I was at an antiques trade fair recently, and a few of the sellers had the odd fountain pen here and there. Nothing that caught my eye. But one had a reasonable collection and amongst them I spied a Sheaffer.
Category: Pens
More fountain pens, and a pencil
I’ve been keeping an eye on eBay for more fountain pens recently, and picked up a few bargains (to a greater or lesser extent).
Waterman C/F
In a previous post I mentioned that I had acquired a 1994 Waterman C/F in 9K gold, but the ink sac in the converter had perished and needed replacing. So in this post I will detail stripping the pen down…
More fountain pens
I visited my parents recently and, as I mentioned in my previous post, there were some fountain pens involved in the visit. I had brought my fountain pen collection with me, and showed them to my parents, talking about the…
Jinhao 992
One of the amusing things about buying cheap Chinese pens is that the 6-8 weeks delivery time means by the time they arrive you’ve almost forgotten that you ordered them. Yesterday a pair of Jinhao 992 pens arrived in the…
Baoer 801
After a wait of almost a month, some new pens have just arrived from China. I’ve mainly bought Jinhao and Hero up until now, so the Baoer is a new one on me. This is the Baoer 801 in “Black…
Parker 51 and 61
I was at the Monthly Maltings Market at Farnham a few weeks ago, and was tempted by some fountain pens that a seller had. He is there every month, and I had previously looked at his pens but not bought…
More fountain pens
I visited my parents recently, and had a bit of a pen-fest. First off, my dad gave me his old Sheaffer pen. Some might see this as worn out and beaten up, but to me it is gorgeous wear and…
Sheaffer 440 fountain pen
Following on from my previous post about fountain pens, I was at an Antiques and Collectors fair at Ripley in Surrey last month, and one of the sellers had some fountain pens. He had several Jinhaos and also some Chinese…
Fountain pens
I’ve been getting back into fountain pens in a big way lately. Well, that’s not entirely true – I have never really stopped using them. When working on client sites, I tend to keep a hand written day log and…