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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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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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Lotus Flood 19 – we shall overcome

chawm — Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:14:59 +0000

Lotus Flood 19, the pen that defies the deluge. How many people have taken up the pen to highlight the bigger issues of global warming and climate change that have manifested themselves through the Mumbai floods? Yes, social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are awash (no pun intended) with self-righteous indignation – but in

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Cross of Love, that I bear in my heart – thank you students of Mass Communications RGU

chawm — Wed, 10 Apr 2019 03:22:21 +0000

Cross Stylo Plume Lustrous Chrome The students had come all the way from the Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU) in Arunachal Pradesh – my students (I am a visiting faculty to their campus and had had the pleasure of interacting with them last summer). Officially, they were on a College excursion, a study tour. They visited

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The Six stages of Fountain Pen Addiction

chawm — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 15:08:35 +0000

Fountain Pen Addiction? Here, take some Ink! I am an addict and my dope is fountain pens. I talk to Montblancs. I caress Benus. I whisper complements to Soenneckens. I raise toasts to Swans. My days are obsessively, compulsively, disorderly strung around fountain pens and at night, I either have happy dreams about them or

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Sniper from ASA – Surgical strike of an academic kind

chawm — Thu, 25 Oct 2018 12:36:49 +0000

Sniper – the weapon of mass creation from ASA pens. ASA calls it the Sniper. And like a sniper, it aims to blend in, picking kills from a-far without blowing its cover. That explains the black matt body. It also explains the hooded nib, obviously an effort to ensure that the least amount of metal

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Monte Rosa 042g – and you thought Montblanc was about only one peak?

chawm — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 06:06:57 +0000

Monte Rosa 042g – a collectable like no other. The Montblanc, particularly the ones with their black resin bodies, gold nibs and trademark white crest resembling the snow-capped peak of the mountain it represents on the finial is much more than a mere fountain pen – it is a status symbol, a silent scream that

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Wancai Mini Swirl – a good pen in a small package?

chawm — Fri, 14 Sep 2018 12:14:01 +0000

The Moonman Wancai Mini has many things going for it. For one its size, which is puny in comparison but when posted – it has threads at the rear which allows the cap to be attached to the main body, giving it a decent size. Threaded in thus, the pen also sports a fair amount

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Penultimate Dave on the ultimate joys of Collecting Fountain Pens

chawm — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 12:22:39 +0000

Meet Dave – the person behind the name Penultimate Dave. Dave has a collection of fountain pens and inks that he has acquired over many years, many of which people would call “grail pens” and reviews the fountain pens in his collection both by posting daily photos on his Instagram channel http://instagram.com/penultimatedave and video reviews

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A passel of Pens and a Pen Widow

chawm — Tue, 21 Aug 2018 14:45:04 +0000

I am a Pen Widow. Yes, I lost my husband to a fountain pen. Many fountain pens to be precise. But I guess, the numbers do not really matter – for if, losing one’s love is bad enough, losing it to an inanimate object with a belly-full of ink and a nib to scratch on paper

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