18 Friday Oct 2024
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Last Sunday was the October London Pen Show and as ever with this date I had a clash with a luncheon I really should attend. In recent years the pen show has won, however on this occasion it was swinging the other way until I found out I might be leant some pens for review so….
Continue reading09 Friday Aug 2024
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Looking at my desk at present I feel like I might have a thing for EDC or pocket pens. Certainly half of those in front of me fall in to that category, though not all are out as part of my daily use set. It did make me wonder though if I am moving towards this genre, though in reality they still only make up about 12% of my collection.
Continue reading14 Friday Jun 2024
I’m not sure why but it has taken me over a year to start putting the allegorical pen to paper for this fountain pen. In some respects the delays are due to having others to review, pens more relevant to a lot of my audience, but now I have finally pulled me finger out but with something a little different for me. Rather than an overly long post on the pen and the background I have decided to split it into two, starting with the company and the ordering process, then a follow up a bit further down then line on the pen itself.
Continue reading30 Tuesday Apr 2024
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I try not to do the Daily Carry and Daily Use posts too often as to me they can feel a bit like fillers, especially as changes are slow, however it has been just over a year since I last discussed what I take with me to the office where I volunteer. I must square up and level with you on this one that I have been somewhat busy these last few weeks with my other hobby, which has also caused a delay in posts and reviews.
Continue reading24 Saturday Feb 2024
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There is one repeating situation in the modern fountain pen community. Fads and hype. We see a brand become the ‘in pen’ or ‘in model’ with many buying just ‘because’ followed by many much reduced second hand pens going on sale when the new owners find what works for one does not necessarily for them. Nakaya and the Platinum 3776 have both fallen in to this bracket, as arguably would have Conid if the brand had not suddenly been put on hold in the early days of Covid.
Continue reading17 Saturday Feb 2024
Change of plans ….
You may remember I could not attend as I will be up north for a family stone setting. Well it turns out there are shipping problems with the actual stone (before engraving) so it has been put back two weeks. Net result I will now be at the show and … I’ve booked a table again.
Continue reading12 Friday Jan 2024
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So here is something you would never have thought could be a item of contemplation. Separating the cap of a pen from the barrel to allow us to write. Simple. We talk about removing the cap, yet for many of us it is actually the opposite. We remove the body.
Continue reading29 Friday Dec 2023
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Traditionally each year I visit the two London Pen Shows, make most of the Southern Pen Club meets, buy too many pens, and procrastinate about selling some of the collection. So how has 2023 compared with the past?
Continue reading24 Friday Nov 2023
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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.
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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