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Fountain Pen Shows – killing the goose that lays the golden pens?

chawm — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 14:36:47 +0000

Fountain Pen Shows – the season of plenty or one too many? The economic indicators are going south as if there is no tomorrow. Jobs are being lost. Farmers are committing suicides. The Core Sector indices are falling with ceaseless abandon and even the most “optimistic” agree, however grudgingly, that things are not as hunky-dory

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Delicious Inks from 3 Oysters, Korea

chawm — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 03:38:59 +0000

3 Oysters – an inky 3 cheers (with a thank you to Pen Specials) When I was a kid and writing with fountain pens was de rigueur (mainstream, as opposed to being restricted to a passionate lunatic fringe), ink options were pretty limited – Royal Blue or Blue Black for school. That too, only from

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Sheaffer’s Snorkel Triumph – Dunk Free Forever!

chawm — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 13:50:20 +0000

Sheaffer’s Snorkel – the world’s most complicated filling system, ever? Those were heady days. The post WWII boom – some call it the golden age of capitalism – was in full blast. Fountain pens too, were riding the crest, though the dark clouds of a ball point pen led calamity were palpably ominous to many

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David Oscarson: Ganesha in Guilloché!

chawm — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 04:09:12 +0000

Ganesha, Guilloché and David Oscarson – a holy trinity of high art! Ganesha is the remover of obstacles, the Lord of intellect and wisdom, the patron of the arts and the sciences. The God of beginnings, He is invoked at the start of all rites and ceremonies. Guilloché is the technique of engraving in metal

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Dr Sovan Roy rewrites the history of Fountain Pen making in India!

chawm — Fri, 01 Nov 2019 02:36:34 +0000

Dr Sovan Roy’s Magnum Opus to hit the stands soon! Dr Sovan Roy is a scientist by profession. And, a distinguished one at that, if one were to consider the sheer number of papers published in the professional journals or his long and blemish-less record as a Government servant occupying progressively higher posts. But, it

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AP Limited Editions – pens that make the twain meet!

chawm — Fri, 25 Oct 2019 06:53:05 +0000

AP Limited Editions, where the pinnacle is another pen-peak. Inked Happiness: AP Limited Editions won the first coveted Pen of the Year Award in 2016, which is about a decade since you began your journey. How did you manage to achieve this near impossible feat, especially in view of the fact that your competitors were

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Urushi – everything you always wanted to know (but didn’t know whom to ask)

chawm — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 08:38:54 +0000

Urushi – Martin Pauli, the Master reveals the secrets! Urushi is a natural lacquer obtained from the lacquer tree (Reus Verniciflua). Similar to the rubber harvest, cuts are made in the bark of 7 to 10-year-old trees. The raw sap that runs out is collected, between 60 and 120 grams per tree. After the harvest

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Magna Carta – Helen of Troy

chawm — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 13:28:34 +0000

Magna Carta launches the Goddesses and Amazons series Magna Carta, a family run enterprise, has a number of things going for them. They are, their relatively late entry into fountain pen making notwithstanding, an extremely enterprising organisation. Call it vision or brush it away as chutzpah, one cannot but marvel at the entity’s concerted efforts

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GARCIA – DESCHACHT : a symphony in wood!

chawm — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 04:49:51 +0000

GARCIA – DESCHACHT – if music be the food of love, then play on, turn a pen! “GARCIA – DESCHACHT” is a team formed by Andy Deschacht and Laura Garcia Belli, partners in creative work and in life. This couple started by following different individual professional/artistic paths: Laura as an opera (soprano) singer, Andy as

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Kaweco for the Nine Nights of Navaratri

chawm — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 04:22:00 +0000

Kaweco and the Durga Puja of my life! On Vijaya Dashami, the Goddess Durga will slay the buffalo demon Mahishashura, marking the eternal victory of good over evil. The day will also mark the return journey of the Goddess Uma – Durga’s incarnation as the daughter in Bengal – back to her husband, Lord Shiva’s

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