Kenilworth II — Maple Burl & Resin | Tapa Traveller Edition

Some pens are just nice objects. And then there are pens like this one, where every single element has something to say.

The barrel is a wood-resin hybrid that stops you in your tracks — pale golden maple burl, with its fine, flowing grain lines running the length of the lower section, meeting a pour of deep burgundy and plum resin that bleeds into the wood like a sunset hitting the horizon. It's the kind of material that looks almost accidental in the best possible way, as though the resin found its own way in. No two of these blanks will ever look the same, and this particular combination of warm honey wood and rich wine-coloured resin is genuinely beautiful.

But it's the Tapa Traveller kit that elevates this pen into a different category altogether. Every detail of the chrome metalwork tells the story of the early Polynesian navigators — those extraordinary seafarers who crossed thousands of miles of open Pacific guided by stars, swells and instinct alone. The petroglyph warrior figure on the end cap marks the origin of the journey, rooted in the traditions of the Marquesas and Tahiti. The double rows of triangles running the length of the clip trace the route across the Pacific — a navigational path etched in metal. And the Tapa-style bands and clip designs echo the intricate patterns beaten into cloth from the inner bark of paper mulberry and breadfruit trees by the early inhabitants of Hawaii — one of the great textile traditions of the ancient world, rendered here in polished chrome.

It's a pen with genuine depth — not just in the material, but in what it represents. A story of human courage and craftsmanship, carried in something you hold in your hand every day.

Hand-turned and finished in the West Midlands, presented in a gift box and ready to write.

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