Author: geoff
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Montblanc 34
The Montblanc 34 was in production in Hamburg from 1961 to 1970 and, along with the 32, were designed to be lower-cost variants of the 22 and 24. This is...
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Parker Victory MK V
The Parker Victory has a history ranging from the MK I that started production in 1941 to the MK V that ended in the 1960’s. The full story can be...
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Montblanc 244
This is a Danish-made 244 in dark green marbled celluloid with an integrated ink window, made between 1941 and 1954. Following the numbering system of the time, this means that...
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Montblanc Meisterstück 14
This is a Meisterstück 14, with a medium nib. It had a single owner from Copenhagen who purchased it around 1960 and then sold it to me 50 years later…...
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Imprint and Trace
I’m currently reading “Imprint and Trace: Handwriting in the Age of Technology” by Sonja Neef, and I can recommend it highly. It’s not an easy read – but it’s wonderfully...
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Parker 75 – Insignia Cicelé Set
The Parker 75 was designed by Kenneth Parker (son of George Parker), and better known as “KP” to his colleagues. It was designed to be a higher-end pen in the...
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Penol Ambassador Senior
This is a green striped Ambassador Senior made by the Christian Olsen factory. The imprint includes the number “845”, which indicates that the pen was made in August of 1945....
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Matador Express 814
Siebert & Löwen was founded in 1895 by Adolf Siebert and Ewald Löwen in Wuppertal-Elberfeld (near Düsseldorf). The company originally made office supplies, but had started making fountain pens by 1911,...
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Parker 180 Imperial
The Parker 180 was released to the market in 1977, but the company had already trademarked the name back in 1974. The original advertisements from the 70’s stated “One nib....