A new pen arrived yesterday. Meet my new Pelikan M800, pictured here with a few other pens in my collection. From left: Danitrio maki-e, Pelikan M800, Pelikan M450, Pelikan M200, Parker Vacumatic, Parker 51. The Danitrio maki-e is the most expensive pen I own. The pen’s body is handpainted – Maki-e, a Japanese technique involving [...]
I didn’t know the post office delivers on Saturdays! Someone dropped off a package for me this morning. It was most unexpected, and very pleasing, to have this delivered. A steel pen stand, from Melbourne Vintage Pens. These are my favourite pens. Above (left to right): Pilot 78G with a F (Fine) nib, Namiki Vanishing [...]
I’ve been gazing at the pens and stationery on this site – jetpens.com – for way too long this morning. The pens! The pencils! Pencil cases! Brush pens! Oh my goodness! (I could have been reading or writing or doing something productive, but no…) The pen in this picture, for example. Look at all the [...]