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Doane & Rhodia Paper Review

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If I want to write with nice pens, I am going to want to write on nice paper. My main issue was fretting that cheap paper is going to accumulate microscopic paper muck in my fountain pen nibs and clog same. To that end I decided to find paper to bring to work with me, […]

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Philadelphia Pen Show

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The Philadelphia pen show was all that I could have hoped for! In addition to the pens as far as the eye could see, I found that pen show folks are very friendly and colorful and most importantly welcoming to newbies. After lunch at local watering hole Tir Na Nog (very tasty), my friends and […]

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Pelikan Pharo

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I stumbled into a great pen the other day, thanks to amazing happenstance and Jack’s quick mind for trivia. Sometimes we attend a weekly social event (called Tea) wherein there is a trivia prize, and this week I walked in all full of pen talk and our friend David and I were merrily talking pens, […]

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Sailor Professional Gear Fountain Pen

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Under my tree this year sat, in a small unassuming package beneath all the presents I’d wrapped, my Christmas present from mom & dad. I threw several options at dad after he called my amazon wish list “anemic” (how dare he! I have carefully cultivated it to include hundreds of items!) to see if I […]

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