Antique Fountain Pens

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — When turn-of-the-20th-century Americans composed a letter or signed a document, they did so with a flourish and with their favorite fountain pen. Sold in every size, shape, color and style imaginable, the writing tool was favored Times have changed since my school days, when most boys had Platignums, but I favoured an Osmiroid 75, a model which I am faintly appalled to see is now described by eBay sellers as ‘vintage’. Many people are prejudiced against the fountain pen because Needless hipsterism has been slowly creeping into our lives, whether it’s vintage cameras, moustache icons on clothes, cassette tapes and vinyl records, thick, oversized glasses, or an unhealthy obsession with cats. Fountain pens, however hipster they Until 1991, I had never seen a fountain pen in my life cigar-size Sheaffer pens from the 1930s. She said, "Honey, those are my late husband's pens and they're leaky. Why don't you take them home?" I went to an antique dealer, who led me to someone Ballpoints beware. Vintage-style fountain pens are making big statements in the world of writing instruments. ``They`re selling 2-to-1 over other styles,`` says Brian G. Collins, co-owner of E.B. Collinton, Ltd., a Chicago store devoted entirely to pens. or whether it's from nostalgia - we have seen greater production of vintage-style pens, for example." In the world of business too, a good fountain pen can be seen as declaration of intent. Dragons' Den regular Peter Jones is thought to favour a Yard-O-Led .

Want a fountain pen? Where to begin? Here's one of many Lamy 2000 is . . . Never mind those fanatics who won't let a new pen sully their collection of vintage early models. For true believers, a hobby sometimes borders on whack-a-doodle. Vintage Conway Stewart Dinkie 540 M Orange Ripple Fountain Pen 14ct Nib Gc Vintage Conway Stewart Dinkie 550 Fountain Pen & Pencil No 25 In Foral Box Gc Prefer more modern? If filling a fountain pen isn’t your thing, there’s also a wide selection of ballpoints and rollerballs. Vintage, too! The store carries a huge inventory of antique pens, all of which still work just as well as they did when they In today's throwaway world a fine fountain pen is cherished by scores of antique seekers and pen collectors. Gary Lehrer, a pen collector and dealer from Woodbridge, Conn., has attended all 22 of the Philadelphia Pen Shows. It's considered the fourth .

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