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The Summit Pen Repair Kit And Manual. April 23, 2016. That, really, was all I knew about the repairers of old. There must have been hundreds of them and they seemed to vanish without a trace, along with all of their equipment. It is a great loss to us that their experience has disappeared and very few of the tools that they used have survived. A nib and feed fitting press. Nib and feed removing block (wooden) and parallel punch. Nib-burring tools (male and female). Pressure bar fitting tool. Perhaps the ...
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Mabie Todd | Goodwriterspens's Blog
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Mabie Todd Swan 6. March 2, 2015. I love these big sixes! They don’t turn up as often as they used to and when they do they’re quite expensive now. They’re worth every penny though. This one isn’t quite as immaculate as it looks in these pictures. The black hard rubber section is faded and the high points of the clip have lost some of their plating. Still, that’s not bad for 60-odd years. This splendid nib is still glorious and the plastic buffed up well. Filed under Mabie Todd. September 22, 2014. IR...
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This and That | Goodwriterspens's Blog
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Wyvern No 7S →. August 3, 2015. Google is a picky sort of beast. It appears that unless you constantly update your website, it gets bored and goes away and looks at something else, with the result that your website falls down the ratings and quietly disappears. I am grateful to dear Martin Holloway for making me aware of this. Thanks once again, Martin! Http:/ www.jebbett.co.uk/html/antiques page 2.html. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). Build a website with...
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Thoughts on English Duofolds. March 27, 2015. I sold an English Parker Duofold the other day. What’s so special about that? When new, these were quite expensive pens, associated mostly with doctors, lawyers and other professionals. Now they go for buttons. It’s a strange old pen world. July 14, 2014. Usually I like workhorse pens but the Parker 25 Flighter will have to be the exception that proves the rule golden. Priced low, it sold moderately well until it was discontinued in 1990. Surprisingly, it...
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Less Common Pens | Goodwriterspens's Blog
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March 26, 2015. After all the brouhaha had settled down, it disappeared. Though there must be thousands of them around, the Core is now perhaps the least talked about pen ever. Filed under Less Common Pens. Writefine – A Parker Sub-Brand. March 19, 2015. I was able to get it back to something like its original state. Filed under Less Common Pens. March 18, 2015. They were low-cost pens, perhaps aimed at school pupils. They were made by Penplas Industries in Regent Street, London. The company was ...Not a...
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Philip Hensher: The Missing Ink, How Handwriting Made Us Who We Are. February 23, 2014. This is a book about writing rather than pens though there is some stuff about fountain pens toward the end. It’s a persuasive argument for the preservation of handwriting but it doesn’t go so far as to say it will survive. The book is scholarly, funny and quite convincing in its central argument. It’s also a very good read and I recommend it to everyone. Soaking Pens And Other Stories. February 13, 2014. That’s...
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Mentmore | Goodwriterspens's Blog
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February 27, 2015. This one just arrived today. I haven’t even given it a little polish so excuse the dust. Mentmore apart from the very last ones are often hard to date, I find. I know that the Supreme was introduced in 1940 and was one of the few models still on sale during the war years, but whether it was in quite this form or not I can’t say for sure. The Latest Daily Writer. March 11, 2014. This pen turned up in a lot I bought recently, It’s a smart pen, feels good in the hand and writes very...
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Sheaffer Statesman Snorkel | Goodwriterspens's Blog
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A Late Lamented Conway Stewart 150 →. July 23, 2015. It is a fine example of the innovation which Americans have loved in their fountain pens. Evidently, it filled a need sufficiently well to keep the ball point at bay for several years. Is it a good fountain pen or is it an example of clever technology for its own sake? I restore fountain pens, and used to trade as redripple52 in eBay. I also have my own fountain pen sales website, www.goodwriterssales.com. July 23, 2015 at 3:15 pm. That’s such a ...
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Waterman | Goodwriterspens's Blog
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A Very Flexible Waterman 52. July 18, 2014. I’ve outlined the history of the Waterman 52 before so there is no point in going over that again. The pen bears a patented clip of a type that I see now and again. Though it has a patent number, there is no maker’s name on the clip, but it’s a clever little device that takes a firm grip of the cloth and can be released by pressing the tiny trigger. A Waterman Ideal 513 Set. May 8, 2014. Here’s a very handsome Waterman 513 set. It’s in a striate...Anyway, IR...
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Conway Stewart | Goodwriterspens's Blog
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Conway Stewart Dinkie 570 Lumina Green. March 15, 2015. Excuse the quality of these photos. I’m not happy with this camera. They say it’s a poor workman that blames his tools but I think I bought the wrong tool. It has a lens with all the chromatic qualities of a milk bottle bottom. And no, I won’t tell you publicly what it it is, because it was made by a huge manufacturer who might sue me to bankruptcy.). Dinkies are the collector’s pen. Filed under Conway Stewart. July 16, 2014. In this set the 759 is ...