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Fountain Pen History: June 2015

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June 28, 2015. Posted on L&P on May 13, 2010.]. The Esterbrook Steel Pen Mfg. Co.’s US trademark no. 8,790. For “Metallic Pens”, issued on Oct 25, 1881, and used since 1874, was for the name “Easy Writer” and the number “130”. Le Roy W. Fairchild’s US trademark no. 9,536. For “Fountain-Pens”, issued on July 11, 1882, and used since 1882, showed an image of a fountain pen with the name “Ready Writer” stamped on it, a name taken from Psalm 45:1. Also see the earlier fountain pens in US patent no. 8,977.

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Fountain Pen History: PFC statistics

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August 17, 2015. And numbers of pen collectors. Posted on L&P on Sept 23-25, 2008.]. Here are some PFC statistics gleaned from reading the magazine. Thereafter it was renamed the Pen Trading Post. Pavlo Shevelo wrote, “George, that’s some research! I’m just knocked out by both the volume of work done and the profound results achieved. 1 What percentage of all (‘serious’) collectors was covered by PFC membership? 3 In opposite, what about the percentage of non-collectors, so just pen users, or consumers w...

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Fountain Pen History: Canadian Collectors

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July 31, 2015. Posted on L&P on Aug 31, 2008.]. Talk about being taken to the cleaners, eh? He ended by saying, “There are likely about twelve or thirteen of us on the entire planet that truly care about learning about the history of writing equipment in some depth, as opposed to merely chasing it, bragging about it, and making a killing as the only goals”. But that’s just a bit of Stephen’s usual hyperbole, the part about the 12 or 13, not the last part. George Kovalenko.
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Fountain Pen History: ‘Some Guy’ in the PFC

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August 05, 2015. 8216;Some Guy’ in the PFC. Posted on L&P on Sept 6, 2008.]. This is from an editorial by Cliff Lawrence in the Pen Fancier’s Newsletter. March 1981, pp. 8220;Story Of Sumgai”. On the Pentrace homepage? It sounds pretty good to me. He stops just short of actually using the term. I was a sumguy, once upon a time, when I found a treasure trove of pen. See my posts on. 8220;Vintage Pen Repair Tools”. Intage Pen Repair Shop”. From my first series on Lion and Pen. View my complete profile.

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Fountain Pen History: Johnny Cuevas

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July 29, 2015. And the New York City collectors. Posted on L&P on Aug 31, 2008.]. Where he described himself as a Buck Rogers fan as a teenager when he bought his first fountain pen, a Parker 51 whose sleek, streamlined design reminded him of his teenage hero’s spaceship. Now, as promised, here’s something more about Johnny Cuevas. Don Lavin posted, “Thanks for the stories about Johnny. Do you know who he sold his pen collection to? Try Ed Fingerman of the Fountain Pen Hospital. And that is a story i...

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Fountain Pen History: March 2015

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March 14, 2015. History of the Fountain Pen. 8221;, and I said to him, “No, it took me 5 years to read for it”. The text, at the time, was 20 pages long. And the bibliography was 22 pages long, and currently it’s 55 pages long. This pen essay consists of 13 parts with subtitles, and. Waterman’s ad in Am. Stat. Jan 2, 1915, p.1. A Brief History of the Fountain Pen. Through a survey of the literature on its origins and evolution. In other words, a pen that one would have to “dip no more”. The verse in Job.

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Fountain Pen History: PFC Lifetime Members

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July 25, 2015. Posted on L&P from Aug 30 to Sept 2, 2008.]. Here’s a list of all the PFC Lifetime Members roughly in chronological order, or the order of their becoming lifers. The numbers are not official membership numbers, just an organizational aid. Now, here’s a teaser. How many of the names in this list do you recognize? 2 Dr Martin Abbrecht. 3 Rose Ann Munoz. 5 Glen B. Bowen. 6 Dr David H. Ahrenholz. 7 John Craver, Seattle Pen Shop. 8 Leon F. Dillenburg. 9 Jerry L. Queary. 12 Dr Thomas MacDonald.

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Fountain Pen History: ‘His Nibs’ Philip Poole

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August 11, 2015. 8216;His Nibs’ Philip Poole. Posted on L&P on Sept 9-12, 2008.]. I hope everyone here is familiar with Philip Poole. He was already mentioned further up in this blog a few times. As well as his other achievements, he also reprinted some very early articles on pens that he found. One of those reprints was an article from The Engineer’s And Mechanic’s Encyclopaedia. Pavlo Shevelo wrote, “As just a bit of ‘online research’, here is another. Everything is changing in Pendom”. From a wooden v...

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Amics de L´estilogràfica: 35 TERTULIA 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE 2015 (SHEAFFER/CROSS)

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Amics de l´estilogràfica. Somos un grupo que ama a las estilográficas y en general a todos los instrumentos inventados para escribir. Nos reunimos para apreciar nuestros hallazgos, valorar nuestras adquisiciones y conocer mejor este mundo. Tal como escribió Ovidio:. El amor odia a los inactivos; quizá por ello en la tarea compartida encontramos nuevos estímulos para vivificar n. Uestro interés. ". 35 TERTULIA 19 DE SEPTIEMBRE 2015 (SHEAFFER/CROSS). Nuevo logo de la marca CROSS. Joya de la Primavera.

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Fountain Pen History: The Fourth Decade

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July 17, 2015. Posted by John Chapman on L&P on Aug 29, 2008.]. 8220;I think there needs to be another set of circumstances mentioned in the timeline—perhaps as a subset of period 3, but I think marking it’s own point of departure, and that is the online research tools that have become available in the last 2-5 years. 8220;I remember when the depression-era Parkers were considered worthless, and then suddenly everybody caught on to them, and the prices skyrocketed. Obscure pens are where it’s a...Blogs a...