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Category: Fountain Pens

Articles on fountain pens and related subjects

Parker 51/61 clones

ChrisRPosted onAugust 4, 2023September 21, 2023

The Parker “51” was the single most successful fountain pen in the history of … well … fountain pens! It stands to reason then that…

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Chinese fountain pens

ChrisRPosted onAugust 4, 2023July 8, 2024

  China has had a long history of fountain pen production btu recently they have cottoned on to the growth in the fountain pen market…

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Vintage & antique ink bottles

ChrisRPosted onJuly 8, 2023July 17, 2023

(a work in progress) In my recent exploration of the world of fountain pens and inks I’ve been collecting a few old British ink bottles…

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Review of fountain pen friendly notebooks

ChrisRPosted onFebruary 28, 2023April 18, 2023

When you fall down the rabbit hole that is fountain pens you quickly learn then it’s not just inks you need to worry about or…

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Fountain pens – first thoughts

ChrisRPosted onFebruary 20, 2023August 4, 2023

  Last year I thought I’d get a cheap fountain pen (Faber-Castell Fresh), just to see what they were like these days as I had…

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