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Christmas Gifts for the Aspiring Writer

 You need to buy a gift for a writer.  But what do you buy them?  You have no idea what to get them!  It is not like you own a publishing house so that you could get all their works into the bookstores...

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A Brief History of Onoto Pens

In the autumn of 1905 Thomas De La Rue & Co Ltd of 110 Bunhill Row, London EC1 launched the first self filling fountain pen guaranteed not to leak - the Onoto Patent Self-Filling Pen. It was unique. .A new...

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Gift Ideas for Grandmas and Grandpas

Whether it is Christmas, birthday or other occasions, you may be at a loss as to what gift to give your grandparents. Here are some terrific gift ideas that might help.   At this stage in their life...

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Montblanc Watch, Ballpoint Pen and Fountain Pen77

Montblanc Price

First of all, what is Montblanc and what do they sell? Montblanc is a Germany manufacturer of high quality writing instruments and since a few years ago the product range has been increased with writing...

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Rotring Fountain Pens

Rotring were established in 1928 when they created the first fountain pen without a conventional nib. Their 'Tiku' or 'Inkograph' Rotring became the market leading technical drawing pen. The pen was an ink...

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Facts About Sheaffer Fountain Pens

Walter Sheaffer formed a part of American Industrial History, being one of the 'Big Four' pen makers of the 20th century. Nowadays this great company continues manufacturing under the name of French BIC,...

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George Washington Carver 77

Who Invented What Amazing Facts That May Surprise You

Inventions, what would we do without them? Imagine living in the 1700 and 1800's there certainly wasn't any computers, motor vehicles, televisions, malls, washers, dryers, or dishwashers. If we wanted to keep...

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Antique Fountain Pens

Avalon Pens is proud to offer a plethora of different types of Founatin Pens. Since we have so many pens it may be overwhelming the first time you step into our store. But have no fear, we will help you...

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Pelikan Pen's Special Edition Series

The Pelikan Special Edition Series is an ambitious project initiated by the Pelikan Pen Company to create a visually pleasing, as well as extremely functional, series of fountain pens.

2 comments    shopping fountain pens
An Onoto ad from the USA 1909 showing the plunger-filler Onoto72

Ink-redible - the fountain pen that writes after 70 years on the sea bed

Onoto British-made pens have a long-standing reputation for quality, but a recently discovered example of one of their earliest pens takes the prize for outstanding durability – it writes perfectly after...

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