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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...

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...

Currently Inked - July 29, 2017

Currently Inked - July 29, 2017 Aurora 88 Satin - Stub - Diamine Cerise Visconti Carbon Dream - OS - Montblanc Blue Hour Aurora Optima - Italic - Diamine Wild Strawberry Pelikan Souverän M400 -...

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...