Author: geoff
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A Handwriting Manual
I happened to stumble across Alfred Fairbank’s ‘A Handwriting Manual’ on archive.org while browsing through.
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Montblanc newspaper ad
This advertisement is from Berlingske Tidende, December 24 of some year… I bought this single newspaper page at a flea market this morning, and the year is no where to...
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Parker Duofold
This “blue pearl” 3rd generation Parker Vacumatic Duofold was made in Canada in the last quarter of 1946. V2025004
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Eversharp Doric Airliner(2nd Generation)
Production of the 2nd Generation Doric started in 1936. This one, in the “silver green shell” colour, is a vacuum filler with an adjustable flex nib and a “working” shutoff...
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Pelikan 100N
V2025005
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Europa safety pen
I haven’t found much about the Italian Europa brand apart from what can be read on this page. V2025003
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Penol advertisement from May 5, 1945
I’m always on the lookout for old magazines that contain advertisements for fountain pens. This week, I was lucky enough to stumble across an important newspaper in a flea market....
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Burnham Matador No. 77
These pens are a bit of a mystery to me. The clips on the caps tell me that these are Burnham pens, but the model imprinted on the barrels say...
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Mixing inks
You should NOT mix fountain pen inks. In some cases, doing so can cause precipitates to form that will clog a fountain pen and require a lot of cleaning. However,...