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more about pens

Thursday, November 18th, 2004

Sorry bout this, I’m really a pen freak (you can ask anyone who has known me more than 2 days!)… found another great article bout writing & pens… (still can’t sleep — ugh!)
Realised by reading this one, the O in my last post about pen nibs stands for Oblique… interesting.

History of Fountain Pens…

Wednesday, November 17th, 2004

Since I’ve been off ill from work I’ve been kind of bored so I was browsing the net looking for info on Fountain Pens — particularly what the different nib sizes XF F M B BB O OB OBB mean — I know the first five — extra fine to extra bold, but I wanted to know what the O OB OBB meant. And I found this fab website that has a history of fountain pens, as well as an explanation on how to fill various types of pens and storage and cleaning and the nib sizes chart!!! Enjoy!
Luttmanns : Pens — A History

pens fanatics…

Wednesday, November 10th, 2004

I found this interesting website from a fountain pen collector– antiques etc…
have a browse