My pal Carolee recently emailed me a question and was kind enough to let me post the question and response here. …do you have any good sources for a vintage esterbrook? I recently got a Parker Vac and I’m starting to fall in love with vintage pens. I don’t know how much to pay for…
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Vintage Sheaffer Nib Chart Ad
While out antiquing this weekend, I found this ad for Sheaffer’s 14K gold nibs that included a range of all the nib widths that were available in 1950 when this ad was published. Quite a variety was available and I’m curious what exactly a “Flexible coarse” and a “Coarse” nib were. Any ideas?
Now Open: The Well-Appointed Desk Shop
Ever wanted to stock up on vintage office supplies or try out one of the products tested here on The Desk? Well, now is your chance. I am pleased to announce the opening of The Well-Appointed Desk Shop featuring vintage office supplies like rubber stamp holders, staplers, assortments of pencils and airmail envelopes. More items…
Ink Drop Reveal for April 2013
When I first got interested in fountain pens, I wanted nothing to do with blue or black ink which was so readily available in the average American ballpoint or rollerball pen. I wanted the unique and uncommon colors found in fountain pen inks like greys, browns, purples and pinks. Over time though, I’ve discovered the…
Instagram Loves Office Supplies
I have been following lots of office supply geeks and letter writers, artists and designers and I just thought I’d share some of my favorite Instagram photos from the last few weeks. Clockwise from top right: Uppercase’s Crafting Supplies, Pencil drawing of Sug-ums by Eabaddeley, Caran D’ache candy colored mechanical pencils found at Greer Chicago…
Link Love: Vintage Pens and Pen Addict Love
The big news this week is that Moleskine launched their IPO. Several of the links below are as a result of all the attention Moleskine is getting this week. There is an assortment of goodies from Brad Dowdy over at Pen Addict including his Tools and Toys Guide to Fountain Pens which I’m willing to…
Dennison Bookshelf Desk Set
I have been coveting one of the vintage Dennison bookshelf desk sets as long as I could remember but I could never find them complete or reasonably priced. If you’re not familiar with the Dennison bookshelf set, it is a vintage paperboard set of “books” each filled with a desk essential like paper clips, labels…