Author: geoff
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The Petley
This pen was made for a friend, primarily to be used as a signing pen. It’s made of desert ironwood, with bands of mammoth tusk, brass, and and ebonite section...
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Paper sizes in mm
It drives me nuts that I search for this at least once a week. So, now at least I’ll know where to look…
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Dating a Montblanc 146 or 149
Some people do a great job of reverse-engineering the past… This page has a good chart showing the various dimensions and identifying features of the 146 over the years. This...
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Montblanc 146
The Montblanc 146 is one of the icons in the world of fountain pens, with a long history running from a start of production in 1950 through to the present...
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Cutting threads for a Bock 250 insert
When I made my first fountain pen, it was based on a kit. This involves drilling a hole in a piece of wood, and gluing in a brass tube. The...
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Orion 474 / Montblanc hybrid
I bought this pen on an auction in Sweden, taking a gamble that it was a Montblanc #2 Safety pen from the early 1900’s. Once it arrived, I could easily...
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Montblanc 144
The Montblanc 144 is a smaller pen than the 146, and has a snap-on cap as opposed to the screw-on version like the Chopin 145, which replaced it. This is...
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Waterman C/F
The Waterman C/F is regarded as the first production cartridge-filler pen, although that credit actually goes to an Italian company called LUS for their Atomica model. Although it’s a great...
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Parker 51 Aerometric
This British 51 was cleaned up for a friend who has started collecting fountain pens. Everyone needs to have at least one or two 51s in their collection. It’s a...
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Richard C. Conner’s Penspotters
Richard Conner shut down his website because he was sick and tired of the resulting spam and abuse (see the current message at www.rickconner.net.- but, thankfully in this case, the...