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Vintage Pen Montblanc 149 Celluloid

Vintage Pen Montblanc 149 Celluloid This vintage pen is a 1955 Meisterstück 149 piston-filler in Celluloid. This was an early production model, while Montblanc pens were still being hand made by m...

Extraordinary Pens - Waterman #7 Pink

This is a 1927 Model #7 LF in Red Ripple with “Pink” color band on the cap and “Pink” imprinted nib. 7 “Pink” LF in Red Ripple! This has become one of the “holy grails” of pendom, because of its wo...

On Point With Go Pens #69

The fine flexible nib on my pen keeps catching the paper when I'm writing, and then ink splatters everywhere. Sometimes the tines get misaligned. What am I doing wrong? With nibs that accomm...

Pelikan 100 Fine Flex Nib

I was writing quotes with pens that I already have but I get asked about flex nibs all the time, and having bought a few of my favorite vintage flex pens from Go Pens here, I thought I'd highlight ...

Handwritten Post - So You Want A Flex Pen

I get asked this question a lot: what's the best flex nib? I can't answer that because I haven't used that many compared to the amount that are available. What I can say is my favorite flex nibs ar...

Extraordinary Pens - Pelikan Collectors, Flex Seekers

A stunning line up of Pelikans - many with flexible nibs. If you're searching for a nib that will offer some line variation, look no further. Catalog #75 has a few Pelikans you may want to loo...

Handwritten Post: It's Not Just Flex

Maybe you're not interested in flexible nibs. That's okay. I can look past that and still like you. However, vintage pens offer much more than just flex nibs! You can also fine hard nibs as well, l...

Handwritten Post: Some Favorites

If I really had to pick a few pens from my pen case to call my favorite, these four would be among them: a Waterman 12, a Waterman 94, a Waterman 42, and a Pelikan 400NN, all with flex nibs (to var...