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February 11, 2015

John Peters Humphrey’s Fountain Pen

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  This stamp and a short version of this post were first printed in the Journal of the Writing Equipment Society , No. 55, July 1999, p.9...
February 09, 2015

A Vintage Pen Repair Shop

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  , and a Waterman’s knock-out block. [ Posted on L&P, May 27, 31, & Oct 23, 2005, a n d Sept 5, 2007, & Jan 30, 2012.]...
February 07, 2015

The Montblanc Splat

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[Posted on L&P on June 1, 2009.]         Have you ever wondered what happened to August Eberstein after he left the Simplo Fill...
February 04, 2015

RHR patents and trademarks

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  And this is what the cap on my RHR Namiki should have looked like. [Posted on L&P on Aug 13, 2010.]         Actually, red hard r...
February 01, 2015

Red Hard Rubber

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A red hard rubber Namiki fountain pen from the 1920’s with a cracked Sailor cap, from my collection.  Every pen company had its own ...
January 29, 2015

The Civil War Pens

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, and other writing instruments at the signing of the Surrender at Appomattox. From Ed & Lucy Faulkner’s ink bottle book , boxwoo...
January 27, 2015

The Eyedropper Era

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[Posted on L&P on June 16, 2007.]         Someone on a pen message board used the term “the eyedropper era”, and it got me thinkin...
January 23, 2015

The MacKinnon Pen

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, in the Franklin Institute.         In an advertizing pamphlet published ca.1879 by the MacKinnon Pen Co., they mentioned that th...
January 21, 2015

The Fountain Pen Ballpoints

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, so-called.   [Posted on L&P on Aug 2, 2006, and June 26, 2007.]         The First Ball-Pointed Pen isn’t what you think it is....