Rollerball pen in Yew from Max gate, former home of Thomas Hardy Tiverton Ballpoint pen handmade in Cork

Ballpoint pen handmade in Cork Oak wood from Killerton finished with black titanium coloured fittings

It was designed and built by Thomas Hardy for his own use in 1885 and he lived there until his death in 1928

Each of these pens is made to order so they will each vary slightly from the one in the photograph

Capel Salem is a Grade II listed former chapel

medium nib and is approximately 136mm long and 16mm at the widest part including the cap

Rollerball pen in Yew from Max gate, former home of Thomas Hardy Tiverton Ballpoint pen handmade in CorkMax Gate National trust property This is a handmade rollerball pen in Yew that grew at Thomas Hardy's home Max Gate. Max Gate is the former home of Thomas Hardy, it is located on the outskirts of Dorchester, Dorset, England. It was designed and built by Thomas Hardy for his own use in 1885 and he lived there until his death in 1928. Here he wrote write some of his best known works including Tess of the dUrbervilles, Jude the Obscure and most of his