Vintage Pen News

Traditional Asian lacquer finishes have soared in popularity among pen enthusiasts in recent years, with a commensurate increase in the numb...

The humble but indispensable inner cap was patented 120 years ago today. One of August Eberstein's  greatest contributions to fountain p...

  The following was written back in 2005 as a short piece for the now long-defunct magazine Stylus . From what I recall it didn't end up...

As if I weren't busy enough already, I've been serving for some time now as Librarian for the Pen Collectors of America (a venerabl...

 Information on the repair of antique pencils is much more difficult to find than for fountain pens. The skill set required is different, an...

The Parker Wood Pen is one of the most enigmatic of limited editions. Solid documentation is hard to come by, and most of what is known to c...

I've been sounding the alarm about the abuse of flexible nibs for years now , and though others have also tried to spread the word, far ...

  When it comes to old writing instruments, the least standardized consumables must be erasers. There are some hard to find lead sizes, to b...

New Jersey: A Guide to its Present and Past , 1939, p. 335 I'm afraid we are a little late to book a group tour of Waterman's New Je...

It has long been known that Waterman purchased overlays from George W. Heath & Co . A number of early Watermans bear silver overlays wit...