Thought I really ought to post some plans as visiting family and meeting friends will throw an already lazy schedule out of sync.
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17 Sunday Dec 2023
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17 Sunday Dec 2023
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Thought I really ought to post some plans as visiting family and meeting friends will throw an already lazy schedule out of sync.
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Many fashion, jewellery house and accessory brands have dabbled with writing implements and Cartier are no exception. At present their only fountain pen is a hand made £136,000 gauche product, however early to mid last decade they sold the Art Deco inspired Diablo at a far more reasonable price.
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As I write it is Black Friday and fountain pens are once more being discounted, but is today the best day to buy, after all Fountain Pen Day was just three weeks back and we’re not yet (in theory) in the Christmas period.
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The arrival of a Fountain Pen Day purchase made me think about one thing I always do with a new pen or converter. It is also something you still see posted as a possible fix for the lack of ink flow with a new pen. While many of you will already follow this process, there are those of you new to the hobby who may not. As the title says, this is flushing the new fountain pen with water.
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Once more is is the first Friday on November and that means International Fountain Pen Day.
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The number of small pen makers seem to be proliferating and this can only be a good thing for us collectors. Many are either commercialising a hobby or branching out in to a second career. While this may make the market place more crowded, the competition is friendly (in the UK at least) with many chatting to each other at pen shows and even buying ‘rival’ pens. However it also helps if there is something different or something that stands out to grab the attention of the buyer. Such is the case for me with this pen.
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This is always a very busy time of year for me due to my other major hobby. Presently creating over a dozen documents, some of which require research, and all need printing. The net result is, while I am a third to half way through the creation of a pen review (before photos) I will not get a chance to complete it until mid next week, so hopefully it will be next Friday’s post.
13 Friday Oct 2023
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The show is now over, so the question some of you may be asking is how did it go. Did I sell enough to cover the cost of the table, what were the pit falls, would I do it again, did I enjoy it. All these questions and more I hope to answer.
Continue reading07 Saturday Oct 2023
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For those unaware, tomorrow is the Autumn London Pen Show at the Hammersmith Novotel and on this occasion I will hopefully be making money rather than spending it. Well still losing money as all the pens I will be trying to sell are at a price below what I paid for them. Let’s be honest, the vast majority of fountain pens, even from expensive brands, lose money as soon as you pay for them.
Continue reading21 Thursday Sep 2023
The Autumn London Pen Show is just under two and a half weeks away and I will be there, however this time I have finally pulled my finger out and booked a table.
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