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
Achyut Palav needs no introduction to the cognoscenti – someone, to whom, “each letter in every script known to man holds an eternal power, an individual beauty in its vertical, horizontal, angular lines, in their continuity…” here, in an exclusive interview to inkedhappiness.com, he talks about calligraphy, his passion, the
Buying Fountain Pens in the net – everything you always wanted to know but didn’t know the url! Finding the right web platform to buy fountain pens seems to be a recurring issue these days – especially for pen lovers who wish to venture beyond the confines of the territorial
The Opus 88 Interview – Michel Hsu talks exclusively to Inked Happiness. The rise and rise of Taiwanese pen maker Opus 88 has been gravity defying. The entity has swiftly moved into the lexicon of discerning fountain pen lovers around the world, established its brand in the discerning space and
Yusuf Mansoor – the grand-daddy of Indian Fountain Pen lovers picks his favourites The average pen lover who wants to possess an India pen is at a huge disadvantage. He / she does not know what to aim for, where to look for, or even how much to shell out
Pilot Fountain Pens my father bought: someday, they’ll put my son’s thoughts on paper The shopkeeper would through a steel-nibbed Japanese Pilot pen on the counter, and like a dart, the pen would stick to the wood, proving conclusively to the awe-struck customers the superior quality of the steel
Fountain Pens : the art of reducing your Carbon footprint. A Fountain Pen is also mightier than the sword as a tool to fight global warming. Oh yes, it is, and I will tell you how you can wield one to stave off climate change. Not reverse its ill effects
Lotus Pens and Arun Singhi are living legends. Ask any fountain pen aficionado and they will swear by his creations, not only enamoured by the sheer aesthetics of the writing instruments that he turns, but also because of their no-nonsense functionality and artistic appeal. Many connoisseurs are even willing to
Proudly Onoto, proudly British! James Boddy is an entrepreneur, born in the 1940s. He joined the merchant navy when he was a young man and attended the same school as Admiral Lord Horatio Neslon, who has always been his hero. James’s connection with Onoto started in 1999 when he acquired 33 tons of
