Kilburn Ink

Kilburn Ink Lathe turned, hand made, specialty Tasmanian timber, Exotic timber, Acrylic and Deer Antler Pens. Custom made to order!

Everyday use, special occasions, gifts, etc. We will make you a pen for every occasion.

And thats a wrap! A hugely successful craft fair for Kilburn Ink. Not just smashing last years sales but meeting some f...
02/11/2025

And thats a wrap! A hugely successful craft fair for Kilburn Ink. Not just smashing last years sales but meeting some fantastic people along the way! Thanks to everyone that made it possible and a special thankyou to Kadesha Rootes Rosalie Bingley and Liam Bott for your time and help at the stall and in preparation. Thankyou once again to the Tasmanian Craft Fair and the Alvadore family for the memorial award - who would have thought a simple pen could mean so much to someone. 🥰 We will have a christmas sale via facebook over the coming weeks with remaining stock at craft fair prices so if you couldnt get to the event we can post Aus wide.

What can I say... I am completely humbled and feel privlidged to be the first recipient for the Allan Alvadore Memorial ...
01/11/2025

What can I say... I am completely humbled and feel privlidged to be the first recipient for the Allan Alvadore Memorial Award at the Tasmanian Craft Fair. Last year I shared a touching story of an interaction that I had with a then 96 year old man at my stall. Allan spent oven an hour with me, watching me make pens through the live demonstration. We spoke at length about his time working on a lathe and his passion for woodcraft and more so the sharing of the passion to spread enjoyment to others. He sat in his wheelchair watching every stroke of the chissel with a beaming smile and at the end of the demonstration I gifted him the pen. I hadnt thought another bit about it until I was told the family wrote in and wated my details.
I spoke to Allan's Daughter who advised he had been around the fair since the 80s and had asked his daughter to bring him from Vic to Tassie one last time - for his last fair (against medical advice).
A few months ago I contacted the family hoping we could bring him down this year and offered him a place with me at the Kilburn Ink stall, however at 97 Allan had passed away in June.
In a truly touching and for me, emotional tribute to his last fair - he was burried with my pen in his top jacket pocket.
The family approached the Rotary Club who have supported and implimented the Allan Alvadore memorial award in his honour.
Thankyou to the many volunteers, sponsors, artists and patrons who make the event possible.

A heartfealt thankyou to the Alvadore family and rest peacefully Allan, whose legacy will now live on through this award and the artists and craftsmen who are lucky enough to be future recipients.

Thanks must go to my beautiful wife Desh who has made this possible, and my wonderful mum for her 2 days helping me on the stall so far. We have sold more in 2 days than the full 3 days last year, but the sales feel insignificant after tonight.

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Tasmanian Craft Fair day 2 ready! We out performed 2024 sales on day 1 by 40%.Deer Antler pens and Fountain pens most po...
31/10/2025

Tasmanian Craft Fair day 2 ready!
We out performed 2024 sales on day 1 by 40%.
Deer Antler pens and Fountain pens most popular as always! But dont worry, we put in the work and came prepared with plenty of backup stock to roll out 😁😁💪 lets get it 👌
Stall #263 - showgrounds, Quamby Pavillion

Set up complete and ready to go! Our 2nd Tasmanian Craft Fair! Catch us at 263 at the showgrounds! Some of the best pens...
30/10/2025

Set up complete and ready to go!
Our 2nd Tasmanian Craft Fair! Catch us at 263 at the showgrounds!
Some of the best pens we have ever produced.

Set up 90% complete at stall 263, Quamby Pavillion - Deloraine Show grounds for the Tasmanian Craft Fair 2025!!! The fin...
30/10/2025

Set up 90% complete at stall 263, Quamby Pavillion - Deloraine Show grounds for the Tasmanian Craft Fair 2025!!!
The finishing touches and stock to be added tomorrow morning.
We will have over 200 items for sale, ranging from $15 to $125 - there is bound to be somthing for everyone!
We will be taking custom orders on the day, with all pre paid orders receiving craft fair discount pricing. Any orders will be guaranteed by Christmas.
We have upped the anti with a greater range of high end stock, but as always a limited supply of Deer Antler pens.
Accepting eftpos and cash.
Come and see Simon and get yourself an early Christmas present 😁

As we close in on the Tasmanian Craft Fair for our 2nd year running, I thought it was time to answer a question I am ask...
28/10/2025

As we close in on the Tasmanian Craft Fair for our 2nd year running, I thought it was time to answer a question I am asked all the time!!

"Where did you learn to do this"....

15 years ago as a 20 year old, I was lucky enough to meet a family that has definitly left their mark on my life.
Through a few health issues, I spent many days with Brad Hingston & Tammy Hingston - A completely random friendship!
Brad spent many many hours in his shed teaching me how to make pens on his lathe.
We evolved from some rubbish pine, to furnature offcuts and into experimenting on antler and acrylic. Soon after, I was addicted!

We turned a little hobby into a small business called "Fiddley Bitz Turning" I can still remember the day in there loungeroom making the name.
Before we knew it we were providing Birchalls Launceston with monthly pen orders (pic atrached of our 1st ever Birchalls order).
We had a lot of fun making pens together, and I 100% owe the passion to Brad.

As life goes on, we went our own ways as you do.
But pen making has stuck with me for the past decade. Its been an outlet for me that has been there through all of lifes challanges, something I can zone out with, be proud of, and enjoy.

Eventually Kilburn Ink was born - Thanks to this goes to 2 great friends Hannah Smith & Josh Smith - with Hannah coming up withe the name and both of these great people pushing me to take my hobby into a business.

Although life goes on, people move, and we lose touch, everytime the lathe spins these wonderful memories flood back.

I now get to share this passion with my beautoful and incredibly supportive wife Kadesha Rootes. Prep for the craft fair has been a 6 month period of work, with Desh having to take on alot more home duties and work at our property so that I can dedicate time in the shed to build stock.

One day, I will pass the skills Ive learnt onto our son, and I cant wait to see him make his 1st pen.

Pen making to me is more than a hobby, Its friends, family and love.
My pens have signed wedding certificates, Settlement contracts for 1st homes, been gifted & enjoyed world wide and more recently brought a smile to a elderly man who passed away 7 months later after our 1st craft fair.

I am incredibly proud to share my work with you, and cant wait for this week ahead 🙏♥️

4 days of lathe work left and we will be fully stocked for our 2nd Tasmanian Craft Fair!! We heard you last year and hav...
26/10/2025

4 days of lathe work left and we will be fully stocked for our 2nd Tasmanian Craft Fair!!
We heard you last year and have prepared to have alot more high end pens for sale!

Tasmanian Timber
Exotic Timber
Deer Antler
Acrylic

We will have a much larger range of fountain pens and high end Deer Antler pens!

Make sure to come and see us at venue 2C this year. Our pens are a perfect christmas present, special event signature pen (weddings), gift, or personal keepsake.

Our pens have been displayed all over Australia and even a world timber craft display in Japan. We are incredibly proud of our work and cant wait to share it with you.

Cheers
- Simon & Desh

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31/08/2025

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A stunning mahogany fountain pen in gold trim with blue ink.One of many Tasmanian Craft Fair orders being completed.If y...
28/11/2024

A stunning mahogany fountain pen in gold trim with blue ink.
One of many Tasmanian Craft Fair orders being completed.
If you placed an order at or around the time of the craft fair your order will be ready very soon!

⭐️ Tasmanian Craft Fair Recap 2024 ⭐️ ‘2024 Stand Presentation Award - Highly Commended.’What an experience this has bee...
03/11/2024

⭐️ Tasmanian Craft Fair Recap 2024 ⭐️

‘2024 Stand Presentation Award - Highly Commended.’

What an experience this has been. We are over the moon with our sales and support. We went into this sacrificing a lot and not knowing what to expect and wow! All the interactions with customers, the positive feedback and support…. we are speechless.

To our friends and family. A massive Thank you! We are so incredibly grateful for the support with setting up, during the event and packing up. We wouldn’t have been able to do this without you all.

We will be taking Christmas orders which will need to be finalised at the end of November to ensure these are shipped and delivered in time.

Fingers crossed we will be back exhibiting at the Tasmanian Craft Fair 2025.

Day 3 here we come! What an awesome weekend it has been. Last night we attended the annual Tasmanian Craft Fair awards d...
02/11/2024

Day 3 here we come! What an awesome weekend it has been.
Last night we attended the annual Tasmanian Craft Fair awards dinner and are so proud to be acknowledged by the judges with a highly commended for the 2024 stand presentation award! Thankyou to the award sponsor Deloraine and Districts Community Bank.
However, the greatest impact has been an email sent to the craft fair director, this was sent in on Friday by patrons who attended our live turning on Friday morning, this was touched on last night and has been shared with us yesterday.
I have spoken to the sender this morning and she has given the okay to share some of the extract with everyone (see attached).
To have made this sort of impact without any idea of the individuals situation has been the best experience of the fair - eclipsing any sales or awards possible.
It has brought many of us to tears and I have this morning advised the family to spend the next 11 months working on this gentlemans health because I want him to join us at our stall for the 2025 Craft fair!
Fingers crossed we can pull this off.
Be humble, Be Kind 😇 live everyday to the fullest.

Live turning today at 10:00am with Simon
Venue 4 - MV Performing Arts Centre

We are running low on some stock but taking orders on site today!

Day 2 done and we are down to our last day. Today was huge! Great numbers through the doors and again we were overwhelme...
02/11/2024

Day 2 done and we are down to our last day.
Today was huge! Great numbers through the doors and again we were overwhelmed with the support towards our products.
We may even have locked in a supply agreement with a Queensland based retailer!
Thanks to everyone who has supported us so far - we are super keen for the dinner tonight and making day 3 another day to remember 😀

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