1st India Pen Show – a Vishal Affair I first talked to Vishal Singhi about six months back, when he had called up, following up on a mail I had sent to the then proposed 1st India Pen Show, expressing my desire to be associated with the event. In the
William Penn – combining convenience with great experience Nikhil Ranjan, the young and dynamic Managing Director of William Penn is credited with creating, almost single handed, the e-commerce space for fountain pens and all related accessories in India, that too with multiple brick and mortar stores across different cities. A prime
Kasia Stier and Penspa – where the Waterman meets the Inkwoman A spiritual makeover to a physical body and its astral soul? Sounds far-fetched, unless you are talking fountain pens and Kasia Stier, restorer of all pens antique (and vintage and classic)! Kasia’s Penspa is the ultimate destination, where fountain
Following the original, first-edition rock-metal Fortuna Skull, comes the 4th generation: the Fortuna Crowned Skull– for romantics! The cap and body of the pen are satin-finished to obtain a stylish, velvety matte look, not only soothing to the eye but comfortable to the touch. Its main design pattern is a prominent crowned skull
Diplomat – representing and protecting the interests of Nations, peoples and lovers of pens Q1. What makes the Diplomat – one of the premier writing instrument makers in the world – look at India, that too just a couple of years from its hundredth anniversary? Diplomat has a long history
Onoto, Oxford and Cambridge, the quintessentially British search for excellence! Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest universities in the United Kingdom, according to popular lore, are bitterly pitted against each other – a rivalry, raconteurs add gleefully, that dates back centuries. Perhaps the fact that both were founded about 800
Kim pens turned by master turner AC Ramachandran in Calicut, where time stands still in reverence! Legend has it that Haneefa Saheeb – the man who put Calicut in the pen lore of the world by setting up Kim & Co in the 1950’s – had personally gone to Madras
Republic Day Special from Lotus Pens On January 26th, 1930, the Indian National Congress had proclaimed “Purna Swaraj” as opposed to the dominion status that was offered by the British regime. After India achieved independence and her constitution was adopted on November 26th, 1949 by the Constituent Assembly, 26th January
The India Pen Show – TIPS for the lovers of acronyms. Four letters that have been fused beautifully to represent the outline of a fountain pen in an ink bottle to form the logo of India’s first Fountain Pen Show. The presence of the fountain pen is self-explanatory, while the
Gary Lehrer has been collecting vintage pens since the 1980’s. He turned his hobby into a full-time profession in 1995 when he retired from The Upjohn Company (now Pfizer Inc.) as Group Manager, Operations, for a manufacturing division in Connecticut, USA. Gary, who is a worldwide recognised authority in vintage
