Brand
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Hoover 827
Hoover (along with Orion, London, and Gefion) was one of the sub-brands of the Danish Miller Pen Co., started by Johannes Iversen in 1908, although the Hoover name didn’t appear...
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Parker Duofold
This book by David Shepherd and Dan Zazove is a must-read/have for anyone researching the history of the Duofold series of pens. You can borrow the book for a period...
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Parker Duofold Senior
This NOS (New, Old Stock) Duofold Senior was made in 1925 (the date can be established by the fact that it has a single flush cap band or ‘girdle’ as...
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Rosendahl’s “dipless” pen
This is an integrated dip pen and inkwell made by Rosendahls with a porcelain base made by Rörstrand in Sweden. The one thing missing in this set is the feeder...
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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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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.