Tactile Turn
Precision-machined pens and pencils made in Dallas, Texas.
✓ Made in USA
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Company details
Where Tactile Turn products are made
Tactile Turn says every pen is machined in Dallas, start to finish.
The company describes a 20,000 square foot shop with modern CNC machines.
PVD coating and aluminum anodizing are the steps the company does not handle in-house.
What this emblem covers. Tactile Turn states that every pen is machined in Dallas, start to finish. The emblem is scoped to its pens and does not cover PVD coating and anodizing, which the company says it does not do in its own shop.
The story
In 2012, Will Hodges rented 160 square feet in the corner of a friend’s workshop to start making pens.
Tactile Turn now runs a 20,000 square foot shop in Dallas with CNC machines.
Why they matter
Most pens are made overseas. Tactile Turn machines its pens in Dallas.
Buying a pen machined in Texas supports skilled machinist jobs in the United States.
Visit Tactile Turn
Tactile Turn machines pens and pencils at its shop in Dallas, Texas.
Tactile Turn questions
Is Tactile Turn made in the USA?
Its pens are. The company says every pen is machined in Dallas, start to finish. PVD coating and aluminum anodizing are not done in its own shop.
Where is Tactile Turn based?
10503 Forest Ln., Suite 100, Dallas, Texas 75243.
What does Tactile Turn make?
Machined pens and pencils.
When was Tactile Turn founded?
2012, according to the company.