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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...

Currently Inked - June 3. 2017

Currently Inked - June 3. 2017 Ken Cavers Cigar - Fude - Robert Oster Fire & Ice Pelikan M400 - BB Stub - PW Akkerman Gele Oker Van Frans Parker 51 - Italic - Diamine Soft Mint Parker 65 - ...

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...

Currently Inked - May 27. 2017

Currently Inked - May 27. 2017 Visconti Homo Sapiens - EF - Caran d'Ache Caribbean Sea Visconti Opera Master - BB - Montblanc Toffee Brown Visconti Kakadu - B - Yard-o-Led Claret Visconti Opera...

Montblanc Hemingway Fountain Pen

This is the 1992 Montblanc Ernest Hemingway - the first in Montblanc's Writer's Edition series. The Hemingway is a piston-filler, Limited Edition in Cardinal with a Black Cap and gold-plated trim, ...

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...

Currently Inked - May 20. 2017

Currently Inked - May 20. 2017 Parker Duofold Centennial - Italic - Montblanc Toffee Brown Stipula Etruria Volterra - 1.3 mm stub - Montblanc Toffee Brown Italix Parson's Essential - Broad Itali...

Salz Brothers Salesman's Sample Case

This 1935 Salz Brothers Salesman’s Sample Case is the Cathedral Shape, signed on the inside top “Salz Brothers Inc. Manufacturers of Fountain Pens New York.” Measures 4 1'2" x 9 ½" closed and 9 1/4...

On Point With Go Pens #102

My grandfather gave me an old pen of his but it doesn't work at all! Chances are the pen needs a good cleaning and depending on the type of pen/filling system, it may need restoration. Getti...

Currently Inked - May 13. 2017

Currently Inked - May 13. 2017 Stipula Etruria Magnifica - F Ti - Caran d'Ache Saffron Aurora Optima - Italic - Diamine Wild Strawberry Ken Cavers Cigar - Fude - Blackstone Barrier Reef Blue