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Fountain Pens And A Bit Of Doggerel . . .
I like to use the old-fashioned fountain pens. Always have. Here’s the nib of one of my favorites; a Parker Duofold Centennial: In my mechanical drafting, cartographic and drawing days, I had to use...
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The Parker 75 Pen
In 1964, to celebrate their 75th anniversary, the Parker Pen Company introduced the Parker 75. Mine belonged to my dad and is, I believe, from 1967. At the time, they sold for $25 which in today’s...
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Fountain Pens Are Good For You!
Sheaffer Student Pen Value Pack; Note The Translucent Blue Barrel. Growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, I was a fountain pen user. I can remember the very first ballpoint pens I ever saw, when I was in...
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The Quest: A journal that likes fountain pens!
It’s that time of year again, when I search for an office journal that is fountain-pen friendly! As the photo below shows, bleed-through is an annoying problem, as I use both sides of the paper and I...
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Yard-O-Led goes the extra mile!
Shipping a lovely fountain pen hand-crafted with care by a few skilled English artisans back to the factory became an expensive lesson! How could that happen? As much as I hate to admit it, I should...
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