Geha 780
The Geha Company was started in Hannover, Germany in 1918 by two brothers, Heinrich and Conrad Hartmann. (The company name is a shortened form of Gebrüder Hartmann, or Hartmann Brothers). The company,...
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Colliding worlds…
I love it when my worlds collide like this. Root 2 is a number that I use almost daily, since a gain of root 2 is a gain of approximately...
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Wahl Eversharp Gold Seal Personal Point
This is a Wahl Eversharp Personal Point (aka Deco Band) pen with a Gold Seal flexible nib and the rollerball clip (that rotates as you put the pen in your...
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Big Ben
I restored this pen for a friend. It’s a Danish-made Big Ben (I’ve written more about the Big Ben brand on some of my other postings). This one is a...
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Montblanc 206
The 200-series of fountain pens was made by the Danish Montblanc factory from 1950 to 1954. They were made of celluloid, with an ebonite friction-fit section and a stepped barrel...
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Murano Glass Company
We spent our summer vacation in Bologna, Italy this year, making occasional day trips using the local commuter trains to various must-see places. One of our day trips took us...
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Early feeder design
Waterman’s early patent on feeder design, describing the mechanism of feeding the ink downwards to the nib while simultaneously allowing air back up into the reservoir.