The Dudek Display is a wooden pen and notebook stand. It’s handmade from solid walnut by Mike Dudek and sold through his Dudek Modern Goods website for $65.
The Display holds five pens or pencils. The holes are large and I’ve not yet found a pen that won’t fit. (The holes can be 1/2” or, like mine, 5/8″.)
The test-tube-rack-like open front lets you see your beautiful pens in all their glory and gives this product its name. The combination of lovely pens and wood is a treat for the eyes.
The slot at the back will hold a couple of Field Note sized notebooks or a notebook in a cover. It’s useful, keeping it all together.
There is a wide range of products available from Dudek Modern Goods, with options for the number of pens; smaller holes for pencils; with or without a notebook slot; and solid or open designs. Mike will also customise existing designs to meet your requirements.
The Display is a beautiful item in its own right. The walnut is delicious, with a glorious smooth oiled finish letting the grain show through. The quality of the workmanship is outstanding. There are plenty of small details such as the grooves cut into the sides and the softly chamfered pen holes that all show care and attention to detail.
My Display sits on my desk at work. Before I bought my Roterfaden Taschenbegleiter (review coming soon, promise!) I used to sit my work notebook in the slot: a couple of Calepino notebooks inside a Davis Leatherworks cover. These days I tend to stick my phone in there.
The pens change from day to day although there’s usually a Copic Multiliner SP in there. In this picture you can see, from left to right: Pentel Graph 1000, TWSBI Vac 700, Copic Multiliner SP, Ateleia Brass Pen, and Kaweco Dia 2.
The Display is a wonderful product. It’s simple (though way beyond anything I could ever make myself) and beautifully made. The little details, along with the natural beauty of the wood, make this a quality product that’s both useful and pleasing to the eye.
If you would like a chance to win a Display of your own then you’re in luck as Mr Dudek has very kindly offered one for a giveaway. You know the score by now: say thank you to someone you know in the comments. I’ll number the entries and then use random.org to pick a winner. You can only enter once and the giveaway closes at 9am GMT on Sunday 3rd May.
I actually don’t know the score, I’m a new reader. Just say thank you to someone? Then thanks to Mari, who makes my life easier just by being there.
Yes absolutely, just thank someone you know. Thank you for entering!
I’d like to thank my boyfriend’s brother and his cousin who reminded me why I love fountain pens; and Brad Dowdy and Myke Hurley for making an awesome podcast!
Thanks to my Mum for buying me my first grown up ink pen, a Parker 45 Flighter when I was 11 – 43 years ago now and still going strong.
I’d like to thank Brad Dowdy for reigniting my love for all things analog and constantly tempting me with new things to try! My bank account on the other hand…
Thank you Dude
My godmother who bought me my first ‘grown up’ pen when I started secondary school – I still have it!
BTW who is Brad Dowdy ????
Blessed are the ignorant, for they leave their money in their pocket…
Thank you to my coworker Rena for for being my stationary partner-in-crime!
Thanks to my wife and kid for everything.
Thank you, Yuri. You make even the toughest times at work so much more bearable.
I’m going to thank Mike Dudek for making absolutely beautiful, functional products that make our lives better for using them. I love his stuff and have a couple of my own.
Excellent review and your thoughts on the Display mirror my thoughts on my pair of Dailies almost exactly.
Cheers!
I would like to thank my parents, for everything, past and present both.
I would like to thank my wife Hayley for putting up with me buying pens!
I want to say thank you to the older woman at the grocery store this morning who forced me to go before her. I was with both of my children and only had a few things, and she had a full cart. It was a very sweet unexpected gesture.
Thanks to you Ian and all of the awesome people in the stationery blogging community! You all are an inspiration!
Thank you to my wife Akren for giving me two beautiful children.
Doh, that’s Karen.
I’d like to thank you for turning me on to this great looking product. I’ll probably buy one if I don’t win!
I want to say thanks to the Vets who brought my cat back from the brink of total kidney failure. Does that make me a crazy cat guy?
Great giveaway, thanks to my lovely wife Jane for putting up with me!
Thank you, Mike, for two great years and many more to come!
I would like to thank you for creating such an amazing website, and Mr. Brad Dowdy for leading me to this website.
Thank you to both you and Mr. Mike Dudek for doing this giveaway!
Pick me! Thank you that my best friend was born today! Happy Birthday Marsha!
Thank you to my son who has given me great pens for my birthday and Fathers Day!
Thanks to my wife for not judging my pen addiction too harshly.
Thanks to Ian and the Dude for making this giveaway possible and their awesome work on their blogs. Always enjoy reading both!
I’d like to say thank you to my girlfriend, for being so supportive of all my hobbies and quirks!
Might be a little cliche, but thank you Mike for the giveaway. It’s awesome people like you who make awesome blogs like this possible in our awesome pen community. 🙂
A very big ‘thank you’ to my husband and sons for a wonderful birthday cake topped with gorgeous icing fountain pen! It’s lovely to have people respect your obsessions 🙂
Thank you to my wife Lesley for being there in this hard tkme
Thanks to my wife for not getting upset when I went over budget at the Atlanta Pen Show.
Thank you Cor, for your patience, and VB for all the ways you are always there.
thank you penpaperpencil.net for hosting a giveaway! 🙂
Thanks to my wife for her love and support.
Thanks to my boys for helping better myself & them.
Thanks to my children for being The Reason
I want to say thank you to my wife, who is supportive of me in all of my endeavors!
Thanks to the couple I met on Lindisfarne that made it so intriguing to return again next year.
Thanks to my wife. She gives so much of herself to our family.
Thanks you to you for a great website!
I’d like to thank my wife for putting up with me over these past 15 years. I’m truly a pain in her rear.
Thank you to everyone that posts fountain pen info. Helps me to learn.
Thank you to my wife for kindly indulging my office supply addiction!
Thank you to my great grandfather for my first Levenger I didn’t touch for three years after his passing. Im now addicted to my journals and fountain pens.
Thanks to my folks for buying pens and markers while growing up!
Thank you to my parents for always indulging me.
Thanks to Mr. Hedley and Mr. Dudek for the post and giveaway!
I thank my family and friends for all the fun.
Thanks Jenn for putting up with my fountain pen obsession.
Thanks to everyone who gets up in the morning and decides to create a better day by going out and making something.
I would like to thank my wife for allowing me to indulge in my pen obsession.
Thank you to my friend Sarah for introducing me to fountain pens. Thanks for the chance to win!
Always thankful to my wife! Please pick me!
Thank you to my pen pal and best friend Caitlin who puts up with all my complaining via snail mail!
(Also, thank you for the giveaway!!)
A big, tremendous thank you to Myke Hurley and Matt Alexander for the Bonanza podcast. I’m waiting for that listener meetup.
Thanks to Aziza Asgarali for getting me into the world of writing tools!
Thank you, pen community, for introducing me to a world of writing pleasures…
Thank you, assorted pen bloggers, for putting words to the love that holds us, sometimes haunts us.
Thank you, Ana! The Wellappointed Desk has been a tremendous inspiration to me! I enjoy reading each and every one of your posts.
I’m new to this but I’d like to thank my mom. As a single parent I’ve always been amazed at her support of all my crazy ideas, even my love for fountain pens. The Sheaffer School series pen she got me all the way from London (despite protests from her travelling buddy) is still one of my most treasured pens.
Thanks to my bro who has pushed me into the lovely world of Fountain Pens. 🙂
Thanks to Dudek goods and PenPaperPencil for the giveaway. Thanks to the random number generator too, if it picks the correct number 🙂
Thank you elephants for being wise and gentle. Although how you got into my pants I guess I’ll never know.
Thank you to my wife for supporting my habit.
Thanks you to my mom for supporting me and guiding me in hard times.
Thanks to my sister for being there when I need her.
Thanks to my twins – who I adore