The Majestic fountain pen & rollerball
A capped, full-size or junior pen with a jewelled clip and an iridium-tipped nib: the classic statement piece.
- 22kt gold / chrome
- gun metal / chrome
Collection I · Writing Instruments
Pens
Fountain pens, rollerballs and ballpoints turned from burl, cactus skeleton, blackwood and hand-poured resin.
The collection
Writing Instruments
A pen is the one object most people touch every day and almost never think about. These are made to be thought about: balanced in the hand, turned from material with a past, and finished so the grain or the pour is the first thing anyone notices.
From the studio
Pieces that have left the lathe
Each of these exists once. Open any piece for its story, then commission one in its spirit.
Lava & Ash
Fire meets ash: the resin was poured to flow into the burl's grain like lava into a cooling field.
Violet Tide
The burl sits like a shoreline in a violet sea; turn it in the hand and the tide moves.
Desert Lattice
Cholla is the skeleton a desert cactus leaves behind. Each opening is filled by hand, so no two lattices ever match.
Kingfisher Desk Set
Three pieces cut from the same story: the colour of a kingfisher's wing set against the burl it perches on.
Pinecone Garden
A whole pinecone, sliced and suspended in colour, so its spiral is still the first thing you notice.
Storm Marble
Weather caught mid-turn. The swirl is poured, then revealed one pass of the tool at a time.
Gilded Ebony
The most formal piece in the room: black wood, gold scrollwork and a single red stone.
The Ember Trio
One burl, three temperaments. A set made to be split between siblings or kept together.
Dragon Guard
A dragon wraps the cap and its scales finish the tip; the pendant is turned from the same blank.
Forest Burl
All wood, no resin. The dark lines are spalting, the forest's own ink.
Golden Hour Pair
A pair for two people who sign things together.
Midnight Burl
Dark at a glance; under a lamp the gold in the resin wakes up.
Black Flame
A quiet black barrel until the light finds the flame at its foot.
Celestial Grey
Cloud and stone, banded in gold.
Verdigris
The green of old copper roofs, worked to a glass finish.
Amethyst Storm
A storm front in violet and white rolling over a burl horizon.
Garnet Burl
A burl the colour of an old garnet ring.
Smoke & Pearl
Soft greys that shift like mother of pearl when it turns.
White Marble
Veined like Carrara, warm in the hand like wood.
Emerald Jewel
Green fire under a jewelled crown.
Harbor Blue
Burl dyed to the blue of a Gulf morning.
Lagoon
Shallow water over sand, capped in black.
Gunmetal Burl
Understated and heavy in the best way.
Dusk Burl
An everyday pen with an evening colour.
The Bolt Action
For the hunter or the collector: a pen that works like a rifle bolt, cased like one too.
The Everglade Series
A family of four: the same burl-into-colour idea, each in its own season.
Sage Stone
Lichen on granite, in a pen.
Patriot
Red, white and blue, poured rather than painted.
Courtside
For the friend who lives on the courts.
Tiger Stripe Letter Opener
The desk companion to any pen in the gallery.
What can be made
Build your piece
Every piece starts from a refined mechanism or from nothing at all. Choose a starting point here, then the wood, the resin and the finish with William. Every option below is something he can make for you.
Art Nouveau fountain pen
Ornate, sceptre-like fittings in the Art Nouveau manner, for the most formal desk.
- chrome / 22kt gold
- gun metal / 22kt gold
Classic flat-top & cigar profiles
Fountain pens and rollerballs in the timeless flat-top and cigar silhouettes.
- El Grande
- Cambridge
- Triton
- Virage
- Electra
- Baron
English fountain pen & ballpoint
Refined English-made fittings in rhodium and brushed gold, for the serious writer.
- rhodium with brushed gold accents (Mistral)
- chrome (Aquilo ballpoint)
Junior Gentleman's pen
A junior-size capped rollerball that can be fitted with a two-tone German nib to become a fountain pen.
- gold titanium
- chrome
- palladium (conversion)
- black titanium (conversion)
Junior Statesman rollerball
A refined junior rollerball with hand-cast cap inserts, postable or not.
- palladium / 22k gold
- postable
- non-postable
The Emperor rollerball
A rollerball crowned by a deeply carved, plated cap.
- chrome / 22K gold
- chrome / black titanium
Sterling silver rollerball
Rollerball with solid sterling silver fittings that patinate with the years.
- sterling silver
Raw-metal fountain pen
Unplated stainless, brass or aluminium fittings that never flake and age honestly.
- 303 stainless steel
- C3604 brass
- 6061 aluminium
Kitless fountain pen, German Bock nib
Barrel, cap, section and threads all cut on the lathe from one material; only the nib is sourced. The most involved pen in the gallery.
- #5, #6, #8 nib sizes
- steel: polished, gold plate, bi-colour, black or red lacquer
- solid titanium (#8)
- nib widths EF to B plus italics
Kitless fountain pen, JoWo #6 nib
A fully custom pen around a German JoWo #6 nib, with cap threads cut by hand.
- #6 steel: silver, gold, black
- italic 1.1mm and standard widths
- 14k gold nibs configured for the JoWo #6 unit (specialist retailers)
Twist ballpoint
The everyday pen, slim or mid-size, with a smooth twist mechanism.
- Slimline
- Sierra
- Cigar
- Pinnacle
- gold, chrome, gun metal, platinum (by line)
Click ballpoint
A satisfying click mechanism that takes standard long-life refills.
- Slimline Pro EDC: chrome, gold, gun metal
- brushed satin
Mechanical & sketch pencil
A 0.7mm click pencil, or a lead holder for the artist and woodworker.
- chrome
- 0.7mm lead
- woodworker's pencil
- artist sketch pencil
Stylus pen
A ballpoint with a touch-screen tip for the desk that is half paper, half glass.
- chrome
- gold
- gun metal
- fiber-mesh replacement tips
Letter opener
The desk companion to any pen, with a turned handle and steel blade.
- Majestic Jr. gold/chrome or gun metal/chrome
- Sculptured 24kt gold
- deluxe chrome
- brushed satin
- solid brass blade
Pen stand & presentation box
A stand, case or box, ideally turned from the same timber as the pen.
- cherry high-end box
- maple / apitong folding box
- acrylic stands for 1 to 12 pens
- velvet pouches
Tiers describe the depth of the work: Core pieces are built around a refined mechanism, High pieces use premium hardware and rarer materials, Apex pieces are made almost entirely on the lathe. Final options are confirmed with William.
Materials
From the forest floor to the stars
Five levels of material, from figured domestic burl to meteorite. Every tier is chosen with you; legality and sourcing are checked before a single blank is cut.
Domestic burls & figured woods
Maple burl · Buckeye burl · Black walnut · Spalted maple
Warm, figured and full of character.
Exotic hardwoods
Ebony · Ziricote · Bocote · Amboyna burl
Dense, rare grain from around the world, sourced legally.
Hybrid burl & resin
Stabilized burl · Cholla cactus · Pinecone · Hand-poured resin
Burl and resin cast together, then turned to reveal both.
Signature materials
Meteorite inlay · Ancient kauri · Mokume-gane
The rarest work in the gallery.
Your heirloom timber
Wood from a family home · A fallen tree · A piece of old furniture
The most meaningful material is often already yours.
Questions
Good questions, honest answers
Can I choose the nib, ink system or plating?
Yes. Fountain pens can be fitted with a range of nib widths, and most designs come in several platings, from chrome and black titanium to gold tones. The concierge or William will walk you through what suits the way you write.
What is a kitless pen?
Most turned pens are built around a manufactured mechanism. A kitless pen has its cap, threads and section made on the lathe from the same material, with only the nib unit sourced. It is the most involved work in the collection.
Can a pen be made from wood with family history?
Often, yes. Timber from a family home, a fallen tree or a piece of furniture can be stabilized and turned. Send a photo and William will tell you honestly what the wood will allow.
Do you engrave?
Ask about it in your brief. Engraving, a matching case or a set with a letter opener can all be part of a commission.
The design concierge
A gallery that listens
Talk with the DeVito Gallery concierge, an AI that speaks in William's own voice. It asks the questions he would ask, then hands him your brief.
- Who the piece is for, and the moment it marks
- What they love: writing, cooking, the shave, the pipe, the craft
- The woods, colours and finishes you are drawn to
- The budget you have in mind, never a hard sell
You will see what it can and cannot do before the microphone turns on. Conversations are recorded so William can follow up.
Commissions
Begin a commission
Tell William who it is for, what they love, and what you have in mind. He reads every brief himself and replies personally.
Prefer to talk it through?