Catalog 99 opens for insiders on December 1st
I see some of your vintage pens are described using the term "rolled gold" - what is that?
Rolled gold is created by a process that involves placing a base metal between two sheets of gold. That sheet must be passed through heated rollers in order for it to bond to the sheets of gold surrounding it. This means the pens that have rolled gold caps, for example, actually have gold sheet caps that have been process, and they are not just gold-plated.
Handwritten Post - Little Nibs, Inkredible Things
I have a few really large nibs - oversize-sized - but some of the little ones in the collection are truly spectacular. This Mabie Todd Swan Self-Filler 1 has a #1 nib that is soft and pleasant to w...
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Extraordinary Pens - Waterman Art Nouveau
This 1910 Waterman (4)12 Black Hard Rubber fountain pen has a signed "Sterling" overlay in the Art Nouveau pattern. These rare, early, electroformed silver overlay Watermans, with their recessed ba...
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