Legacy GoPens Blog

Handwritten Post - Writing is Discovering

I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew. Writing a poem is discovering. - Robert Frost I'm not a writer but sometimes I just ink up twenty fountain pens and scribble words down, because I...

Waterman Glass-Cartridge Filler

Catalog #78 shares a 1953 Waterman #3 size Glass-Cartridge-filler fountain pen in black. The gold-filled cap has alternating pinstripe and plain panels, although the top half of this cap is smooth....

On Point With Go Pens #53

Do you have any tips for someone new to semi flex nibs? Of course, and we're happy you asked. You've probably read up on flexible nibs and if it's the first in your hands, it takes some gett...

Handwritten Post - Good Pen, Bad Pen

Fountain pens make me want to write all sorts of magnificent, wonderful things. Often, it ends up as messy smudges or poor attempts at calligraphy. How about you? Do you create magnificent, wonderf...

Extraordinary Pens - Parker 61 Heirloom

This 1955 Parker 61 Heirloom First Edition capillary-filler in Burgundy is a very rare model. The pen has a two-tone GF “Rainbow” cap with “First Edition” plaque mounted below the clip. It has the ...

On Point With Go Pens #52

What is the white dot on my Sheaffer? That white dot is, according to Sheaffer, the globally recognized symbol of writing excellence and quality and prestige. It is an unmistakable mark of a...

Handwritten Post - A Civilized Wardrobe

A friend of mine left this comment on one of my pictures awhile back, and I thought it was perfect. Indeed, fountain pens look as good in a pocket as a proper bow tie! To me, anyway.

Waterman Color-Coded Pens and Nibs

The Waterman Red Ripple – color coded for perfection! The story of Waterman pens is as rich and as fascinating as the pens the company has, and continues to make. Lewis Edson Waterman – the man ...

Sheaffer Lifetime and their incredible 1960's Ad Campaign

Sheaffer Lifetime - so nearly perfect that its guaranteed for life!   The Sheaffer Lifetime pen is one of those icons that has defied, and continues to defy, time. The first Sheaffer pens with a ...

Matchbook - The Flying Swan

The Flying Swan   At one point in time, 1890 and thereafter, the Swan Pens were among the most beautifully crafted eye candies in America. Their Overlay Eye droppers where not only ostentatious w...