My gold nib is turning silver! HELP! Your gold nib is probably a steel nib with gold-plating. Depending on the quality of the plating, it can come off with use….
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My gold nib is turning silver! HELP! Your gold nib is probably a steel nib with gold-plating. Depending on the quality of the plating, it can come off with use….
…be able to polish all of it, obviously, but a good portion can be reached. Many people use jewelry polish cloths, which are easy to find and not too expensive….
…and outer sleeve. Converter included! Convenient and easy to use, and is a beautiful and elegant pen. Item #43 in Catalog #80 Pilot Button-Activated Blue Enamel Pilot Button-Activated Blue Enamel…
…barrel is adorned with subdued color shopping carts. “Clip Art” pens were short lived and are rare today. Uses Parker refills (included), so you can continue to use it should…
Can I filter my mouldy ink and use it? This will not help, as the biostatic agents in the ink have likely expired. It’s best to discard mouldy ink and…
…The nib is fine and flexible – great for fine to medium lines so you could use it for daily writing if you would like to. Grab this Pelikan 100…
…oblique nib, having an italic makes it more difficult to use because of the angle you must maintain to write with an italic nib. Some modern obliques are a little…
Fountain pens? Aren’t ballpoints easier? To some extent, ballpoints are easier to use than fountain pens. No ink, no refilling, generally inexpensive and disposable, but for many, they are not…
I see BCHR on eBay a lot with vintage pens – what’s that? Black chased hard rubber. These are some of the abbreviations we use in our Catalogs: LF –…
…since then could be used by anyone. Scripto started in Atlanta, GA as the M. A. Ferst Company in 1923, a major supplier of graphite leads, quickly adding mechanical pencils….