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The fountain pen began to fall out of favour, with the invention of the Biro in the mid 1940s. A really ugly ball pen, which cost £2: quite a lot of...

You think they might have had more than 3 hours for the bangles? Sent from my CLT-L09 using Tapatalk

Mine won’t be quite vintage or maybe it is but not as vintage as the couple I have somewhere that have perished innards. I wouldn’t imagine it’s...

One of the participants on a fb forum said she hadn’t seen the edit so you have to wonder. It’s like ceramicists say that the pottery show gives a...

I haven't been on here for ages but came to see what you all thought. It was nice living vicariously through others making but I was horrified by...

Well well. I have a Schaefer pen which was a 21st birthday present as well. I think I know where it is! I remember the two friends whose present it...

I might be able to give you advice on it if you let me know the model. A friend of mine runs a shop that solely deals with old and collectible...

I’ll have to look into that Bob I think I got it for my 21st which was a long time ago!

Caroline you can change the nib on 99% of fountain pens,

How satisfying to use your own pen. Very lovely I’ve got so used to using a computer my writing is now illegible unless I use a drawing pen and I...

Thanks Caroline! Yes, it's all pierced and far from perfect. It took what felt like an eternity! But the pen has been in daily (diary) use for...

I can't comment on the firescoff as I have never used it, don't think it should have that result, although I do recommend and use Boric acid as...

Looking good Geoffrey, fountain pens seem to be having a bit of a resurgence, I get some strange looks and comments when I use a fountain pen in...