Feb
11
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The M800 clear demonstrators are going fast! Pelikan has stated that there won’t be another production run. We’ve sold out of the engraved version; we still have a few plain ones, but we might not have them next week…
Feb
11
LA Bound!
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Hi Pen Fans.
I’ll be heading to the LA Pen Show this week.
I will be set up sometime after lunch on Thursday, and I’ll be displaying until the end of the day on Sunday. Then Monday will be a much needed vacation day…
Feb
11
Touchdowns and Snorkels, Done Right!
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The problem: Restoring the filler in a Touchdown or Snorkel pen is easy, if you have the right parts. Commercial O-rings with a 1-mm cross section (7×1 and 8×1) are readily available and appear to work — but they don’t seal as tightly as Sheaffer’s original O-rings, and pens in which they are installed don’t work as well as they should. The solution: custom-made exact-replacement O-rings from RichardsPens.com.
Feb
11
Bexley’s 56 Is Back, Better than Ever!
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We did it! The Bexley 56 is back, and it‘s better than ever! Best of all, these new 56s are all made of ebonite, just like the Waterman 56 that inspired them. But the quantity is seriously limited, so you 56 lovers (and Bexley lovers, and just plain lovers of great pens) need to act promptly…
Feb
9
Spa Mail
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Thursday’s snail mail brought a post card that we all thought might be of interest to denizens of our piece of the blogosphere. Here are the front and back sides of that card. The addressee was very excited to receive this missive, and a reply went out by return post…






