Sep

9

Where To Find Repair Supplies

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This will be a short little entry today. Sometimes it can be tough finding just the right stuff to repair those old pens you find in wayward drawers around the world. Many of you will be very familiar with these sites. For those not so well acquainted, I thought it would be worthwhile to share some of my favorite sites for pen repair supplies.

Woodbin

Marty at the Woodbin is a great guy to deal with. Always very prompt and pleasant to deal with. They do operate out of Canada, but shipping rates are among the most reasonable I’ve ever seen. They do, however, lack an ordering system, and correspondence is handled through e-mail. I normally use PayPal with them, and have yet to have a single issue. Out of anyone, they probably have some of the most competitive prices on the Net. Read more

Aug

23

Why We Write

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Frequently, I see the question raised by people both in the know and not, of why we choose to write with fountain pens. I think it is a good question, though also one with no straight answer. This is usually true for questions of this nature. It does, however, have a lot of interesting story to it. So I thought what the heck, I’d spin my thoughts on the matter, and see what the community thinks, too. So, what follows is my stream of consciousness opinion on the matter. Nothing is really researched, and a lot of it comes from my experience and the experiences of those I have talked to.

If you’ve been by the site recently, you might have noticed the poll I was running to the right asking why you used fountain pens. The results, highly unscientific and from a very small sample, were easily interpreted. More than three-quarters of those who responded said that it was everything: the look, feel, and the chance to be a little special. And let’s face it, who out there among us doesn’t draw a certain pleasure or satisfaction when we pull out our pen and hear someone say: “Wow, that sure is a nice pen!” No one, that’s who! But really, there’s more to it than that, and as my poll showed, it really is a combination of things. We are complex people using complex pens. Read more