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Join us at the Ohio Pen Show!We'll be exhibiting all weekend at the Ohio Pen Show. Stop on by to see our selection of fountain pens, inks, pen repair supplies, pen books, inkwells. For those of you who are regulars at this show, we'll be set up in our usual spot in the main ballroom against the back wall. We will have some very special desk sets at the Ohio Pen Show. These are each unique and have been made from industrial steel tooling that was once used to make Sheaffer pens. You could be the owner of a one of a kind desk set with origins at the Sheaffer Pen factory in Fort Madison, Iowa. Our retail shop in Fort Madison will be closed Thursday, Nov 5 thru Monday, Nov 9. The shop will re-open Tuesday, Nov 10th at 10 am and we will resume regular hours. While we are at the Ohio Pen Show, we will acknowledge all orders and email inquiries. Shipping will be suspended. We will resume shipping as soon as we return from the show. Please be patient, email replies may be delayed. Thanks! See you at the Ohio Pen Show November 6-8. |
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2009 - Don't be alarmed, it's all good news! We've been
doing a little housecleaning and minor construction work on our Inks and Refills section of the website today. Just a brief recap of the work we've done which we hope will make things easier for those of you searching for inks and refills. NEW: Other RB-BP Refills button to link to any ballpoint & roller ball refills we have that are not a name brand listed already. You'll find Schmidt and some others here now. We did this because while Schmidt refills are very popular and fit oodles of different pens, not everyone is familiar with the name Schmidt. NEW: Other Converters button to link to converters that are not a name brand listed already. Here, you'll find Monteverde mini converters and Schmidt standard international converters. Both of these fit a wide variety of fountain pens. NEW: Other Inks button links you to fountain pen inks and cartridges that we don't normally stock and have limited quantities of. Good place to check for good deals, too. |
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November 2,
2009 - Piston filling Reform with great 2.3mm italic nib added today.
We just have one, so don't dilly dally!.  Click for details |
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October 28,
2009 - Five lovely vintage mechanical pencils have made it our pencil
aisle today. These include a Conklin, Everfeed and Monitor amongst
others. Our antique pencils are always fully restored and in working order.
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October 27,
2009 -Waterman C/F Fountain Pen listed today, thankfully complete with
a working converter which is very difficult to find.
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October 26, 2009 - The Fall issue of Stylus Magazine has arrived! We have limited copies available for those of you who may not subscribe. This is filled with articles on new and vintage fountain pens, plus Stylus' usual drool-worthy photography! |
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October 23,
2009 - It is Legacy and Crest day in our Sheaffer aisle today! Many
nice, high end ballpens to match your favorite fountain pens.
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October 22,
2009 -We have found it necessary to raise our custom nib grinding
prices just a little bit to help cover costs. This prices changes take
effect today, Thursday, October 22, 2009. We know that some of you have pens
for custom grinding enroute to us and of course, we have some of your
pens here in the grinding process. We will honor our old prices on all
nib grinding enroute to us that is postmarked today, Thursday, October 22, 2009 and on all nib grinding already in house. |
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October 20,
2009- Apologies! Our server was once again down for about
12 hours between 1AM and 1PM CT today taking our website and our email
with it. All of your emails during that time have come through and I've
replied to all now and have just few recent emails pending. Orders that
you placed via our secure order form seem to have all come in now, too,
judging from the time stamps. Some of the orders placed during the
night are being shipped today, Tuesday. Most are on tap to be shipped
to you on Wednesday, you'll receive a confirmation within 24 hours. If
for some reason, your email confirmation does not arrive, please email
me and I'll double check on your order.
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October 19,
2009 -We popped up a nice Victorian Pencil on the website today, but
not just any 'ol Victorian Pencil! This is an early Mabie pencil with
1854 patent, the first known Mabie patent.
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October 16, 2009 -We hope you'll keep us in mind when you're looking for custom nib grinding services. Read what our customers have to say, then you make the call! |
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October 15,
2009 -It's Cursive Italic Day!  Click for details |
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October 14, 2009 - We've added a few Parker and Sheaffer vintage caps to our parts listings today. Take a peek, one of them might be just what you need to finish restoration of a pen in need of a cap! |
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October 13,
2009 -
Do your pencils need a refill? We offer a wide range of vintage pencil leads to keep your antique mechanical pencils up and writing.
This section of our website also has some helpful hints on unraveling
the mysteries of pencil lingo, too! Things like lead diameters as well
as what HB and 2F might mean in the pencil world. 
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October 12, 2009 - Check out the latest Sheaffer Pens and Pencils. Only one of each of these available! 
Sheaffer Agios in discontinued finishes 
Sheaffer Preludes in discontinued finishes 
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October 9, 2009 - Step right up! We have Esterbrooks for everyone and those of you who remember back to the 1940s-50s know that there was an Esterbrook for every hand. They don't come any cleaner than this DipLess Pen in original box, shown below. Never used, perfect condition. 
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October 7, 2009 - Four English gentlemen unravel the repair mysteries of Onoto Fountain Pens so that you, too can now repair your vintage Onoto pens. Detailed history of the Onoto Pen Company, also. Now in stock, the Onoto Pen Repair Book. |
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October 6, 2009 - We have limited supplies of Rhodia's Webnotebook with ink-friendly Clairefontaine paper inside. Much anticipated and sure to please any writer! |
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October 6,
2009 -
We returned from the Dallas Pen Show last night.
We're unpacked, no small miracle there! All orders and email inquiries
that came in while we were away have been acknowledged or replied to.
Today (Tuesday), we are pulling the orders that came in while we were
away and we will begin shipping orders in the order they were received
on Wednesday with anticipation of having everything up to date and back
to our regular next day shipping schedule no later than Friday. |
Pendemonium is attending the Dallas Pen Show!We continue to read and reply to emails while we are on the road, but replies may be delayed. We will acknowledge receipt of your orders, but no orders will be sent until we from the pen show. Shipping will resume on Tuesday, October 6th. We'll do our utmost to get all orders received during our absence out to you just as quickly as possible using the first in, first out principal. Our retail shop in Fort Madison, Iowa will be closed Wednesday, Sept 30 - Monday, October 5th. If you're in the Dallas, Texas area this Friday and Saturday, Oct 2-3, we hope you'll stop by and visit us at the Dallas Pen Show. Thanks for your patience while we peek in on the Dallas area pen scene for a few days. We'll be back in Fort Madison on Tuesday, October 6th. |
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October 5, 2009 - One of Parker's many clever inventions over the years was the Magnetix Desk Set. The one shown in the photo here just went on sale today. |
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October 2, 2009 - Mabie Todd Cygnet Stylo pens now available. These are century old eyedropper filling pens in perfect condition. I'll leave the decision to you as to whether to buy one to use or one to preserve as a historic pen. Affordable enough to buy two: one to use, one to put in your collection!  Click for details |
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September 30, 2009 - We have hundreds and hundreds of different antique dip pen nibs for those of you who prefer writing with a dip pen and also for those of you who collect dip pen nibs. We also have a variety of dip pen nib assortments, some even come with a complimentary vintage dip pen nib. These are perfect for people just starting out with dip pens. |
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September 29, 2009 - 4:30 PM in the Heartland - Around 9:30AM CT this morning, our web host had a "Catastrophic Core Router" meltdown, meaning our website along with every other website they host went down. includng their own! Took out our email just for good measure, too. I know they were working hard to restore service although it never seems fast enough when your business has crashed, but it seems all is up and running again at Pendemonium. The best I can determine at this point is that we lost any email and orders you may have sent between about 9:30AM CT and 3PM CT. If you tried to contact use during that time frame, we hope you'll try again and we will reply as quickly as we can. Thanks for your patience!
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September 27,
2009 -It's Cursive Italic Day!
Today, we have some of the just
released Bexley Elegancia pens with custom nibs. Nice!  Click for details |
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September 24, 2009 - Early Sheaffer Skrip bottles are not so easy to find, we have one in original box, too! |
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September 23, 2009 - We all know that are times when making a purchase on the internet can be a little intimidating. We do our best to offer you a well described product and ship it quickly. Still a little skeptical? I can't blame you! Read some unsolicited comments from our customers. |
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September 22,
2009 -
Sometimes, nothing but an old fashioned mechanical pencil will do
the job!  Click for details |
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September 18,
2009 -It's Cursive Italic Day!
Today we have some 1.7mm VERY broad
nibbed pens for you that are outstanding writers.  Click for details |
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September 17, 2009 - We hope you'll join us at the 16th Annual Dallas Pen Show. More pens than you can shake a stick at! Plus other pen and writing related things, too. Pen shows are a great opportunity to meet your fellow collectors, especially those who you only know by their email address or Twitter handle. Check out the details and we hope to see you in a few weeks in Dallas, Texas. |
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September 16, 2009 - We're always on the look out for a wide range of antique inkwells and we're pleased to bring you a nice selection of newly listed ca. 1940s inkwells including models from Madison and Fount-o-Ink. |
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September 15, 2009 - Our vintage Sheaffer writing instruments section has been updated today with several lovely desk sets and a pastel blue ballpen from the 1970s just for good measure. |
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September 14,
2009 - With a Pilot Crystal fountain pen you can see inside your pen!
Just listed 2 different translucent colors of this cool pen with an
extra smooth extra fine nib.
 Click for details Don't miss these adorable Pilot mechanical pencils with heart charms!  Click for details |
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September 11, 2009 - Pen Paraphernalia - that odd section of our online shop where you just never know what will turn up! Additions made today including the bakelite desk lamp with built in pen rest shown below and some neat Parker advertising items, too. |
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September 10,
2009 -It's Cursive Italic Day!
Bexley, Stypen and a few Pelikans all
with custom nibs.  Click for details |
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September 9,
2009 - There are always surprises lurking in our Misc. Pens Section! Be
sure to take a look there today, new items added.
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| Esterbrook desk sets always sell quickly! Don't delay, we have five different vintage desk sets just listed today. Some in unusual colors and all with matching restored desk fountain pen. |  Click for details |
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September 8,
2009 - From traditional to the bizarre, Parker did it all and we have
'em! Newly listed are a few Parker 51 fountain pens, a Lady Duofold pencil, and a strange
non-swinging Slinger ballpoint pen!
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September 3,
2009 -It's Cursive Italic Day!
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September 1,
2009 - We've made a number of vintage Sheaffer pen additions today
ranging from desk sets to pencils to a Stratowriter ballpoint pen with a
few other items in between!
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August 28, 2009 - Vintage Parker Super Quink Cartridges in some wild and strange colors, plus Parker 61 Instant Ink and a nice Waterman Tip-Fill bottle went up on for sale in our Vintage Ink Department today. We hope you'll take a moment to browse. |
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| August 26, 2009 - Private Reserve's latest new inks, Cosmic Cobalt and Invincible Aqua Blue, have arrived and are now in stock! Two new beautiful blues. Click here to view in our Private Reserve Ink Department. |
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August 25, 2009 - Sheaffer, Waterman, Wahl and Parker made many desk sets, but don't overlook the vast amount of desk sets made by other companies, too. We have a good selection with three new vintage desk set additions made today. |
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August 21,
2009 -  Two new inks from
Private Reserve!
Invincible Aqua Blue is presented in a beautiful cobalt blue bottle. This new ink has been tested extensively and is light-fast and fast drying with no feathering. It's Invincible!  Cosmic Cobalt is a Special Edition Ink in brilliant blue and is also packaged in a cobalt blue bottle.  Price is $12 per bottle. We welcome advance orders (via our secure order form) to be shipped when the new inks arrive. We do not have samples of the ink to show you yet, we'll post those just as soon as they arrive! |
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August 19, 2009 - A must for Parker Pen aficionados! |
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August 17, 2009 - We have two lovely Parker Duofold desk sets available. One with Senior Lapis pen and one with Junior Mandarin Yellow pen. Worth a look, not often seen! |
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August 14,
2009 - Post DC Pen Show Info on Orders & Shipping |
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August 14,
2009 - The Washington DC Fountain Pen SuperShow |
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August 13, 2009 - Be sure to check out our latest vintage inkwells fresh on the website today. Several of these are great examples of Art Deco style. |
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It's Summertime!
Just like those of you out doing a little summer traveling, we have a bit of road time coming up, too. Our retail shop will be closed the following dates: Wed, July 22, 2009 Wed, July 29, 2009 Wed, August 5 - Wed, Aug 12th Our online shop is always open and we reply to emails and acknowledge orders placed even while we're on the road. |
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August 11,
2009 - A nice batch of Esterbrook fountain pens are new to the site
today. Pens include several Two Hole clip models, an SJ, an SM Deluxe
and an LK.
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August 8,
2009 - This movie will probably never be up for an Oscar, but if you're a pen
collector and especially an aficionado of Parker Vacumatics, it's sure
to please! Pull up a chair and make a little bowl of popcorn (it's a
short flick!):
ca. 1931 Vacumatic Production in Janesville Parker Factory.
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August 7, 2009 - We'll be setting up this morning at the world's largest pen show, the Washington DC Fountain Pen SuperShow. We look forward to this show all year long and hope you'll stop by and visit our exhibit. Click Here for pen show info. See you there! |
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August 6, 2009 - Waterman pen people take note! We just put a cool Waterman 3 pen display in pen rest style on the site, perfect to keep 3 of your nice Waterman pens at your fingertips. |
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August 5,
2009 - We all know Parker has made a vast amount of different pen models
over the years. Our latest update to our Parker Pen listings definitely
reflects this! Let's just say the update is eclectic and please look
for the NEW notations!  Click for details |
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August 3,
2009 - This sweet Victorian era telescoping pencil is delightful!  Click for details |
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July 29,
2009 - Today is Cursive Italic Day at Pendemonium!  Click for details |
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July 27, 2009 - Ever seen a poster stamp? We've added a few Penkala poster stamps advertising pens to our Ephemera department. |
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July 23, 2009 - A very diverse group of antique inkwells have been posted to the website today - Copper, Pewter, Bakelite, Glass and Cast Iron. Which one is just right for your desk?  Click for details |
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July 22,
2009 - Be sure to check out the Eversharp Pencils just listed today.
This group includes several unusual pencils as well as some new old
stock silver plated Eversharps from the 1920s still with original bands
and looking like they were just made yesterday!  Click for details |
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July 20, 2009 - What better way to start your day than with coffee in a pen mug! |
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July 16, 2009 - Just added a few pair of Safety Glasses that were once used in the Sheaffer Factory in Fort Madison. Practical and Nostalgic!  Click for details |
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July 14, 2009 - A little bit of history from the Sheaffer factory in Fort Madison! |
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July 13,
2009 - We had a great weekend and hope you did, too! Thought
you might enjoy a few photos we took in southeast Iowa on Saturday.  Bonaparte's Retreat  View from the gardens at Bonaparte's Retreat Next door to Bonaparte's Retreat is a good sized antique & collectibles mall. More pens on display! Hooray! Two out of three shops having pens in a very small village is not the norm. Better still, there was a small handful that we brought back to Pendemonium. One of which was a Parker Laboratory T-Ball Jotter. This is a dangerous mall since they also have a little stand in the back with decadent homemade fudge. Of course, we had to bring some of that back with us, too. We picked chocolate mint out of variety of hard to pick from flavors.  Sheaffers, Parkers & Fudge found here! Back on the road, we made our way a few miles down the road to Bentonsport. We struck out on finding any pens at the Greef General Store, but did see a stunning inlaid wood writing box. It needed some work and was missing the inkwells and a little above what I wanted to pay, so we admired it, but left it for someone else.  The Greef General Store For a tiny village, there are lots of things to see in Bentonsport: scenic river views, quaint shops and well tended gardens.  This carving in a tree caught our eye! We even went to Vernon on the other side of the bridge from Bentonsport. Vernon long ago disappeared, but from what I'm told it was once a thriving little river port. Just a nice sign commemorating the town now and some beautiful old stone homes.  The cute building was the Bentonsport post office in days gone by. The bridge is open to foot traffic only over the Des Moines River to Vernon. We continued winding down the road toward Cantril. Everyone tells us go to Cantril, go the Dutchman's General Store, so we heeded their advice and good advice, it was! This store was so much fun. It's huge (about a block long storefront) and a combination of regular grocery store type stuff, plus a whole bunch more. Most impressive was the huge selection of re-packaged bulk foods, many of them things that you just don't find in your average grocery store like 20 different varieties of flour, loose tea in small containers perfect for trying a few new flavors out and an entire wall of candy by the pound - our granddaughter came back with all sorts of little bags of fun candies. I wish I had the cooler along, because there was a fantastic cheese selection. Then there was a huge area devoted to old fashioned bolts of fabric and sewing supplies. A section filled with books and school supplies. They even had home made laundry detergent. I don't think I'd ever buy a 50LB bag of carrots, but there was a woman pushing her cart with one while we were there. And a delightful selection of fresh baked goods. Aside from the candy purchases, we came home with coarse ground wheat flour, Parmesan, containers of loose tea, fresh baked Italian Parmesan/Herb bread, a lemon angel food cake and all sorts of other little things to try. Definitely have to get back there with my list and the cooler!  The fabulous Dutchman's General Store Aside from the Dutchman's Store in Cantril, we didn't see too much in the way of pen hunting places there. This could be do to all the commotion around the store itself though and the fact that Cantril is quite a small village! Eastward on Hwy 2, we went through Farmington, but didn't stop today. From there it was over to the Highway of the Saints which is Hwy 218 and runs from St. Louis to St. Paul, thus the name. Since we had all this food from Dutchman's, we thought a stop at Dave's Meat Market in Montrose would be appropriate before we headed toward home. Dave's has fresh meat that he cuts himself, old fashioned butcher store where you can look through the glass and pick out which piece of meat you would like. We selected two steaks to bring home for the grill. Dave wrapped them up and rung us up and sent us on our way. Montrose is a cute and very old town right on the Mississippi and directly cross river from Nauvoo, IL  Dave's in Montrose, Iowa |
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We're going pen hunting in Missouri!
Our retail shop in Fort Madison will be closed this Saturday, July 11th, 2009. The website, of course, remains open 24/7 and we'll confirm all orders on Sunday, as well as reply to email inquiries. |
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July 9, 2009 - Several new Pen Homes added to our Pen Storage Department today. |
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July 7, 2009 - New Sheaffers listed today, watch for the New! notations!  Click for details |
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July 6, 2009 - We have several vintage Sheaffer Skrip bottles just in. These range in size from a big 32 oz master ink bottle down to the more normal sized 2 oz bottles. The 2 oz bottles all have the inner SkripWell and make great inexpensive inkwells. |
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July 3, 2009 - Rare Esterbrook Demonstrator Pen just listed!  Click for details |
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July 2, 2009 - An excellent article, The Lettered Set, appeared in the July 1 New York Times. If you are into fine stationery and the art of writing letters, be sure to read it! |
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July 1, 2009 - Another small dose of Inkwell-Mania! We've added 10 different antique inkwells in the inkwell department today. |
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June 30, 2009 - This rocker blotter would be just right for an Arts & Crafts era desk. |
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June 29, 2009 - Once again, today is Cursive Italic Day! Just a couple for the custom nib aficionados.  Click for details |
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June 26, 2009 - Put your pens here! Perfect for getting all those pens organized. |
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June 19, 2009 - We're going to go a few days without any site updates while our web guru takes a much needed break! In case you haven't noticed, she's on duty just about 24/7. Don't worry, she'll be back soon. In the meantime,
be sure to check us out on Twitter, The Fountain Pen Network and
Pentrace. We're always dropping in and out of these pen gathering
cyber-spots with news, pics, specials and sometimes just for a little
pen conversation with our friends and customers. |
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Father's Day is June 21st Expires June 20th, 2009 at midnight CDT. |
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June 18, 2009 - Dip Pens have seen a recent resurgence in popularity, partially due in part, I believe because of the increased interest in improving our penmanship. Five additional vintage dip pens were listed today, each with a different nib. One of these might be just the right one for you! This latest group is all priced at $10 or less, so affordable for all.  Click for details |
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June 17, 2009 - Limited supplies available of Sheaffer ballpoint refills in red. No longer made and tough to find. Grab 'em while we have 'em, they won't last long!  Click for details |
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June 16, 2009 - Truly a delight to behold, Cali Pens are each unique and individually hand made. Be sure to take a look at our latest Cali Pens.  Click for details |
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June 12, 2009 - This little pen folder used by Parker and PaperMate is perfect for safely carrying a few pens with you. |
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June 11, 2009 - YAY! It's Cursive Italic Day!  Click for details |
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June 10, 2009 - There are a couple of new classic black Esterbrooks on the website today. A two hole clipper and a 3 rib jewel model, not so common as the double jewel models.  Click for details |
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June 9, 2009 - This is unheard of! Elegant glass inkwells for only $40! |
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June 8, 2009 - Ask and you shall receive! We've had quite the demand for older 2.0mm drafting style leads lately. These also fit a few early Victorian pencils. Big batch in different hardnesses listed today. |
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June 5, 2009 - Very, very nice Wahl Eversharp set in the uncommon Dart pattern.
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| Don't miss the latest pen news, the summer edition of Stylus Magazine has arrived! |  |
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June 4, 2009 - Write with Shakespeare! |
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June 3, 2009 - We've added a bunch of new pencil leads to our listings - Parker, Sheaffer and Eagle including some bulk boxes of lead made by Eagle for Sheaffer. |
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June 2, 2009 - These always sell out quickly because they are such a practical and attractive way to keep a few pens nearby on your desk! Click the photo and take a quick peek before they're gone. |
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For your pencil boo-boos! New eraser refills for mechanical pencils. | |
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June 1,
2009 - New stuff for the pen repairers amongst you added to our Pen Repair Supplies section of the website today. |
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