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I posted this question on the FPN, but ACPP may be a better place for it... My interest is in fountain pens, but every once in a while I do acquire a BP. Does anyone know how to date a Waterman Sapphire? If anyone is familiar with them or has reference info, what features are...

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Bow Down To My Fountain Pen, Word-Processing Scum By Gary Carson Speaking of expensive fountain pens, the latest Fountain Pen Hospital catalogue lists the Montegrappa Tibaldi For Bentley ("60 Years Of Crewe Limited Edition") fountain pen which is selling for a measley $6750.00, believe it or not....

I think I found the perfect disposable pen - the Uni-Ball Jetstream. It is very smooth and leaves a dry dark line with little pressure. Much like my previous favorites, the Pilot V5s, but it dries faster and does not bleed through to the other side of notebook paper. There are refills available,...

Can anybody help me id this pen? Please? Parker, USA, black body, steel cap, golden clip and ring. Seller mentioned 1950's but I think it look like a Parker...

I found an old white dot sheaffer fountain pen. I read that to fill it (pneumatic type) I pull out the plunger, submerge the tip in ink, push down the plunger, and it fills. However, this does not work. If I submerge the tip and PULL the plunger it fills, and if I PUSH it in it drains,...

Any suggestions about the manufacturer and place of manufacture of the 4 colour pencil in the the image? http://www.box.net/shared/static/ufrk45iazx.jpg No marks at all, so no clues. It is exceptionally well-made. For example, the lead holders are screwed onto a threaded rod.

I found an old white dot sheaffer fountain pen. I read that to fill it (pneumatic type) I pull out the plunger, submerge the tip in ink, push down the plunger, and it fills. However, this does not work. If I submerge the tip and PULL the plunger it fills, and if I PUSH it in it drains,...

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I recently purchased a "Pierre Dumont" pen set - fountain pen and ballpoint pen at a garage sale for almost nothing. This looks like a very high quality pen set. Beautiful red pens in mint condition with what appears to be gold plate in a mahogany wooden box labelled "Maregs". The gold fountain...

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Hi All; As a new fountain pen user, who has to buy each pen I try (no stores in area), I have come up with the following from the 40 I have bought I like the best. Pelikan M800, M600, Namiki Flacon. I have the M1000 also but is too big. Does anyone else like this choice, even though I know pens...

Getting to the point Sherman Denison Herald Democrat - Sherman/Denison,TX,USA Until the invention of the fountain pen, the only practical way to write in the field was with a pencil. Even then, fountain pens were prone to leak and...

QCTimes.com / Secrets of the fountain pen are at center of lawsuit "A possible double agent, a foreign enemy and a secret manual often make for a good movie script, but for a nearly century-old Iowa company, it is all business. Fort Madison's Sheaffer Manufacturing Co. and BIC Corp., are suing...

Ballpoints, Go Home By Steve Scotten This is a coffeetable edition full of beautiful photographs of many noteworthy fountain pens, and accompanying pages of text outlining the history of the fountain pen, the commercial and technological advancements that shaped and were...

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Got in the latest Fahrney's catalog today and was looking at the Conklin Cushion-Point - I want to treat myself to a new pen, and this one (around $60) is in my price range. Do any of y'all have one of these? Any opinions on them, or on the Mark Twain Signature pens? Thanks! Sally "Dignity....