Pen Show season is in full swing right now. The Baltimore, Long Island and London pen shows have just passed and the Arkansas and Atlanta are coming up in the next few weeks. That said, the fears of a pandemic-level outbreak of the Covid-19 virus has already lead to the cancellation of one pen show…
I drove to Baltimore with Lisa Vanness from Vanness Pen Shop and then we drove back to Little Rock and I drove on to Kansas City. It took a total of about 25 hours each way for me and I got home last night around 9pm. I collapsed in bed pretty much the moment I…
I got to see a Platinum Curidas in person today. The nib is excellent and the retractable mechanism seems spot-on. The translucent plastic body looks a lot like the material used on the Prefounte. Do you see the plastic nub in the bottom right hand photo above? That is just above the nib opening. It…
Maybe its a coincidence or foolishly seeing patterns where there are none, but once again, this week’s cache of link provided a theme when I least expected one. That theme, though you might assume its every week’s theme is the revival, renewal and continued passion around analog. As pen lovers, we have never really given…
This week is the week leading up to the impending lay-offs at work. So, the sign above, from a post on Design You Trust, suits my outlook to a tee. I added in a screenshot from another Design You Trust post featuring honest Valentine’s greetings. Right now, it’s snowing buckets in Kansas City and I…
Once again, I don’t know if the internet is on the same wavelength as I am or if it’s purely coincidence but there are several posts this week that were just what I wanted… I was just talking about getting a new tattoo and want to have it themed around vintage botanical art and, wouldn’t…
This week has had some unusual ups and downs. In pen news, I broke my favorite Caran d’Ache 849 fountain pen. The plastic threads on the grip section cracked so the grip no longer connects to the pen barrel. I was able to reach out to Creative Art Materials, the US distributor for Caran d’Ache,…
