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25 Years of the Levenger True Writer
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25 Years of the Levenger True Writer

The new Anniversary Origins collection celebrates the True Writer's silver anniversary, but its origins are over a century old.

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6 mins  |
April 2024
Fontoplumo: Filling a Need
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Fontoplumo: Filling a Need

Frank van Krieken turned a hobby into a pen store, and he is spreading the gospel across the globe.

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5 mins  |
April 2024
The Ohio Pen Show
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The Ohio Pen Show

Begun more than 25 years ago, the Columbus, Ohio, Pen Show is one of the most respected among all North American pen shows.

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1 min  |
February 2024
These Snakes Don't Bite
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These Snakes Don't Bite

The new BENU Viper Collection finds inspiration in the sinuous bodies of three snakes.

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5 mins  |
February 2024
A Fountain Pen Scribe's Ode to a Typewriter
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A Fountain Pen Scribe's Ode to a Typewriter

I stood there, just 15, clutching a $30 check from a magazine for something I'd written, the first ever for my writing, growing dizzy with images in my head of where I needed to be.

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5 mins  |
February 2024
Introducing LeatherLuxePH
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Introducing LeatherLuxePH

Raymund Nino Bumatay creates high-end leather pen cases with Filipino pride.

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4 mins  |
February 2024
Anderillium Flies on Gossamer Wings
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Anderillium Flies on Gossamer Wings

This family-run ink brand proves you don't have to be big to have a big impact.

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6 mins  |
August 2023
Apprentice to Journeyman to Master
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Apprentice to Journeyman to Master

Since the turn of the century, Penlux's Kevin Hsu has been mastering his craft.

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6 mins  |
August 2023
A Consumer's Guide to Paper From Vol. 22, No. 4 (April 2009)
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A Consumer's Guide to Paper From Vol. 22, No. 4 (April 2009)

On average, the American consumer uses nearly 700 pounds of paper yearly. A portion of that is attributed to newspapers, phone books, product packaging, and other uses where quality is of little importance, but when it comes to writing paper, it can be useful to know a bit about the various options-from the basic to the most luxurious.

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4 mins  |
June 2023
Paul Fisher's Mission
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Paul Fisher's Mission

The Fisher Space Pen is inarguably the most well-traveled pen in the galaxy, invented in the middle of the last century by a man of great determination and vision.

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6 mins  |
June 2023
Testing the New Tomoe River
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Testing the New Tomoe River

When production of this beloved Japanese paper moved to a new company, fans worried it wouldn't be the same, and they were right: it might be even better now.

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5 mins  |
June 2023
Finding Inspiration in the Primordial
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Finding Inspiration in the Primordial

The New Kanilea Pen Co. Kilauea Kai collection captures the Hawaiian volcano's power to both destroy and renew.

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7 mins  |
June 2023
Summer Solstice, Soulful Summer
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Summer Solstice, Soulful Summer

In Japan, the changing of the seasons is a time for celebration and festivity, and solstices and equinoxes are especially revered.

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7 mins  |
June 2023
S.T. Dupont: 150 Years of Innovation, Joy, and Light
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S.T. Dupont: 150 Years of Innovation, Joy, and Light

A new ultra-luxury collector's set, a U.S.-exclusive collection, and a flagship model promise 150 more years of greatness for the French maison

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7 mins  |
April 2023
From Shoebox to Field Guide
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From Shoebox to Field Guide

How a casual collection of Sheaffer pencils inspired a comprehensive catalog (excerpted from the foreword to A Field Guide to Sheaffer's Pencils)

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3 mins  |
April 2023
The Parker T-1, Part II
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The Parker T-1, Part II

By 1971, it was clear that the \"space age\" Parker T-1 titanium-bodied fountain pen was a manufacturing nightmare. Typical Parker ingenuity saved the day

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4 mins  |
April 2023
On Fountain Pens and Lemurs
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On Fountain Pens and Lemurs

Lemur Ink online shop unites John Phelan's two passions: fountain pens and ring-tailed lemurs

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4 mins  |
April 2023
S.T. Dupont: 150 Years of Innovation, Joy, and Light
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S.T. Dupont: 150 Years of Innovation, Joy, and Light

A new ultra-luxury collector's set, a U.S.-exclusive collection, and a flagship model promise 150 more years of greatness for the French maison

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6 mins  |
April 2023
Stylish Styluses for Analog and Digital Notebooks
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Stylish Styluses for Analog and Digital Notebooks

On February 27, 2023, Amazon launched its latest update for the Kindle Scribe e-reader and digital notebook. In addition to enhanced notebook organization, the latest update for the Kindle features enhanced stylus writing options

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2 mins  |
April 2023
Trends in 2023
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Trends in 2023

Van Gogh with the flow! The new collection of Visconti Van Gogh fountain pen inks are the perfect companion to the Italian brand’s popular line of fountain pens inspired by works of the Dutch master painter.

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December 2022
RETRO 51'S ROCKETEER COLLECTION BLASTS OFF!
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RETRO 51'S ROCKETEER COLLECTION BLASTS OFF!

A new collaboration from the makers of the Tornado honors the 40\" anniversary of The Rocketeer comic book series.

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5 mins  |
December 2022
Diplomat and the Nexus of History
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Diplomat and the Nexus of History

As Diplomat’s marks its 100“ anniversary, new releases in 2022 and 2023 prove its future is as bright as its past.

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6 mins  |
December 2022
The Great War and the Trench Pen: Part II
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The Great War and the Trench Pen: Part II

The first trench pens did the job and did it well, but what would life be without competition?

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5 mins  |
December 2022
The Great War and the Trench Pen:Part II
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The Great War and the Trench Pen:Part II

The first trench pens did the job and did it well, but what would life be without competition?

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1 min  |
December 2022
John and Jon, Modern and Vintage
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John and Jon, Modern and Vintage

Two makers with very different techniques create a new kind of pen and pencil set.

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2 mins  |
December 2022
Graceful, and Award-Winning, Envelopes
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Graceful, and Award-Winning, Envelopes

In 2022, the Washington D.C. Calligrapher Guild's annual Graceful Envelope Contest invited contestants to send their \"Greetings and Salutations.

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1 min  |
December 2022
2022 Pen Artisan Guild Award
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2022 Pen Artisan Guild Award

The first annual Orlando Pen Show, which took place September 8 to 10, 2022, was well attended by artisan pen makers.

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2 mins  |
December 2022
Pen Heaven's Virtual, Pearly Gates
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Pen Heaven's Virtual, Pearly Gates

The London-based pen shop gives customers across the globe a uniquely comprehensive online retail experience.

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4 mins  |
October 2022
ILeft My Pen in San Francisco
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ILeft My Pen in San Francisco

Over 100 vendors were present for the 2022 San Francisco International Pen Show, once again held at the Grand Bay Hotel formerly Hotel Pullman) the last weekend in August.

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1 min  |
October 2022
Still the SuperShow (August 5-8)
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Still the SuperShow (August 5-8)

The Washington D.C. Fountain Pen SuperShow returned to the Marriott Fairview Park in Falls Church, Virginia the first week in August.

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1 min  |
October 2022

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