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The Wanderer Series - for wherever the rails take you.

Created by Chad Schumacher

A click pen crafted from railway boxcars - paired with a travelers journal. Guaranteed for life, and handmade in Chicago by Allegory.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

A quick favor for Allegory?
over 2 years ago – Mon, Oct 04, 2021 at 03:41:12 PM

Hey all!

Big day today for Allegory. We're launching a new website! This is a big step for us toward not having to rely on wholesale and sites like Amazon for our ongoing business. We could really use your help!

Would you mind reviewing the product(s) you got from this campaign? These reviews have a huge impact on our future success. We're planning to send hundreds of thousands of people to the website in the coming months and this could substantially change the number of those folks who purchase. Our new review system also integrates with Google, meaning that the reviews show in Google shopping searches and ads which makes our advertising dollar go much further.

We've included some links to the most popular products and add-ons from this project below to make it easy for you. While you're on the site feel free to take advantage of the 20% site-wide launch sale!

If you place a review, you'll be getting a thank you gift from us in your next order. More reviews = bigger gift! ;) Our new review tool will send you an email with redemption instructions right after you place your first review.

Thanks so much for all the ways you support making our dream a reality.

- Chad & Jess

The Train Has Left the Station!
about 4 years ago – Mon, Jan 20, 2020 at 09:54:07 PM

Just had to squeeze in one last train pun before we wrapped this project! ;) 

We've officially shipped all the rewards as of last week!!! We have a small handful of backers who we are still waiting on some information from so please check your inbox if you don't have your order and/or haven't received a shipping notification.

You can reach us most easily at [email protected] to check on your reward status or with any issues/questions.

Thank you all for your patience and support throughout this project. We're looking forward to the next one, stay tuned!

Chad & Jess

A Couple Important Notes About Your Rewards
over 4 years ago – Wed, Jan 08, 2020 at 07:35:58 AM

Hey all!

We just finished up the FINAL batch of rewards yesterday. All that is left to do is engrave them and ship! Thank you to all of you for your patience. :) We're excited to get these guys into your hands.

We have a couple important notes about your rewards that we've addressed a few times individually in comments and messages, but wanted to put in an update, too. 

1. Your Moleskine notebook will be a very tight fit into the back cover of the leather cover. We design our notebook covers to be a snug, glove-like fit so that the cover doesn't get in the way while you are using the notebook. You'll need to do a bit of finagling to get the back cover all the way in. If it's really tight due to new leather stiffness you can use your hands to stretch the back pocket a bit. This trick has helped a lot of folks. If you're still having trouble, shoot us a message at [email protected] and we'll get it worked out. :)

2. If you have one of the Wanderer Series click pens, it is important to keep the white cap on the back of the Parker refill to put on your next refill when you swap them. That white cap is a spacer to adjust the length of the refill to the length of the hardware. New refills won't fit without that spacer. 

Thanks all! As always, we're here for questions. :)

Jess & Chad 

We're so close we can smell it!
over 4 years ago – Thu, Jan 02, 2020 at 03:48:10 PM

Hi all,

In between egg nog binges we've been working diligently to get this project wrapped up since the Christmas shipping deadline passed. Right now we expect all rewards to be on their way by the middle of next week! 

And, we're planning to participate in the Make/100 event again this year, we've got something pretty cool up our sleeves. So watch you mailbox for handmade goodness and your inbox for exciting news over the next couple weeks!

Thanks again for your support on this awesome project. We have some ambitious goals for Kickstarter in 2020, and we're thankful to have you along for the ride! You all are the best!

Chad & Jess

Shipping Update
over 4 years ago – Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 11:05:11 AM

Hi all,

Hope you are all having a nice holiday season. We're having a busy one! :)

Batches of rewards are still shipping regularly. When your rewards ship you will receive a shipping notification with tracing. We're down to about 80 outstanding rewards. 

I've heard from a couple of you that you were planning on your Wanderer rewards as Christmas gifts. We're working hard to make sure they get to you in time. If you haven't emailed yet about that, please shoot me a message at [email protected] and I'll do my best to get it out this week. 

Our current production timeline has us wrapping up shipping at the beginning of January. 

All the best,

Jess