Below are new items, upcoming events and other newsworthy things we hope you'll find of interest as a pen aficionado.

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

NEWS:  Our nib grinding services are back up and running now!   For further info and nib grinding details please click here:

Nib Grinding

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Sunday, April 21, 2019

NEWS:  Vintage Esterbrooks are always in style, talk about great writers!  Check out this brown LJ with a firm fine point - fully restored and ready to write!  

Vintage Esterbrook

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Join us at the Atlanta Pen Show

April 5-7, 2019 at the Wyndham Hotel in Atlanta

Three days of pens, inks and all things writing!

Please note that we will be away from Pendemonium-Central March 31 thru April 15, 2019. We will continue to acknowledge orders and reply to emails when we are on the road. Shipping will resume on April 16th. Thank you for your patience while we attend the Atlanta Pen Show and spend a little time with family.

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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

NEWS: Dip into History Day!  Do it with a Dip Pen!  

Dip Pen

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Monday, April 8, 2019

NEWS: Old Reliable from the 1960s! A Sheaffer button click ballpoint pen.  Uses current production refills and if you're into Sheaffer, you already know that push button ballpoints were real common.  

Sheaffer Push Button

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Wednesday April 3, 2019

NEWS: Esterbrook desk sets don't come much nicer than this one in the original box. Check out this one and other Esterbrooks in the Esterbrook aisle!   

Remember - this is graduation season and desk sets are a traditional gift for the Grad.       

Super Cool Esterbrook Desk Set!

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News for Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Fresh up on the website today is a Cross Classic Chrome Slim Fountain Pen, comes with a pack of Cross slim cartridges. Excellent condition!         

Cross Classic Slim Fountain Pen

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Monday, April 1, 2019

NEWS: Light up your life with this Parker 75 Sterling Cisele cigarette lighter!  Far less common than most of the vast array of Parker 75 fountain pens made back in the day.        

Parker 75 Lighter

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Sunday, March 24, 2019

NEWS: World War I era Spencerian Trade Card. Full color illustration titled "Spencerian Pen At The Front".        

Spencerian Trade Card

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Thursday, March 21, 2019

NEWS: Put your pens here! We invite you to check out all of our pen storage solutions.          

Pen Storage

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Tuesday, March 19, 2019

NEWS: You asked and we HEARD You!  We now have Sunshine polishing cloths in stock.  Keep your pens and nibs shining brightly!           

Sunshine Polishing Cloths

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Monday, March 18, 2019

NEWS: True vintage flex from the 1950s! Check out this Merlin fountain pen from The Netherlands today!           

Merlin Fountain Pen

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Saturday, March 16, 2019

NEWS:  1940s, 1960s - two very different design eras for Sheaffer. We've got you covered with new additions to the website from these eras from the white dot people!           

Sheaffer Pens

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Friday, March 15, 2019

NEWS:  Lotsa' pencil leads for you today so you can keep your favorite mechanical pencil up and running. Many. many different lead diameters!         

Pencil Leads

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Thursday, March 14, 2019

NEWS: We've been doing a little pre-Spring Cleaning in our Dip Pen Nibs aisle.  New items are highlighted in yellow.        

Dip Pen Nibs Aisle

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Saturday, March 9, 2019

NEWS:  Limited Quantities Available!  The Book of Fountain Pens. Limited Edition. Leather cover, Signed by the authors. Get yours today!       

The Book of Fountain Pens

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Thursday, March 7, 2019

NEWS:   ThInk Ink!  Many Vintage Ink Bottles listed for sale today including Carter's Montblanc, TryMe, Parker, General, Waterman and many more!    

Vintage Ink!

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NEWS for Tuesday, March 5, 2019

This is an real purty blue marbled Eversharp Bantam Fountain Pen from the 1930s. Easy to use bulb filler. There's only one, so if you're into these smaller sized pens, don't delay!    

Eversharp Bantam

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NEWS for Monday, March 4, 2019

Used, but not abused!  Pilot Custom Heritage Fountain Pen with a super smooth SM nib. This one won't last long!  

Pilot Custom Heritage

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Saturday, March 2, 2019

NEWS:  Everyone's favorite school style fountain pens from the 1960s! Four different Sheaffer "school" fountain pens listed for sale today.  

Sheaffer "school" fountain pens

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Friday, March 1, 2019

NEWS: Phew! All of Pen Show information for the 2019 season has been updated as of today!

Coming Right Up - The Second Kingman Pen Meetup on Saturday, March 9th, 2019. We look forward to seeing you here!

CLICK HERE for Full Details!

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Join us at the Los Angeles International Pen Show, February 15-17, 2019. Pendemonium will have three full tables of all things writing. Fountain pens, mechanical pencils, dip pens, pen books, loads of inks and just about everything else pen loves love to find at a pen show!

On Saturday, February 16, Sam will be presenting her Think Ink seminar. The seminar is free and you will walk out knowing a lot more about ink than you did before you walking in!

We look forward to seeing you at the annual LA Pen Show.

Please note that we will be away from the shop from Thursday, February 14 through Tuesday, February 19, 2019. Shipping will resume on Wednesday, February 19. We will continue to reply to emails and acknowledge orders while we are away. Thank you for your patience while we attend the LA Pen Show.      

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Monday, February 18, 2019

NEWS: From the 1890s, a Stafford's Fountain Pen Ink Holder with original bottle inside. Stafford's ceased production in the 1950s. What a treasure!  

Vintage Ink Holder

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Friday, February 15, 2019

NEWS:  Everyone loves True Writer Fountain Pens, we acquired some nearly new True Writers, just listed for sale today!   

True Writers

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Wednesday, February 13, 2019

NEWS:  Looking for replacement No. 2 sized nibs for vintage fountain pens?   Check out this great deal on 17 Dural 4 nibs for only $15. You can't go wrong!    

Vintage Nib

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Saturday, February 9, 2019

NEWS: Nice example of a custom Sheaffer Reminder Clip Ballpoint Pen made for the Peterbilt Trucking Co.     

Sheaffer Reminder Pen

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Friday, February 8, 2019

NEWS: Antique advertising pieces like this tri-fold Hunt Pens piece with four original nibs don't turn up often. Not to mention, far nicer and more interesting than our junk mail of today!     

Dip Pens

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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

NEWS:  This Conklin Nozac in red and black herrigbone patterned celluloid is a classic from the mid-1930s.  Fully restored and a broad flex nib, too.     

Conklin Nozac

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Monday, February 4, 2019

NEWS: How can you go wrong? Esterbrook and Art Deco. 

Great look! Great Desk Set!     

Esterbrook

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Sunday, February 3, 2019

NEWS:  This Tiffany & Co, sterling silver pen and pencil are sure to please even those with the most discriminating tastes.     

Tiffany Pen and Pencil

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NEWS for Saturday, February 2, 2019

Filling your fountain pen is so easy with a vintage Waterman Tip-Fill bottle.      

Vintage Ink

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Friday, February 1, 2019

NEWS: The Sheaffer Taranis is a large, well weighted pen. Modern look with a  classic black and white color theme. Just one available! Grab it quick.         

Sheaffer Taranis Ballpoint Pen

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Thursday, January 31, 2019

NEWS: Take a little jaunt down memory lane with our extensive collection of vintage pen and ink advertisements. All very affordable bits of history.         

Vintage Pen and Ink Advertisements

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Wednesday, January 30, 2019

NEWS: Waterman Ink Vue Demonstrator Fountain Pen with an awesome flexible Canadian nib. Click on over, lots of photos of this great writer from the mid-1930s.           

Waterman Ink Vue Demonstrator

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

NEWS: Historic Writing! Original Speedball vintage nib and an original package insert for the nib.            

Dip Pens

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NEWS for Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Special Collectible Coca Cola Roller Ball Pen in figural Coca Cola Tin.          

Other Pens

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Monday, January 21, 2019

NEWS:  Just listed in our Dip Pens aisle, a vintage A.W. Faber Berkeley Dip Pen with fabulout Sir Josiah Mason Oxford nib - uber flex!        

Dip Pens

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Sunday, January 20, 2019

NEWS: Zaner Bloser Mechanical Pencil in bright cherry red uses 1.1mm diameter lead.  Made in the 1940s in Columbus Ohio. Look for item MI1813 in our "Other" Pencils Aisle.     

Other Pencils

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January 19, 2019

NEWS for Saturday Sheaffer Mini Calligraphy Kits with 3 different italic nibs and extra Sheaffer SKRIP cartridges, too. 

Start practicing your Italic Calligraphy today!     

Sheaffer Calligraphy Kit

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Friday, January 18, 2019

NEWS: Esterbrook desk sets are simply the best! Great look and so very reliable. Just listed is this one, Item ES1007 with the raised "pearl" ring around the pen hole. Great condition!     

Esterbrook Desk Set

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Monday, January 14, 2019

NEWS: Amazing Machines of Grace!   

Check out the two manual typewriters we just listed for sale in our Inkwells and Desktop aisle!      

Amazing Typewriters

 

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Wednesday, January 9, 2019

NEWS: Beaucoup fresh listings of fountain pens with custom ground cursive italic nibs listed for sale today. 

These super smooth nibs will add a little flair to your writing!    

Cursive Italics

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Our NEW Pendemonium Downtown Shop is open for business in historic downtown Kingman, Arizona!

We have filled it up with a  little bit of all thing - Pendemonium.  There are fountain and other pens, dip pens, many inks, pen repair supplies including pen sacs. Also, ephemera, desk sets, inkwells and other pen-centric items we normally sell here on the website that we hope our customers would like. Just like our Pendemonium website, the items will change frequently.  

The shop is located inside Time Was Antiques at 427 E. Beale St, Kingman, Arizona.

Open Monday - Friday 9:30 AM - 5 PM and Saturdays 10AM - 4PM.  Closed Sundays. Sam will be at the new shop four days a month and we will announce the dates at the beginning of each month. In February and March, Sam will be at the shop on the following days:

Friday, April 19
Saturday, April 20
Monday, April 22
Saturday, April 27

There is always a Time Was Antiques employee to assist customers throughout the antique shop, as well as at the Pendemonium shop during open hours. 

No changes to our Pendemonium website, No changes to our Pen Show schedule, just another way for you browse our items in a historic downtown setting at your leisure.  We look forward to serving you at the new Downtown Pendemonium!

      

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