

We had a grand total of 117 entries for the free giveaway! I must say, I'm glad that there's such a thing as random number generators... I would have had such a hard time picking winners out myself. There were so many interesting entries and awesome ink choices!

For those who didn't win and those who did, I want to give you all a big, huge, and most sincere:

THANK YOU!

I had a really good time running this contest and I hope you all did too!

Now, onto the really important part - The winners. I've used the random number generator on random.org to get these results: (drum roll please)...

First prize: #38 - Nonsensical!

Second prize: #4 Freddy77mac!

Third prize: #101 Boris Susanj!

Fourth prize: #76 Msmidwifery!

The winners must email me with their mailing address to claim their prizes. You have 1 week to claim your prize before it is moved on to someone else.

For those who don't know, I'll explain what the prizes are:

1st - A brand new Jinhao 500 fountain pen with a 777 custom CI nib grind.

2nd, 3rd, and 4th - A free 777 custom grind on any one pen you send in.

Thanks to all for participating in the giveaway! I wish I had something for all of you, but I don't... I can say however, that here will be more giveaways in the future! Make sure to subscribe today to be informed of any new giveaways in the future!

Best Regards,

777 - Tyler Dahl

Absolute last chance for the free giveaway! We're almost done!

If you don't know what the give-away is, check out this post!

So we've finally reached the 100 subscribers necessary to bring the free giveaway to an end! I wanted to make sure everyone gets a fair chance at winning, so I'm going to give this last call and let everybody have until tomorrow (7/7/2011) to enter. Tomorrow morning (7/7/2011), the four winners will be chosen and no new entries will be accepted. That being said, be sure to enter while there's still time!

Be sure you check back tomorrow as you will only have 1 week to claim your prize before I move on to someone else.

I want to say thanks to everyone who's participated so far and helped to spread the word about the giveaway. I appreciate your entries and have really enjoyed reading your ink choices and comments! Thank you!

That's all for this post. See you guys tomorrow and have a great day!

Regards,

777 - Tyler Dahl

The ultimate TWSBI review! Part 4!

Make sure you don't forget about the free give-away going on! Check it out here for a chance to win!

Well, we've made it to part 4 of the ultimate TWSBI review. So far this has been a fun, exciting, and informative challenge for me to write! Today's part is going to cover the most important aspect of a fountain pen. I hope you'll enjoy this as much as I have enjoyed putting it together. Be sure to subscribe so you'll know when the next part is coming out!

For those who may have forgotten, here's a quick recap with links to the other 3 parts. Make sure to go back and look at these if you haven't. There's a lot of essential information in them.

Recap of Part 1:

• How did the TWSBI come about?
• What is the TWSBI is all about?
• What exactly is the TWSBI Diamond 530?

Recap of Part 2:

• Packaging
• Presentation

Recap of Part 3:

• Appearance and design

Part 3 of the review is, to me, the second most important part of a fountain pen. The single, most important part of any fountain pen is:

Important warranty notice to all customers of 777 Pen Repair

This is a notice to let all of you know about a change in my warranty cards. I'm going to tackle this in a way to make this change easy for you to understand. Don't panic, my warranty still remains the same - I'm just changing the format for those who need to use my warranty services...

I'll break the "warranty-card history" down into a list for you:

• PAST: Original customers from long ago received no warranty card at all. When my business was small I had no need to keep track of customers like that. I just remembered who bought what.
• PRESENT: Once the business expanded, I made up some warranty-type cards. These certified that the pen or nib had been worked on by me. The problem with these cards was this: They were to specific (meaning each type of job had a different card - nib work, pen repair, nib grinding, etc.) and also, they did not explain the warranty on the printed card.
• FUTURE: The new card will solve both previous problems. 1 - They will be universal. One card for every type of job. 2 - They will better explain the warranty and what the card is for.

These new cards will begin being used/issued ASAP. My exact date is: 7/2/2011 (tomorrow). From that point forward, all repairs, nib work, nib grinding, etc. will  include one of these cards for the 1 year warranty. You will need to save this card if you want to use the included warranty service that is provided with all my repairs.

NOTICE: All customers with the old warranty card or no warranty card will still have my full 1 year warranty. This change is only for future customers and if you're in the said group of past customers: your old warranty will still be honored for the full 1 year.

Here are some photos of the new card format. This change will hopefully make it easier for me to assist you with warranty needs, and make things less complex for all my customers.

If you folks have any question at all, please contact me. I'd be more than happy to answer any questions you might have about this change.

Best Regards,

777 - Tyler Dahl