30 Friday Oct 2026
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Delta, Delta Rally Passion, Italian, Italian Pen, Maiora, Nettuno
The manner in which Delta was reborn could have come straight out of Italian opera with two of the three original families seeking to keep the name. In the end Nino Marino was able to add it to his Maiora and Nettuno 1911 brands under his Maiora Pen Company. Since then Delta has been producing pens not only in the style of the old Dolce Vita but also new and interesting designs such as this.
Continue reading23 Friday Oct 2026
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Maiora is one the of the brands that fall under Delta Pen Company co-founder Nino Marino’s Maiora Pen Company alongside Nettuno 1911 and the new Delta. it is an odd combination as they all seem to compete for the same market but it does result in some rather interesting pens including this ebonite giant.
Continue reading22 Tuesday Sep 2026
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There are some on forums and the Facebook Pelikan Hub website who feel I have been a defender of Pelikan else a shill, but I am not as I have only defended them where the fault lay with people not reading the text (such as the limit on numbers) else not filling out the form properly. But that is in the past. How do I feel now there is just a few days to go till the event.
Continue reading29 Saturday Aug 2026
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I actually first posted this in two groups on Facebook, Fountain Pens UK and Fountain Pens are Inkredible, but have also decided to post this piece here to widen the audience of my views, especially as many of you who are regular readers (or were until I hit a creative wall near the start of the year) are from outside the UK.
Continue reading28 Saturday Feb 2026
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A bit of a late post as it was a bit of a late decision, but I have decided to try selling part of my collection at the London Pen Show tomorrow (Sunday the 1st of March).
Continue reading14 Wednesday Jan 2026
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Shows how slow I’ve been with posting recently that it has taken me two weeks to give festive greetings. It is a new year, hopefully one better from the last for most out there and for for which I have been traditional with resolutions. Forgetting to even think of any 🙂
Continue reading14 Friday Nov 2025
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Recently, I seem to have reviewed a reasonable number of retractable fountain pens. Some good, some poor. Go back through my blog and you will see even more as I have covered most available under the £1000 mark. So how does one of the cheapest available compare.
Continue reading07 Friday Nov 2025
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Once more it is the first Friday in November and that means International Fountain Pen Day.
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So what did I make of the Saturday of the first two day pen show in this country? As mentioned in my previous post I could only make the first day, but then in reality would you do both if you were not trading or using the show as a social event? Certainly if you are near by then the cheap tickets and discount for two days (£7 per day, £12 for both) makes it a cheap way to occupy a weekend, well cheap until your pen purchase bill bankrupts you…
Continue reading07 Tuesday Oct 2025
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Yes you read that correctly. For those that are not aware this weekend’s London Pen Show will be over two days.
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