Author: geoff
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Lady Sheaffer 630
V2024043
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Montblanc 422 & 490
This ballpoint and fountain pen set was made by Montblanc in the 1970s. The 422 fountain pen was also known as the “Caressa”, although I don’t know if this included...
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Parker Quink Cookie Jar
I found this cookie jar at a flea market yesterday and couldn’t go home without it. I’ve called it a cookie jar, but it might just have been intended for...
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Parker #25L
This Parker #25L was made around 1919. It’s a button filler made of ebonite (therefore the 2) with a number 5 nib (hence the 5), and it’s the Long version....
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Must de Cartier
I know nothing about this pen. I assume that it wasn’t made by Cartier, but I’ll do some digging to find out who made it for them. V2023053
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A pair of Editors
One of the smaller Danish fountain pen brands was for a stationary store in Aarhus called ‘Editor’, owned by Kay Petersen. In fact, the store still exists today online, where...
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Rønning & Gjerløff ink bottle
This is a now-empty bottle that contained archival ink from the P. Rønning & Gjerløff chemical factory. These days, it’s not unusual to find Rønnings bottles at flea markets in...
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Making of a Hakase custom fountain pen
Of course, this is not the world’s first custom-made fountain pen… but the process they show here is pretty standard, so it’s certainly worth watching.
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Montblanc button filler
This pen took a little work and a little time to identify, but with the help of Claus Holten, co-author of ‘Montblanc in Denmark 1914-1992: The Untold Story‘ I found...
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Monte Rosa 401PS
Monte Rosa was Montblanc’s ‘student’ line of pens, separated as a sub-brand in the mid-1950s and continuing until this last model 401PS which was in production from 1967 until 1970....