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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...
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Waterman 52 1/2
This chased, black hard rubber lever filler started life around 1920s with a ring-top cap, but by the time I found it at a flea market, the cap was cracked...
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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...
