Vintage Pen News

A blog about antique and vintage writing instruments: fountain pens, mechanical (propelling) pencils, dip pens, and more.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Waterman rarities

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We stayed pretty close to home this summer, and we're now back from our one week end-of-summer break. Much to catch up on (as usual!) -...
Monday, August 3, 2009

Washington DC pen show

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We'll be closing up shop this week to attend the pen show . As usual, we'll be taking only a small selection of our inventory, so i...
Sunday, July 19, 2009

Parker Newhaven closure

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This has been expected for a good long time, with great fear and trepidation. The property has become very valuable, and Parker's curre...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

Summer plans

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In years past, summer has been a slow time.  This year has been different -- partly because of kids getting older, and ever more time devote...
Friday, May 22, 2009

Happy holiday weekend!

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It's Memorial Day Weekend here in the USA , so we'll be off until Tuesday. Summer is just about here, and we still have a big backl...
Monday, April 27, 2009

Chicago pen show this week

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Alas, we won't be at the Chicago pen show this year, for the first time in nearly 20 years (can it really be that long?!) thanks to a fa...
Friday, February 20, 2009

Seals for Waterman safeties and Conklin Nozacs

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We've been experimenting with substitutes for traditional seal materials for some time. In many cases, cork seals can be replaced with ...
Thursday, February 19, 2009

Los Angeles show recap

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We got back from the LA pen show Tuesday night, totally exhausted. It was a good show this year, with lots of great pens on offer and consi...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Yet another snow day

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What a winter we've had! No sooner had all the ice begun to melt, than another snowstorm arrives. We shut down the office early today ...
Thursday, January 29, 2009

Through snow and ice . . .

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We stayed home yesterday after a rather messy snowstorm, followed by freezing rain. Everything was covered with ice this morning, but we...
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