Vintage Fountain Pens

HYDERABAD: In a world where the keypad is fast erasing handwriting skills of e-enabled people, there are a few shops in the Old City that still religiously cater to those scouting for the humble fountain pen. And for a vintage collection, the lanes here 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 It’s hardly surprising that in our era of e-mails and text messages, many hark back with nostalgia to the days of the well-crafted fountain pen and graceful handwriting. Now collectors of rare and vintage pens have found that these fine instruments have When fountain pens staged a revival in the mid-1980s, Shigemoto began collecting contemporary Montblanc, Montegrappa and Namiki pens, among others. But it was his rare and near-mint-vintage writing instruments, some dating to the late 1800s, that caused 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 and uses his free time to repair vintage fountain pens for customers and friends. “I live in a suite with five other people, so lucky for me, pens are small,” Piper said. Now more than ever, he’s come to appreciate the time spent working closely with .

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 But Don Lavin, a Chicago attorney and fountain pen collector who founded seasonal fairs for purchasing antique fountain pens called the National Pen Shows (which are held each year), said he believes "it's because people are starting to rebel against the At the heart of the sale are three highly collectible pens by the principal Japanese pen maker Namiki, led by a Namiki, Pilot, Pavilion Emperor maki-e fountain pen estimated at £4,000-6,000 [Lot 283]. Maki-e, a Japanese lacquer, is an ancient and expertly Recommended reference Out in its second edition, "Fountain Pens, Past & Present" by Paul Erano (Collector Books) provides near actual-size illustrations of a variety of vintage and contemporary pens, enabling them to be examined in great detail. .

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