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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...

  By geoff March 17, 2024 Aikin Lambert, Eyedropper, Parker, Paul Hirt, Vintage

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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...

  By geoff February 25, 2024 Button Filler, Denmark, Montblanc, Vintage

• 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...

  By geoff January 15, 2024 Art, Calligraphy

• Vintage dip pen nibs

  I fell down a rabbit hole with a USB microscope this week… From left to right the nibs shown are: Top row Middle Row Bottom Row

  By geoff January 14, 2024 Dip pen, Vintage

• Some Big Bens

  By geoff January 13, 2024 Big Ben, Denmark, Vintage

• Nakaya: production stop

  By geoff January 12, 2024 Japan, Nakaya, News and History

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  Faber-Castell Castello 7

  V2023058

  By geoff January 7, 2024 A.W. Faber-Castell, Cartridge, Germany, Vintage

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  Waterman’s 513

  V2022046

  By geoff January 7, 2024 England, Lever Filler, Mechanical Pencil, Vintage, Waterman

• Viking pencils

  By geoff January 7, 2024 Uncategorized

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  Miller Streamline 620 & 622

  V2023006

  By geoff January 7, 2024 Denmark, Mechanical Pencil, Miller, Vintage