Unfortunately this is too common for pen dealers and collectors traveling with a number of valuable pens.  While we don't hear a story like this every show, there are also thefts off of dealer's tables. Pens Worth $40,000 Stolen From Car Parked At Museum Campus Dan Smith, an Iowa fountain pen collector who runs The … Continue reading Seems there’s One Theft at Every Show

Sure wish one of the very few I've lost one way or another over the years would be located. Thief Kieron Barrett, from Cumnor, had stolen Montblanc pen stashed with his belongings in Bicester's Bullingdon Prison A JUDGE has expressed his dismay at police who allowed a stolen pen to be stored with an convict's … Continue reading One Stolen Pen Found

Love this excerpt from the Lancaster Bee's "Out of the Past" segment.  Seems like the impermanence of some fountain pen inks was still an issue a few years back with the introduction of bulletproof inks by Noodler's and other ink manufacturers. In the early 1900's the solution was provided by companies such as Security. • … Continue reading No Bulletproof Ink in 1892

I use my fountain pens on airplanes, the trick being to keep them full and to be prepared that there may be a little mess when I open them. Juan Felipe Herrera On Poetry In Tough Times ...He splatters both figuratively and literally. Herrera does much of his writing these days in airports or on … Continue reading Can Anyone Help U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera?

Item #2 on his list: Fountain pen. I wonder what color ink he prefers. What Bill Nye Can’t Travel Without “I almost always have a fountain pen, and I carry ink for it. I like the clear one from Lamy. If you’re signing somebody’s book or an autograph, it just has a certain charm.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/travel/what-bill-nye-travels-with.html

Not much of a fountain pen story, but I wonder if anyone knows a way to help this author in NortheastTexas retrieve her aunt's German Chocolate Cake recipe. I made the mistake of laying the recipe card on my kitchen cabinet while I was mixing one of these wonderful cakes. Somehow the instruction side of … Continue reading Wet Recipe: Anyone Know Forensics?

I had heard he was a collector, so when I came across this interview how could I not share it?