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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...
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Penol 3K
In the mid-1930s, Penol introduced two faceted models, the 8K (for “kanter”, the Danish word for “edges”) and the smaller 3K. In 1937, the 3K was updated to have a...
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Rønnings Ink Bottles
For one more bottle, see this posting.
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Eversharp Popular Doric
The art deco styled Eversharp Doric line was introduced in 1931. The first generation design (made from 1931 – 1935) had a gold cap band that did not extend all...
