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Morrison's Patriot. - Iridium
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Morrison's Patriot. - Iridium. Jan 7th, 2007 04:44 pm. I'm not terribly well up on the slightly lesser-known US pens, but I grab one for a look whenever I can. This is a Morrison's Patriot not one of the more usual flat-topped ones with a services insignia, but a baguette-shaped example with a machined pattern. So far as I've seen, they're usually in that khaki colour. Finally, could Morrison's have been eyeing Sheaffer's Balances when they came up with the design for this pen? Nah, surely not!
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Old Hard Rubber Pens. - Iridium
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Old Hard Rubber Pens. - Iridium. Old Hard Rubber Pens. Feb 12th, 2007 01:53 pm. The Blackbird was one of the no-frills, everyday pens of the Mabie Todd range. This one is slightly faded but otherwise perfect and has an excellent oblique nib. It's a delight to use. Even I would have to admit that it's a slightly dull pen, so here's a pretty no-name mottled hard rubber vest-pocket pen that's still a work in progress, needing a little more repair before it's good as new. 2007-02-12 07:49 pm (UTC). The green...
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A Wee Shiny Pen. - Iridium
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A Wee Shiny Pen. - Iridium. A Wee Shiny Pen. Nov 15th, 2006 05:02 pm. This little pen (3.8 long) was sold as French and maybe it is. Then again, it may be an export Waterman it certainly has the look of one, though there's no number on the barrel end. It has PSF an abbreviation that Waterman used, on the box-type lever. The nib is warranted 18k with no maker's name. The pattern is a series of wavy lines in rectangles and is deeply incised. 2006-11-15 04:08 pm (UTC). What a beautiful little pen! Swooning ...
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Tea, Anyone? - Iridium
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Mar 13th, 2007 12:30 pm. 2007-03-13 02:32 pm (UTC). What fun, and very clever :-). I imagine that trying to write with that "pen" on top would be like writing with those great big fat pencils we got in first grade. I don't know if you got them too, in school. It's all we wrote with for the first year. You had to really make a fist around 'em. 2007-03-13 02:39 pm (UTC). We started with ordinary pencils, but I remember extraordinarily fat ones you could buy. Here's a picture of the original ink bottle:.
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Wherein I have a shotgun wedding - Some Better Title Than This
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Some Better Title Than This. Might come to me later. Wherein I have a shotgun wedding. November 25th, 2012. Elephant Gun - Beirut. It's worth noting that Thanksgiving was also Jesse's mother's birthday, so we could kill two proverbial birds with one proverbial stone. So when Jesse came home on Monday, he mentioned that maybe we should knock it all out now, quickly while all the family is going to be in one place. What am I going to wear? In my real vows, the ones I sort of summarized in that last paragra...
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The Laban Mento - Iridium
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The Laban Mento - Iridium. May 2nd, 2006 12:30 pm. We all have our moments of weakness. I had one last week. I've never bought a pen for its looks. Ever. Mrs. Pilchard regularly says, Oh, not another. My interests lie with nib characteristics, filling systems and the ergonomics of different pens and black pens are generally cheaper when, as I mostly do, you buy old pens. I have a few colourful ones, true, but only because they formed part of a collection or a spares or repair batch that I bought. Some sa...
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Laban Mento Chapter 2 - Iridium
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Laban Mento Chapter 2 - Iridium. Laban Mento Chapter 2. May 12th, 2006 04:12 pm. I could have ground the nib but rather than do that, I switched it. I had a large (and slightly battered) 1950s Waterman No5 that fitted perfectly:. It suits my writing style much better and makes the Laban a very good pen for me. I don't make a habit of mixing and matching pen parts but this was a definite improvement. Should I ever decide to sell the pen, I can return it to its original condition. 2006-05-12 03:21 pm (UTC).
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No garden this year - How Does My Garden Grow?
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No garden this year - How Does My Garden Grow? 06 August 2013 @ 09:21 am. No garden this year. Well, not to really speak of. I began developing the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis last August, and over the fall and winter it got worse. I saw my doctor in January, and she had all the tests run, which came up negative. Meanwhile I was spending at least 2 or 3 days a week in bed, writhing from the pain in my hands, wrists and ankles. My left knee went bad and has never gotten better. Which means I had no g...
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A One-Legged Effeminate Cyclist - The Ramblings of Ridiculicious
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The Ramblings of Ridiculicious. A One-Legged Effeminate Cyclist. November 25th, 2007. We've had a rather serious crime spree in Cabbagetown, Georgia. So far, just about everyone has had something to say about it on the neighborhood website. Reading my neighbors' comments has me even more convinced I'm living in an alternate universe. He had this to say about the crimes:. If you wouldn't have left anything in your car, would it have happened? Choice-driven life. I ponder. Troy, I think you are WAY off bas...
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