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On Point With Go Pens #111

Is there any way to fix a watered down vintage black rubber pen? It's an old one from a garage sale. Fountain pen restorers can fix the pen up for you but if the black hard rubber is faded a...

Parker True Blue BF Vintage Pen

This 1928 Parker is a True Blue BF set. Designed as a lower cost market entry than the Duofold, initially named “Three Fifty” and the color called “Modernistic Blue and White,” production lasted on...

On Point With Go Pens #110

Q: What pen can I use for Copperplate calligraphy? A: Many vintage fountain pens have flexible gold nibs that can offer variation from an extra-fine to broad, or fine to double-broad, etc. The...

On Point With Go Pens #109

What is the point of all these Sailor specialty nibs? These specialty nibs are made with particular shapes (such as the Architect grind) to allow for quick and easy brush-like writing for ch...

On Point With Go Pens #108

What's a demonstrator? Demonstrator pens were pens produced by the factory of the company in question. They were given to salesmen/dealers to be able to demonstrate how a pen worked internal...

On Point With Go Pens #107

Q: Is a prototype more expensive than the actual model of a pen? A: In some cases, the prototype can be. They can be highly desirable, especially in the case of limited edition pens, or i...

On Point With Go Pens #106

I found an old pen at a garage sale but the tines seem to be spread so far apart that it doesn't write. This is a case of a sprung nib, where too much pressure was applied to the nib, causin...

On Point With Go Pens #105

Why doesn't my piston-filler draw up ink anymore? If the piston is not turning at all, it likely needs service in the form of cleaning and lubricating. If it is turning but no ink is being d...

On Point With Go Pens #104

I am a right handed writer, and have a right oblique nib but I can't get it to work for me. Right handed writers usually use left obliques and left handed writers use right obliques - this w...

On Point With Go Pens #103

What's the difference between a stub and an italic nib? An italic nib is a stub nib, but a stub nib is not necessarily an italic nib. Stub nibs have a blunt "stubby" shape at the end of...