On 10 Jul 2003 at 23:14:34 GMT, Dik F. Liu scribbled: -I teach a color theory course in two universities. Do you use "real" names for colors, as opposed to those fakey, euphemistic (or worse, Politically Correct) names that seem to be everywhere these days!? grin It seems to be difficult...

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 at 19:10:38 -0400, fdubiel scribbled: -Edward Bonaventure wrote: - -And is not covered by the Massachusetts ban on people possess- - -ing hypodermic needles. For the record, I didn't write that. As is indicated by the double indent marks, it was the original poster (Al...

On 12 Jul 2003 at 06:15:32 GMT, Scaupaug scribbled: -Where on earth are YOU buying your ink? Stationery stores, office supplies stores, and so forth. (Not to mention stores actually selling fountain pens, which means those hoity-toity places catering to the carriage trade.) Everywhere I see ink...

On 13 Jul 2003 at 22:12:03 GMT, Dik F. Liu scribbled: -This code ensures that the pigments confirmed to the ASTM standard -of that pigment. That pretty much answers the question. It sounds like those designations should be truer to the "old-fashioned" names for colors, unlike the "warm and...

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 at 14:38:12 -0400, "marlinspike" scribbled: -...is there a convertor I can use in my Sheaffer's Cartridge pen? Yes. Contact pen dealers. However, I might note that for the cheapest pens (which I use!), the easiest Sheaffer barrels to fit converters into are either the 1950s...

Hello I received a beautiful, monogrammed True Writer for Christmas from my wife. Love the pen in every way except it won't write. I can get the thing started and it writes pretty good, but if I lay it down for a couple of hours it won't write again. Is there a way to adjust the feed to keep the...

Note the image here - do you see it?? :) http://c8.alamy.com/comp/ENW0YN/orderly-queue-of-passengers-for-train-to-wemyss-bay-glasgow-central-ENW0YN.jpg On Saturday, 2 October 1999 08:00:00 UTC+1, Edward Hyde wrote: The following couplet appeared weekly in the Oban Times newspaper ...

I finally purchased a Mont Blanc after all these years of trying other pens. In my opinion, it really is something special. I got the Chopin model. Now I am thinking of getting another one later this year. Any suggestions? I want to keep the price out of the stratosphere, but would be willing...

I have been trying to decipher the signature that is linked below for some time. I thinught that, perhaps, a group interested in writing impliments might have contain some expertise in making sense of a signature. In any event, the signature is...

has anyone found a solution to this? It drives me insane. only with the lava new 600's have I come across this problem, but I'm afriad the cap will fall off and bust my toe. any suggestions would be appreciated! toby

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...

I have a question about a vintage four colour pencil. On the clip is stamped the word KULI, which Google shows me to be a name once used by Rotring. The metal parts are of plated 'Walz Gold' and the pen has a shiny black plastic central body with a Rotring style red band. The screw-down cap for...

I'm the dreaded pencil-killer and I stab my victims to death with my pencils. How can I remove the blood, so that the brainless CSI teams can't find anything???

Good Morning! My name is James and I am the Emissary of Baron Fig. I wanted to direct you all to our Kickstarter for our first jump into the pen world. Introducing the Squire! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joeycofone/squire-the-pen-is-a-mighty-sword

Hi Pen People, Anyone able to enlighten me by telling me what normal run of the mill bic-type ink is made off. Furthermore does it get absorbed by your skin and if so is it harmful, esp longterm. This required due to tree friendly folk using their hands as notebooks. Yours enquiringly Emma

For those of you who like and/or use Parker gel refills I just found a selection of pens at Staples which sells a CLX gel retractable pen in a set with many great colors including black, blue, red, burgundy, orange, purple, green and a blue-black. The colors are verrrrry vibrant and roll on smooth...

I recently bought a new Cross Verve Merlot and carried proudly in my pocket only to realize a bit later that the cap had shaken loose. I have had this happen with many of my pens much to the consternation to my wallet and my wife. Unlike previous attempts at cleaning large ink stains and having...

I got one of these pens. http://www.mammothivory.org now it's in my collection. )))))))

Hi all, I'm looking for end part of tombow object rollerball, can anyone help me?

Hi! Is there a way to cut costs by buying ink in bulk and refilling a Rollerball gel pen when the ink runs out? The refill cartridges (e.g. LAMY M66) are so expensive! I tried by dissassembling my LAMY M66 cartridge and dipping the inside tube straight into some ink, but it didn't seem to work....