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Flushing New Fountain Pens
The arrival of a Fountain Pen Day purchase made me think about one thing I always do with a new pen or converter. It is also something you still see posted as a possible fix for the lack of ink flow...
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Cartier Diablo
Many fashion, jewellery house and accessory brands have dabbled with writing implements and Cartier are no exception. At present their only fountain pen is a hand made £136,000 gauche product, however...
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Hong Dian Dark Blue Forest
Do a search for the Chinese firm Hong Dian (also written HongDian) and you will find, primarily on Amazon or Etsy, a list of pretty generic fountain pens though none are clones and one model does...
View ArticleNakaya Hurt by Noto Earthquake
1st of January this year an earthquake hit Japan and Wajima City was very heavily affected. Amongst those building heavily damaged and destroyed are the workshops of Nakaya. The official release from...
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Gravitas Ultimate Vac
It could be argued that Ben Walsh has taken the fountain pen world by storm with his takes on materials, finishes, engineering and experimentation. How many of us would normally eschew the bright and...
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Cheap French Supermarket Pocket Pen
Back in August I was in an E.Leclerc hypermarket near Barjouville when back road travelling between Tours and Rouen. Browsing the stationary aisles (there were multiple) I spotted this ‘mini...
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Spring London Pen Show – Change of Plans
Change of plans …. You may remember I could not attend as I will be up north for a family stone setting. Well it turns out there are shipping problems with the actual stone (before engraving) so it...
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Ultem® Fountain Pens – Hype or Here to Stay
There is one repeating situation in the modern fountain pen community. Fads and hype. We see a brand become the ‘in pen’ or ‘in model’ with many buying just ‘because’ followed by many much reduced...
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London 2024 Spring Pen Show
So I wasn’t going, then I was. Next I was getting a table again, but this time by myself. So how did it go, what did I see, did the table work again, will I go for another. All these questions and...
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S. T. Dupont Graphite Gul Black D Line Guilloché
Like many of its rivals, this Parisian originated luxury goods manufacturer has for several decades been selling fountain pens along side their other products to provide a complete service to their...
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