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Vintage Pens CentroPen Rippet

The vintage pen here is the 1950 Centropen/Rippet Barclay 1304/809 in a #4 size Vac-fill, in 835 Coin Silver with alternating wave-chased and Barley panels. CP clip. This is a high-quality pen made...

Extraordinary Vintage Pens Tri-Pen Manufacturing Co.

The Extraordinary Vintage Pen here is the 1930 Tri-Pen Mfg. Co.- item #17 pictured above. This is a #4 in the Black & Pearl finish. The company previously produced triangular shaped pencils...

Vintage Pen Matchbook Advertising

You have seen matchbooks before and you likely have one or two books in your home for emergency use, lighting candles, or even for that celebratory cigar. A matchbook is a small paper folder that h...

Currently Inked Vintage Pens - August 26, 2017

Currently Inked - August 26, 2017 Classic Pens LM1 - Italic - Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin Franklin-Christoph Model 66 - Broad Cursive Italic - Pilot Iroshizuku Ama-Iro Aurora Optima- Italic - Car...

Extraordinary Vintage Pens La Plume d’Or/Pullman Meteore

This is a 1932 Meteore (Pullman) #1 BF in Black Hard Rubber over a brass lining. Unsigned cap and barrel, other than "PATENT" on clip. Correct “D & D Paris 18 Cts 1” nib (Demley & Degan wer...

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 ...

Currently Inked - August 19, 2017

Currently Inked - August 19, 2017 Namiki Yukari - FA - Sailor Jentle Sky High Namiki Yukari - Medium - Diamine Soft Mint Montblanc Moon Pearl - Montblanc Music - Montblanc Dandy Turquoise

Extraordinary Vintage Pens Pullman #2

This 1932 Pullman is a Pullman #2 BF in Octagonal Double-laminated gold-filled. Clip signed “Patent” and “Pullman.” Center of cap in “Checkerboard” pattern, the rest of the pen in “Barley” pattern....

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...