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Currently Inked - June 17. 2017

Currently Inked - June 17. 2017 Pelikan M450 - EF - Diamine Kelly Green Stipula Etruria Magnifica - F Ti - Montblanc Lavender Purple Omas Magnum 360 - M - Pelikan 4001 Royal Blue Visconti Opera...

Crocker Blow-Filler

Unusual filling mechanism: #3 Blow-fill in Red Mottled Hard Rubber (very rare). Yes, the user put the pen into his mouth and blew through a hole in the bottom of the barrel to pneumatically depress...

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...

Currently Inked - June 10. 2017

Currently Inked - June 10. 2017 Pelikan M1000 - BB - Blackstone Barrier Reef Blue Lamy LX - M - Diamine Cerise Pilot Capless - Stub - Diamine Hope Pink

Aurora Novum Faceted Golden Pearl

This 1933 Aurora is a Novum Faceted Large LF in Golden Pearl with Black Veins (beautiful). The largest size in which this model was made. GFT. Rare, first model, with spring loaded “Safety Clip.” A...

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, ...