Mar

26

Atlanta Pen Show – Pen Seminar Notes

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First let me say that if you were at the show and came to my seminar, “Thanks!”.

Things to set in your camera
1. Set your camera to a manual mode if available.
2. Turn off the flash.
2. Use manual focus.
3. Set your camera for aperture priority and to F8 (or the highest setting you have). This will increase your depth of field…

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Mar

26

For Taking the Section out of a Pen, You Need This!

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Gripper Square

Back in the day, Sheaffer and Parker included sheets of rubber for this purpose in their repairmen’s kits. Plain old rubber worked, but it wasn’t the ideal material. (Thick enough, it wasn’t flexible enough; flexible enough, it was too thin.) It was just the best they had. But now there‘s better…

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Mar

24

Unlimited Ink Samples Now at the Pear Tree Pen Company

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The Pear Tree Pen Company is pleased to announce that it has lifted its restrictions on the number of ink samplers one can buy with a single order.

If you want to buy 2 samplers, go for it. 4 samplers? knock yourself out. Ten Samplers? You bet! The sky’s the limit – No more 30-day waiting period, and no need to buy a bottle of ink before you can get a second, third or ??? dose, er, set of ink samples!…

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Mar

24

Two Tone and Rhodium 18k Nibs…

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Hi Pen Fans.

I recently received my new shipment of 18k gold nibs.  This includes two tone and rhodium nibs, in addition to my gold nibs.

The gold and rhodium nibs are available in Fine, Medium and Broad.

Currently, the two tone nibs are only avaibable in Fine, but I’ll be getting Mediums and Broads in a couple of months.

Coming soon – Sailor Ink and Piston Fillers!…

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Mar

24

Wahl Oxford Update

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OK, I know what you are probably thinking….not another Wahl Oxford post…..and you are probably right in thinking this.  But, I could not resist sharing this new variation (to me) with you.  In my last Oxford post, dated November 19, 2008, I discussed the restoration of a red marble Wahl Oxford (link below).

Wahl Oxford Fountain Pen

I didn’t think I would stumble upon another pattern so quickly, but I did…

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