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Parker Duofold
This “blue pearl” 3rd generation Parker Vacumatic Duofold was made in Canada in the last quarter of 1946. V2025004
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Eversharp Doric Airliner(2nd Generation)
Production of the 2nd Generation Doric started in 1936. This one, in the “silver green shell” colour, is a vacuum filler with an adjustable flex nib and a “working” shutoff...
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Pelikan 100N
V2025005
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Europa safety pen
I haven’t found much about the Italian Europa brand apart from what can be read on this page. V2025003
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Penol advertisement from May 5, 1945
I’m always on the lookout for old magazines that contain advertisements for fountain pens. This week, I was lucky enough to stumble across an important newspaper in a flea market....
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Burnham Matador No. 77
These pens are a bit of a mystery to me. The clips on the caps tell me that these are Burnham pens, but the model imprinted on the barrels say...
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Mixing inks
You should NOT mix fountain pen inks. In some cases, doing so can cause precipitates to form that will clog a fountain pen and require a lot of cleaning. However,...
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Parker Mixy
The Parker Mixy was designed to be a “school” pen and was released to the market in 1979 in France and phased out there only 2 years later. However, production...
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Pilot Super 200
There’s a good blog posting about the Pilot Super 200 on this page. Apparently, this model had a wide range of nibs available. This one is a fine with a...
