Author: geoff
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Monte Rosa 042G
Monte Rosa was a sub-brand of Montblanc, created as a “student” line of pens in the mid-to-late 1950s. V2024032
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Penol Standard ballpoint
These are two Standard ballpoint pens from the late days of Penol production in Denmark. They released the Q-Pen in 1949 and the factory shut down in 1966. I don’t...
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Montblanc 223D
This mechanical pencil was one of the last models made by Montblanc in Denmark. Produced from 1954-1958, it was identical to the 223, but with the top portion coved with...
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New star for an old pen: Part 2
I have tried for years to figure out a way of replacing missing stars in the caps of vintage Montblanc pens. Doing so is especially necessary when the missing star...
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Silver safety pen
This safety pen was either used or sold by a company in Vejle, Denmark called HP & Søn. Thanks to Claes who pointed me to a little history about this...
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“Iridium” point?
Two good articles from once-upon-a-time about whether there is any iridium in “Iridium Point” nibs. Where’s the Iridium? How can we talk about Iridium?
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Parker 51 Identification
I spent the afternoon trying to figure out which models of Parker 51 I have. To do this, I used the system at http://www.parkercollector.com/parker51.html, which is a great source of...
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Rexpen Diplomat
Rexpen was a sub-brand of TOZ Penkala which was founded in 1936 in Zagreb. (TOZ stands for Tvornica olovaka Zagreb, or “Pen Factory Zagreb”) This brand was so popular in...
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Haro 1
The following excerpt is from fountainpen.it: “Haro was founded in 1926 by Hans Roggenbuck (and derives its name from the initial letters of his name) in the district of Pomerania in Frömsdorf. Later the production...
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Tokyo Station Pens blog
Unfortunately, most of the photos in this blog are hosted on Instagram. So, if you, like me, don’t have an account there, then you won’t see anything but placeholders for...