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Repairing a Miller stretch vacumatic fountain pen
I just acquired a Danish Miller Royal 408 today and started dismantling it – this reminded me of the problems I went through fixing a Miller 698 some time ago....
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History of the Pen Sac Company
The Pen Sac Company in California uses the original equipment of the White Rubber Company, which started in 1926 and was the maker of the ink sacs for most fountain...
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Matador Click 123
This Matador Click 123 has an extra-fine nib with an easily-controlled flex and an unstained ink window. It is a piston-filler, made in Germany, date unknown. The writing was done...
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The Balena in bog oak and mammoth tusk
This pen was made out of bog oak which is anywhere between 600 and 8500 years old, although based on how easy it was to turn, I would estimate it to...
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Sheaffer Valiant II
This is a second-generation Sheaffer Valiant, made around 1947 or 1948, since the cap band is slightly smaller than that of the 1945-46 model (see comparison photos here). It is...