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England v Italy

10 Saturday Jul 2021

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Conway Stewart, Delta, fountain pen, Helix Oxford, John Twiss, leonardo officiano italliana, musings, Nettuno, onoto, SCRIBO, visconti, Yard-o-Led

You would have thought there was an important football coming up tomorrow (soccer to those of you from across the Atlantic), so for a bit of fun I gathered together a handful of pens to represent each side, along with suitable inks (with caveats). Some of these pens were already in my daily rotation/desk set, and some were an excuse to use up some samples I have taking up space.

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John Twiss Thuya Burl Revisited

20 Saturday Feb 2021

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fountain pen, John Twiss, musings

I was looking at my pens last week and saw one I had not used for a while, a John Twiss creation made from Thuya Burl wood. It looks good and a lot of attention was made to bringing out its character and beauty. It has been an enjoyable week using the pen and I had created an nice review piece for it, though in true blogging fashion, felt the article was missing something. Photos were taken and about to be processed to find I already had photos …. from the previous time I had covered it … ‘doh !’ I believe is a suitable term. Still it’s a great excuse to show off the new photos of this beautiful pen.

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My latest pen from John Twiss

16 Thursday May 2019

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British Made, English, fountain pen, John Twiss, Made in England, twiss

Pens are emotive.  The nibs, the material, the looks, the feel, all play on our senses.  The variations both within and between manufacturers and craftsman help propel our hobby, our collections, and our expenditure forwards, while also providing a source of joy, and dare I say, at times frustration.  Wood often grabs my attention, so when John Twiss posted a picture of three new, primarily wooden pens on Facebook and Instagram just before the Spring London Pen Show, my interest was piqued.

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John Twiss Pens

19 Saturday Jan 2019

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British Made, England, English, fountain pen, John Twiss, Made in England, twiss

During this review, and overview I will be covering both of my pens made by John Twiss.

John has been a stalwart of the UK pen show scene for many years.  Starting as a hobby, either before or after he took early retirement from IT, he hand makes his pens from a workshop at the Sherwood Forest Art and Craft Centre, near Nottingham in the UK, selling both on line and through pen shows.  With the latter, not only is he an attendee, but also helped restart the Newcastle Show in 2018.  In addition to his own pens, he also sells other brands through his (joint owned ?) TwiCo shop.

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