Author: geoff
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NOS Skribents
I was recently fortunate enough to come across some New Old Stock Skribent Senior 4 and Super 4 pens. As is mentioned in Holten and Lund’s book “Montblanc in Denmark”,...
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Papers and Inks
This is just a test I did of 6 different inks on 6 different papers. The shots below are taken with a USB microscope, looking at the top left of...
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Oblique dip pen holder
I’m currently taking an online course in Copperplate calligraphy with Chantelle Hoffmann at Bespoke Strokes. One problem that I had was in finding an oblique dip pen holder here in...
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Penol buys Gold
This full-page advertisement in Illustrert Familie Journal, Nr. 36, 1945 says “Gold is worth more than gold to Penol” with the text saying that Penol would buy your gold for...
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Old Parker adverts
From Danske Drenge, 1926 Nr .5 This Parker advertisement is from the Illustrert Familie Journal, Nr. 39, from the 25th of September, 1951. From Illustrert Familie Journal, Nr. 48, 1958....
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Old Penol adverts
This full-page back cover ad is from Billed-Bladet. Nr. 49, 3rd of December, 1940. This one is from Hjemmet magazine, Nr. 48, from the 30th of November, 1948.
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The Belleoram
This pen is made of cumberland ebonite (the barrel and cap), black ebonite (the section / grip), and brass (for the threaded portions of both the barrel and cap). The...
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Three of a kind
Two Parker Falcon 50s and a T-1. As can be seen in the photo below,the Falcons don’t have the nib stiffness adjustment of the T-1.
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Peroklinika and Penkala
In the main square in Zagreb, Croatia, you can find this building: And if you walk up to that arch, you’ll see this plaque. Walk down the alley in the...