Author: geoff
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Silver safety pen
This safety pen was either used or sold by a company in Vejle, Denmark called HP & Søn. Thanks to Claes who pointed me to a little history about this...
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“Iridium” point?
Two good articles from once-upon-a-time about whether there is any iridium in “Iridium Point” nibs. Where’s the Iridium? How can we talk about Iridium?
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Parker 51 Identification
I spent the afternoon trying to figure out which models of Parker 51 I have. To do this, I used the system at http://www.parkercollector.com/parker51.html, which is a great source of...
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Rexpen Diplomat
Rexpen was a sub-brand of TOZ Penkala which was founded in 1936 in Zagreb. (TOZ stands for Tvornica olovaka Zagreb, or “Pen Factory Zagreb”) This brand was so popular in...
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Haro 1
The following excerpt is from fountainpen.it: “Haro was founded in 1926 by Hans Roggenbuck (and derives its name from the initial letters of his name) in the district of Pomerania in Frömsdorf. Later the production...
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Tokyo Station Pens blog
Unfortunately, most of the photos in this blog are hosted on Instagram. So, if you, like me, don’t have an account there, then you won’t see anything but placeholders for...
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Waterman 52 1/2
This chased, black hard rubber lever filler started life around 1920s with a ring-top cap, but by the time I found it at a flea market, the cap was cracked...
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Bic Fountain Pen
It’s widely understood that the “death” of the fountain pen was brought on by the introduction of the ballpoint. Since “ballpoint pen” is synonymous with “Bic pen”, it felt a...
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Sheaffer’s Imperial AS9
I don’t need to say much about this pen, since there’s a good description of the slightly weird history of the AS9 on penhero.com. As Jim Mamoulides writes on that...