Legacy GoPens Blog

Currently Inked - July 22, 2017

Currently Inked - July 22, 2017 Namiki Emperor - B. CI - Pilot Iroshizuku Tsutsuji Classic Pens LB5 - Cross Point - Kaweco Ruby Red Classic Pens LM1 - Italic - Pelikan Edelstein Mandarin OMAS 3...

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...

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...

Currently Inked - July 15, 2017

Currently Inked - July 15, 2017 Super 5 - 0.7 mm - Sailor Jentle Sky High Montblanc 146 - OBB - Pilot Iroshizuku Yama-budo Unknown BCHR - Grieshaber dip nib - Robert Oster Fire & Ice Pilot ...

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...

Currently Inked - July 8, 2017

Currently Inked - July 8, 2017 Franklin-Christoph Model 66 - Titanium medium - Caran d'Ache Saffron Classic Pens LM1 - Italic - Robert Oster Fire & Ice Namiki Yukari - FA - Diamine Soft Mint...

Parker 51 Midnight Blue

The 1943 Parker 51 Vacumatic in Midnight Blue! Brushed Lustraloy (stainless steel) cap. The rarest year of manufacture, especially in the fourth quarter, such as this one. Almost all of Parker's ma...

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...

Currently Inked - July 1, 2017

Currently Inked - July 1, 2017 Namiki Emperor - Broad CI - Yard-O-Led Claret Stipula Etruria Magnifica - Fine Titanium - Montblanc Lavender Purple Pilot Capless - Stub - Diamine Hope Pink Montb...