Vintage Pen News

It has taken some time to follow up on my proposed method of measuring nib flex as a function of writing pressure. The sample above was...

Lately I've been working on new techniques for disassembling Sheaffer plunger-fillers with Triumph nibs. Getting those nib units out ...

  Three-color mechanical pencils are not uncommon. Nearly all use some form of slider to extend and retract the three nozzles. Much less...

Our latest project is just in -- affordable nib blocks, made in clear acrylic. A nib block is an essential tool for pen repair, allowing...

When I was new to pen collecting, I heard of (but never got to see) Waterman Ripples in experimental colors, colors other than the standa...

It had been at least 20 years since I'd seen another, and very possibly closer to 25. I have only seen one other, and it's been s...

We had a fine time at the San Francisco pen show this weekend, and will soon be heading home with our purchases. It may take a few days to c...

When I first saw this pen at the DC show, I assumed it was a Grieshaber. The knob at the end of the barrel, the chunky cap with a fancy e...

  This pen recently turned up at auction, fresh to the market. Even at first glance it was something out of the ordinary, a short (11.1 c...

Today's second under-our-noses discovery was in another issue of Parkergrams, dated September 1918, also in the PCA Library . Key passag...