Tactile Turn is a machine shop and design studio created by Will Hodges. It started in the spring of 2012 and has grown to be a machine shop mostly specializing in turning. Will designs, prototypes, and creates production runs of premium consumer products. Tactile turn options that DLT currently offers include the bolt action pens (Glider and Slider); the clicky mechanism based Shaker, and the Tactile Turn Mechanical Pencil. All have his signature grooved texture that provides grip but not abrasive, as well as his excellent clips.