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Month: May 2018

Montblanc Simplo No. 2

May 29, 2018May 29, 2018 geoff

This button-filler pen appears to be a Danish Montblanc Simplo No. 2 with the bandless, tapered “flat top” cap. The production run for that model of pen was from 1937 to 1946. The clip on this pen is somewhat different READ MORE

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Grinding your own nibs

May 29, 2018 geoff
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How to polish a fountain pen

May 29, 2018November 18, 2019 geoff

 

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Making a new cork gasket

May 29, 2018 geoff

This is a Matador Express 814  – a German pen made in the 1940’s. A short history of Matador can be found here. I didn’t take any shots of the pen before I started cleaning it up. This is the READ MORE

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Write it down… with a pen!

May 29, 2018 geoff
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The making of a Pilot fountain pen

May 29, 2018November 18, 2019 geoff
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How a button filler fountain pen works

May 29, 2018 geoff
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Spencerian script – the original guide

May 29, 2018 geoff
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Harvesting cork for gaskets

May 29, 2018 geoff

Occasionally, I repair a piston filler pen that needs a new cork gasket (like this oneand this one). One place to find cork is at the top of a wine bottle. However, normally, when you use a corkscrew to get READ MORE

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Parker T-1 fountain pen and fibre tip/rollerball

May 22, 2018May 23, 2018 geoff

The Parker T-1 (T for Titanium) is possibly the last pen made that was intended to be a usable pen, but wound up being a collector’s item (in contrast to pens that are made to be collector’s items but never READ MORE

Adjustable, Cartridge, Parker, U.S.A., Vintage2 Comments

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