Clifford Alexander scoops a handful of black ballpoint pens, drops them into a small box and shakes it with a blackjack dealer’s nonchalance. He slides in the next handful to make an exact dozen, and ...

How: Founder Chad Schumacher and his wife had been working at a tech company that closed down, when Schumacher’s father crafted him a handmade pen out of wood. Schumacher says he thought there might ...