Author: geoff
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Bic Fountain Pen
It’s widely understood that the “death” of the fountain pen was brought on by the introduction of the ballpoint. Since “ballpoint pen” is synonymous with “Bic pen”, it felt a...
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Sheaffer’s Imperial AS9
I don’t need to say much about this pen, since there’s a good description of the slightly weird history of the AS9 on penhero.com. As Jim Mamoulides writes on that...
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Parker Ad from 1955
This advertisement is from the 15 March, 1955 issue of the Danish magazine “Familie Journal”. The title reads “Great Expectations” and the text at the bottom says “Parker: a gift...
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New star for an old pen: Part 1
This posting is incomplete. I’ll come back and finish it off once I get the recipe to work properly. One problem with old Montblanc pens is that they are occasionally...
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Shopping for ink by colour
Inkfind is a website that lists ink by your chosen colour.
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The Hampden
The goal of this pen was to make a pocket pen with a #6 nib that turned into a full-sized pen when posted. It can be used with a short...
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This one’s a mystery…
I bought this pen based on some bad photos and a hunch that it was something interesting. Turns out that what I bought was a mystery. As can be seen...
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Montblanc De Luxe 275
Montblanc started its Danish production of pens and pencils in 1933. In fact, for a time after the war, the Copenhagen factory was the only running production, since the Hamburg...
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Anthropocene Book I
From the artist’s website: “This portable manuscript recounts the six days of Creation as written in the Book of Genesis. But holes soon begin to appear in the pages and...