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On Point With Go Pens #53

What is an italic nib?

On Point With Go Pens #116

Is if safe to post the cap on my vintage pen? Some vintage pens are pretty robust. It depends on the material and design of the pen. Some cap lips are very thin and delicate, and posting it ...

On Point With Go Pens #115

I need a pen that will last me through a lot of long writing sessions. What's the best one? Eyedropper-filled pens usually have a large ink capacity, relative to cartridge/converter fillers....

Extraordinary Vintage Pens Mabie Todd Jackdaw Toledo

This 1920 Mabie Todd is a "Jackdaw" Toledo lever-filler in Damascened-inlay overlay on Woodgrain Hard Rubber. Damascening is the art of hand inlaying different metals into one another, typically, 2...

On Point With Go Pens #114

What do I do about a crack in the threads of my vintage Waterman pen? Vintage pens (and modern pens) can develop cracks in their lifetime of use. With a vintage pen, It depends where the cra...

Extraordinary Vintage Pens Aikin Lambert Poinsettia

This 1900 Aikin Lambert is the “Poinsettia” #2 eyedropper-fill straight-sided in repousse gold-filled “Poinsettia on hand hammered background” pattern (very rare). Aiken Lambert was a NYC based man...

On Point With Go Pens #113

The gold color seems to be wearing off the ring on the cap of my vintage pen. Can I polish it to bring it back? This is called brassing. It's not tarnished but is actually the gold plating w...

Security #5 Twist-Fill Vintage Pen

This 1928 Security #5 is Twist-fill in Red Mottled Hard Rubber. Inside the light yellow Bakelite cap-top is the check protector with it's rotating blades used to perforate the check so it could not...

On Point With Go Pens #112

How did my vintage pen get clogged?? A pen's feed can get clogged either by using the wrong type of ink (such as India ink, where the particles clog the channels) or by not cleaning your fou...

Parker 25 Jack Knife Vintage Pen

This 1920 Parker 25 Jack Knife Safety BF in Black Smooth Hard Rubber. Before the button-fill, the 25 was sold as both as a “click-fill” pen and an eyedropper-fill “Trench Pen” with a compartment on...