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holiday 2009
Friday, November 27, 9am – 8pm
Saturday, November 28, 9am – 6pm
Saturday, December 5, 9am – 5pm

Complimentary Refreshments
Grand Prize drawing for $100 Pendemonium Gift Certificate
Non-perishable Food Donations to Fort Madison Food Pantry Welcomed
Click Here for all of our Holiday Open House Details!

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November 19, 2009 - We've posted an eclectic batch of vintage Parkers today: 1940s Duofold, 51, 61, 45, 25, Classics, Big Red and a 1920s Duofold Pencil. Enjoy!

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November 16, 2009 - Dip pen nibs from Des Moines!

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November 16, 2009 - From the ever-so-talented Joe Cali, 3 new fountain pens. Cali is an amazing pen artist! Each Cali crafted fountain pen is unique.

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November 13, 2009 - Inkwells come in all shapes, sizes and a wide range of styles, perhaps even one that is just right for you! My personal favorite is the white French porcelain pump inkwell, take a look.

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November 12, 2009 - PLEASE NOTE: Hopefully, no interference here, but in case our website is a little sluggish, our server provider will be performing maintenance Thursday 11PM ET through Friday 4AM ET. We are anticipating no interruption to service. (I always cross my fingers just in case!)




November 11, 2009 - Dozens of collectible Sheaffer pens and pencils have been added to the website today. Look for the New! notations for pens ranging from the funky Stylist fountain pens to new old stock bright red Cadets, many added today were made right here in Ft. Madison!

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November 11, 2009 - Today is Veteran's Day in the USA. We salute all of   the Vets and those of you who are currently serving in the Armed Forces as well.

Because it is Veteran's Day, the US Postal Service is closed today meaning no shipments go out today. Shipping resumes on Thursday.




November 10, 2009 - We got back in from the Ohio Pen Show late Monday night. Perfect Indian Summer day for driving across the heartland. Harvest time in full swing with all farm equipment out well after dark tonight. I understand "Share the Road" signs as they apply to bicycles, but have a whole new appreciation for sharing the road with monster sized, alien looking combines and such now!

While we were at the Ohio Pen Show we confirmed receipt of all orders and inquiries via email. We are in the process of doing the same for orders and inquiries that we received after 6AM Monday morning. Please bear with us, we're emailing as fast as our fingers can fly across the keyboard - we have to take them out of driving mode and put them into office mode again!

We will begin shipping a few orders on Tuesday because the USPS will be closed on Wednesday, November 11 in honor of Veteran's Day. My best projection at this point in time is that we'll get the bulk of the orders packed up on Wednesday and shipped off to you on Thursday when the post office re-opens.

Many thanks to all of you who stopped by to visit and shop with us at the Ohio Pen Show over the weekend. It was a great show and the pizza party on Friday night was a blast!




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.



November 6, 2009 - Our selection of pen repair supplies and parts is ever changing so we hope those of you who are into repairing your vintage pens will check out this area of our website often. Waterman parts added today.




November 5, 2009 - It's Cursive Italic Day!

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November 3, 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.




November 2, 2009 - Piston filling Reform with great 2.3mm italic nib added today. We just have one, so don't dilly dally!.

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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.

We've added some additional nib grinding information to the info already there and hope that it will help you in determining which custom grind you would like. There are also details on how to ship your pen, how much it costs and I hope everything you need to determine your nib grinding preferences.

Thanks so much for all of your custom nib grinding business. We appreciate it!




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.

I know this is annoying and frustrating to you as it is to us. Rest assured that we are researching what I hope are some more sound and reliable alternatives. Thanks for hanging in there with us!

sam




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!




October 15, 2009 -It's Cursive Italic Day!

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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!




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!

Lady Sheaffer Skripsert
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Sheaffer Agios in discontinued finishes
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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.

The Dallas Pen Show was fabulous! Lotsa' pens, lotsa' people and an all around fun time. Thanks to those of you who stopped by to make purchases and visit for a little while. Thanks also to the North Texas Pen Club for not only putting on a good pen show but for their hospitality and generosity to all.




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.




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!

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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.




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!

sam




September 27, 2009 -It's Cursive Italic Day! Today, we have some of the just released Bexley Elegancia pens with custom nibs. Nice!

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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.




September 22, 2009 - Sometimes, nothing but an old fashioned mechanical pencil will do the job!

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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.

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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.




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.

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Don't miss these adorable Pilot mechanical pencils with heart charms!

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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.

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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.
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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.




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 - Coming Soon 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!

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Cosmic Cobalt is a Special Edition Ink in brilliant blue and is also packaged in a cobalt blue bottle.

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Both of the upcoming Private Reserve inks will be in 75ml (2.5oz) bottles.

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!




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

We returned from the Washington DC Fountain Pen SuperShow late Wednesday, Aug 12. Spent most of Thursday unpacking, sorting orders and doing all those things one has to do after being away for a week. It's always mildly chaotic the first few days after we return from a pen show.

If you placed an order with us while we were away, we are resuming shipping today, Friday, Aug 14 starting with the oldest orders first. As always, you'll receive an invoice and shipping info via email. Don't panic, we simply cannot ship an entire week's worth of orders in a single day! However, we do expect to be caught up and have everyone's orders enroute by Monday, Aug 17.

Thanks to all for your orders. Your patience is appreciated!




August 14, 2009 - The Washington DC Fountain Pen SuperShow
The world's largest pen show was so much fun and as always, quite busy. We had a blast there immersed in all things pens for the long weekend. Frank took lots of pics and we'll get some of those up on the website for you soon. We drove some bits and pieces of The National Road aka Route 40 in Ohio and found it delightful. It's not our favorite Route 66, but certainly has its own charm for us road warriors! Thanks to all who helped make our show in DC successful and allowing us a few days vacation away from the shop.




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.



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.

More info and some great old photos are also in the Parker Vacumatic Book written by David Shepherd, Dan Zazove and Geoffrey Parker (great-grandson of George S. Parker!) This book belongs in your pen library!

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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!




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!

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August 3, 2009 - This sweet Victorian era telescoping pencil is delightful!

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July 29, 2009 - Today is Cursive Italic Day at Pendemonium!

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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?

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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!

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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!

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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.

This past Saturday, we went pen hunting. We had originally planned to go to Missouri, but we never quite crossed the line into Missouri and instead we ended up in the Villages of Van Buren. The closest village, Bonaparte is about 25 miles and was our first stop.

First antique shop, nada and a little disappointing to also find that this store will be closing at the end of the year, the owners are retiring. Across the street though were two nice pen frogs and one is quite unusual. Pen hunting is tough work and since it was mid-day, we had a bite to eat at Bonaparte's Retreat. Locals call it "The Retreat", it's a restaurant in an old brick mill right on the Des Moines River, the inside is filled with all sorts of antiques and nice views of the river. Excellent food, also. Your timing has to be right because lunch is only served from 11-1.

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Bonaparte's Retreat


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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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

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Dave's in Montrose, Iowa



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.



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!

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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!

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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!




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.

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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.

Sam




Father's Day is June 21st
Special Offer!

We're offering a special Dad's Day 10% discount on any item on the website (not applicable to Inky Greetings or Midnight Madness orders) purchased through our secure order form. Enter Code DAD-09 on the order form and we'll take it from there!

Expires June 20th, 2009 at midnight CDT.




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.

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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!

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.




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.



June 1, 2009 - New stuff for the pen repairers amongst you added to our Pen Repair Supplies section of the website today.

Look for the New notations as you browse this page, and don't miss the rouge paper and longer cotton applicators!




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PEN COLLECTORS of AMERICA

The PCA is the only organization in America devoted entirely to collectors of vintage pens and related items. Members of the PCA receive the Pennant newsletter. The Pennant is filled with informative and authoritative articles. Membership also gives you access to the PCA's Reference Library. The Reference Library keeps an archive of hundreds of old catalogs, brochures and other ephemera. For complete information, visit the PCA website at http://www.pencollectors.com




SOCIETY of INKWELL COLLECTORS

The SOIC is an international organization dedicated to the establishment and enhancement of collecting inkwells and writing accessories as a hobby, the study of inkwell design and manufacture across periods and materials, and the scholarly study of the role of inkwells and writing accessories in history. Visit the SOIC website at http://www.soic.com





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April 2003






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