Welcome to our News and Updates page! This is where we point out major updates to our site, reminders of events and schedules, and mention items and things that we think are interesting or fun. But, not everything added to the site is noted on the News page, so please check our other pages, too, or you may miss something you can't live without! |
In Memory Of Sonya Mawhorter  Our dear friend Sonya Mawhorter passed away suddenly on Saturday, May 3rd. Many of you know Sonya as the bright shining face sitting behind the registration table at the Ohio and Raleigh Pen Shows. Her involvement with the pen community goes back many years and reaches far beyond these two delightful pen shows. Sonya's smiling face, positive attitude, concern for others and a no nonsense get it done approach to all things she undertook served her well and made her a friend to all. Sonya was a very special lady who will be greatly missed. We mourn her passing, but I fully believe that Sonya would want us to celebrate her life, a life that was cut short far too soon.Our deepest sympathies go out to the Mawhorter family. A Memorial Service for Sonya will be held Saturday, May 10, 4PM at Faith United Methodist Church in Zanesville, Ohio. The family has requested in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Ohio League for the Mentally Retarded, Box 215, Delta, OH 43515. |
Please note: - Pendemonium's retail shop in Fort Madison will be closed Friday, May 9 thru Sunday, May 11 while we attend the memorial services for Sonya Mawhorter in Zanesville, Ohio (see above). Emails will be replied to, but order confirmations will not be sent to you until we return. Sonya was a very special person in our lives and it is important to us to pay our last respects. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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May 7, 2008 - Good news for those of you who are ink aficionados! The rights to Greg Clark's Fountain Pen Ink Sampler book have been purchased and the Ink Sampler will again be available .... no pricing info yet and it is still several months down the road, but we thought you'd like to hear it here first! As soon as it is ready for release, you'll be the first to know! |
May 6, 2008 - We thought you might enjoy a mini review and some wonderful photos of the Chicago Pen Show through the eyes of two non-pen people, but dedicated paper people! Check out the links below to Rhodia Drive and Moleskinerie. Rhodia Drive: http://www.rhodiadrive.com/Moleskinerie: http://www.moleskinerie.com/ |
May 3, 2008 - Unusual roller ball from Pilot added to our Vintage and Collectible Pilot-Namiki pens.  Click pen for details |
April 30, 2008 - Autopoint is one a well known pencil maker based out of Janesville, Wisconsin, they're tried and true and made some great pencils over the years. Several vintage Autopoints listed today, including some double enders and a Bell System!  Click pencil for details | |
| We've made additions to our Vintage Ink Bottle selections today. This includes a very nice Sanford's Counter Tester with the lid ... those lids always seem to go missing! |  Click bottle for details |
April 29, 2008 - If you're new to the Pendemonium website today, the thought might
cross your mind as to whether we are a reliable company to do business
with. I wonder this same thing when I visit a website with cool stuff
to order ... should I or shouldn't I? |
April 28, 2008 - Old advertising blotters were once as common as business cards are today. Great illustrations and many times with a good story to tell. Several new ones listed today, including these floral themed advertising blotters from Oklahoma City. They made a nice little gift to tuck in a card for Mother's Day or a special birthday.  Click blotter for details |
April 27, 2008 - We made several updates to our website today! You just never know what might appear on our pen repair supplies page, always good to check this section of the site now and then, especially if you're into the vintage repair side of collecting. Nibs and some Stylo parts freshly listed! Eversharp's Fifth Avenue fountain pens from the late 1940s were
always a love it or hate it pen as far as the looks went. Just a bit
unusual! Also added pencils from the 20s, a Skyline, and several other items!  Click pen for details Don't forget our Cross Pens page, including two 12KT gold filled writing instruments, the 12KT series has
not been in production for a number of years.  Click pen for details It's Parker 51 Pencil-Mania! Ten Parker 51 mechanical and Liquid
Lead pencils have been added to our Parker 51 section.  Click pencil for details We love Victorian era pencils! Very elegant and always just a little unusual. Fascinating to collect, ours are in working order so
you can use them if you wish to.  Click pencil for details Remember our Pen Paraphernalia page is full of our really oddball
stuff! Take a moment and check out the old tin boxes we just listed
that used to hold dip pen nibs, packaging just doesn't come like this
anymore!  Click tin for details |
April 24, 2008 - We are pleased to offer The Art of the Grid tablets by Miquelrius! We test marketed these offbeat tablets in December of 2007 and the response was just incredible! These quirky little tablets each have a little story behind their design. Not only will they help you organize your thoughts, or perhaps just your grocery list, but they are fountain pen ink friendly. Check them out and then try one out, you'll be surprised at how utility and fun come together with Art of the Grid!  Click paper for details |
April 23, 2008 - The latest colors for Private Reserve are now in stock! Be sure to check out Ebony Blue, Ebony Green and Ebony Purple. Rich jewel tone colors that are sure to please.  |
April 22, 2008 - The new issue of Stylus Magazine is here! |
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April 21, 2008 - We've been Spring Cleaning! Check out a one time offer on a group of 25 inkwells we found lurking in storage! 100 Bucks takes them all and even includes shipping in the US! |
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April 19, 2008 - I really did think this was a US Vacumatic at first glance, instead it's a UK Parker with a striking resemblance!  Click pen for details Parker's first cartridge filling fountain pen was the Parker 45 and it was a hit from the start! No longer in production, but these are still very popular pens. We've added a nice clean batch of 45s to the site today. |
April 18, 2008 - Don't miss this special offer on G Lalo air mail stationery. It's hard enough to find air mail stationery at all anymore, no less fountain pen friendly stationery and at a low price, too! |
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April 17, 2008 - Ten new custom ground cursive italic pens have just been listed!  Click pen for details |
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| Venus Renewable Points available! These fit all Esterbrook fountain pens that use renew points and are very smooth writing. |  Click nibs for details |
| We have a very limited supply of Sheaffer Mini Inks in King's Gold and Emerald Green. These sell quickly when we find them! |  Click ink for details |
April 14, 2008 - We've added several pens and pencils to our Sheaffer pen pages today, including Fashion, Legacy, TRZ, and if you worry about losing your pen, one that can't leave, shown below!  Click image for details We have a great price on a Waterman Harmonie black lacque pencil, very beautiful and it just might make the perfect gift for an upcoming grad on your list.  Click image for details |
April 12, 2008 - A great resource for researching vintage pens are old pen show auction catalogues. Chicago had some great auctions over the years. We're pleased to offer a 2003 Chicago Auction Catalogue, we just have one! |
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Definitely a blast into the past! Very unusual Inkmaker Pen Directions and Ink Battery. Not sure what this is? Not to worry, check it out in our Ephemera listings! Also added today, a new set of 2 Duofold signs in our Parker Retail Sales Signs section.  Click image for details | |
| Sengbusch, aside from making innovative inkwells in their day, also made high quality fountain pen nibs. These were sold in small boxes of 12 nibs in a variety of widths. We currently have a few boxes of Sengbusch nibs available, all new old stock and perfect for those of you looking for good replacement nibs for your vintage pen repairs. |  Click nibs for details |
An eclectic group of vintage fountain pens is newly listed, these include Mentmore, John Holland and Morrison. Take a peek at our Miscellaneous Pens page!  Click pen for details | |
April 11, 2008 - Ride 'em Cowboy!! Three wood pen racks are now available in our Pen Storage section, these make the best holders for pens on your desk. One of them even has a wild west pair of cowboy boots on each end of the rack! |
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Made in the Sheaffer factory & used by Sheaffer employees! Wood pen holders are both practical and historical.  Click image for details | |
April 10, 2008 - We've added numerous items to our Dip Pens page today, including dip pens, Esterbrook boxed nibs, assorted boxed nibs, and the Dip Pen and Ink set shown below. Look for the New notations!  Click image for details | |
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If you're into formulating custom ink colors, then these little ink jars are right down your alley! Set of 5 jars for ink mixing and storing your custom colors - only $3. Don't miss the other unusual items offered on our Ink Accessories section of the website! |
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April 9, 2008 - We rounded up a few more of the Pelikan Citroenpers special edition bright yellow fountain pens, plus a couple of vintage Pelikans fountain pens and a neat 1950s Pelikan ballpoint pen. All have been posted to the site today.  Click image for details |
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| We have a few more designs of the Exacompta Nostalgie Journal
available. Check out Provencal, Frank Lloyd Wright May Basket and Frank
Lloyd Wright Guggenheim Museum. Record your thoughts and dreams in a luxurious Exacompta French St. Germain leather journal. Your fountain pens will love the paper, it's very ink friendly! |  Click image for details |
| Are you part of the cult? The Rhodia Cult, that is! Don't miss the new Rhodia items added to our already extensive Rhodia selection today. New LINED (not grid!) tablets in 3 sizes. New TRIANGULAR shaped orange pencils. Do not miss the EXAFOLIO - these are the cat's meow! Michelle loved the Exafolio so much she snagged the first one out of the box! |  Click image for details |
April 8, 2008 - Gas prices got you down? Take a trip down memory lane with a ca. 1960s Yellowstone Park souvenir pencil!  Click image for details Smaller vintage fountain pens, and especially ladies ringtop pens are very collectible and much more affordable than the oversize models. This teeny Lady Webster is quite spiffy!  Click image for details |
April 7, 2008 - If you think there were a lot of different styles of fountain pens made over the years, be prepared when you dip into the world of inkwells, the designs are endless! Take a peek at the two vintage inkwells that we put up for sale today. |
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April 4, 2008 - You can't rock with this particular blotter, but you can roll! |
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April 3, 2008 - Your email carrier hasn't been mean to you! Due to the Atlanta Pen Show, Inky Greetings is on hiatus this week. |
April 1, 2008 - We're not fooling...
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March 31, 2008 - Midnight Madness was sent to subscribers last night, and sold out within hours! To subscribe to our newsletters, click here! |
March 29, 2008 - Old papers always have a good story to tell! Check out our Ephemera section filled with old postcards, ink labels and a whole lot more including two new items added today - a beautiful postcard with filigree pen and some Fount-o-Ink shipping items.  Click image for details |
March 28, 2008 - Art Deco aficionados take note of this unusual desk set! |
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March 27, 2008 - Looking for a nice vintage expressive writing pen? This Waterman Commando has a lovely flexible nib.  Click image for details Pelikan modern pens are one of our favorites for a superb writing experience, but their vintage pens are hard to beat! We have both modern and vintage Pelikans, including the vintage MK10 added to the site today.  Click image for details |
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| Reading and writing always seem to go hand in hand. We have some new reading material on the site today, a few back issues of Pen World and Stylus magazines. Just the thing for an evening by the fire! |  Click image for details |
March 26, 2008 - The third edition of Fischler and Schneider's wonderful book, Fountain Pens and Pencils, The Golden Age of Writing Instruments is now in stock! Updated values, more photos, this is one of THE books to go to for learning about your vintage pens and pencils. |
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March 25, 2008 - We were pretty excited to turn up some black Sheaffer slim cartridges the other day, but now we found some blue ones, too! We don't have a lot, so grab them while they're here! |
March 24, 2008 -Coming Soon!
We'll post ink swashes as soon as they arrive! |
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| The 2008 Stylus Annual is here! It's a pen encyclopedia and wish book all rolled into one! |  Click image for details |
March 22, 2008 - Happy Spring  |
March 22, 2008 - If you thought the Sheaffer Valor fountain pens in classic black were beautiful, take a look at the new colors! Very subtle coloring with a hint of shimmer.  Click image for details |
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March 20, 2008 - Inky Greetings, our e-newsletter, was sent to subscribers this morning. If you'd like to subscribe to Midnight Madness or Inky Greetings, click here! |
March 19, 2008 - A little birdie told us that Lamy will be introducing a new color of AL Star pen - Raspberry! Haven't seen it, but it sounds delightful. Availability expected in Summer 2008. We are pleased to now offer a full selection of replacement nibs for the Lamy Safari, ALStar and Joy fountain pens. Click image for details Sheaffer SLIM Cartridge Alert!! These are just getting tougher and tougher to find. In addition to the brown slim carts we have available, we've just added today some Jet Black slim cartridges. We turned up a decent sized batch, but I know these never last long, so I wouldn't dilly dally if you've been on the hunt for Sheaffer Slim Cartridges! |
March 17, 2008 - May the luck 'o the Irish be with you!  |
March 15, 2008 - The latest issue of Stylus Magazine is hot off the presses! Buy your issue today for just $7, and read great articles on modern and vintage pens! |
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Bargain Grit Paper - One Buck! Limited supplies of 2000 grade grit paper for fine finishing work on pen bodies and nib smoothing. This is just one of many specialized items including Arkansas Stones, Sac Forceps, Section Pliers, Knock Out Blocks, Zip Seal Pen Bags and more that we have available on our Pen Repair Supplies section.  Click image for details | |
March 14, 2008 - Have you tried G. Lalo Verge de France stationery? This elegant stationery is made in an array of colors and formats including tablets, cards and envelopes, allowing you to mix and match for your writing needs. We also have G Lalo Verge de France correspondence sets which are perfect for a short written note. Verge means laid finish, a feel of handmade paper with the appearance of translucent lines running horizontally and vertically in the paper. Your fountain pens will love this ink friendly paper! |
March 13, 2008 - Wax seals were originally used centuries ago as a purely functional item to seal letters or put your elegant mark on important documents. Today, we have gummed envelopes, but people still use wax seals to add a touch of class to correspondence, menus, announcements and official papers. We're pleased to offer J. Herbin sealing wax and seals, some of the finest made. We hope you'll take a peek at our selection including two new seals added to our offerings today. |
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March 11, 2008 - The new J. Herbin ink colors have arrived! We now have available in bottles only (cartridges still to come): Larmes de Cassis, a burgundy with purple tones, Rouge Bourgogne, a red with slightly pink undertones, Rouille D'Ancre, a brown with pink undertones, and Vert Empire, a beautiful dark green with just a hint of blue tones. Click image for larger version. |
| Looking for REAL blotting paper? You've come to the right place! We've always carried white heavy grade 110LB blotting in packs of 4 sheets, but now we also have this available in larger quantities. Good for those of you who use lots of blotting paper, nice savings, too in the new 25 or 50 count packs. |
March 10, 2008 - We have just a few Parker Insignia Sets in a sleek stainless steel finish that is now out of production. Think ahead to graduation time, these would make a nice gift. Great price on these while they last!  Click set for details |
March 7, 2008 - We're pleased to provide custom nib grinding services. Our most popular nib grind is the cursive italic, design to add a little flair to your penmanhip without the learning curve of a traditional sharp italic nib. |
March 6, 2008 - 2008 marks Exacompta's 80th Anniversary of making fine writing papers. If you haven't tried Exacompta, don't miss our special offer on Black Block writing tabets - these are probably the smoothest and most fountain pen friendly tablets we have availalble, but they won't be here forever! Exacompta's Nostalgie Journals are a favorite of many of our customers. Soft, flexible leather look covers hold fountain pen friendly Exacompta French paper which is delightful to write on. We have a new design available, Chinese Calligraphy.  Click journal for details |
March 5, 2008 - A new 3rd edition of Fischler & Schneider's great book, Fountain Pens & Pencils - The Golden Age of Writing is coming soon. This is
referred to amongst pen collectors as the "bible" of pen collecting!
We have a few 2nd editions of this book remaining, while they last,
we've slashed the price in half to make room for the new editions. |
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Thanks to all of you who traveled with us via cyberspace to the LA Pen Show and back again to Fort Madison along the Mother Road! We've moved our LA Pen Show Adventure 2008 Travelogue to our Pen Show section of the website, along with some other past travelogues and our pen show information. | |
March 3, 2008 - Diamine recently introduced 9 new ink colors! These are listed in our Diamine Ink section. We've also added color information on these inks to our Ink Facts page. Sometimes a color swash on your monitor isn't quite the same as a color swash on your next door neighbor's monitor, we like to think the text descriptions we have available for you on our Ink Facts page will help give you a clearer idea of the colors. |
March 1, 2008 - The latest issue of Stylus Magazine has arrived. Lots of good articles, as always, in this issue on modern and vintage fountain pens. My favorite, for obvious reasons, is an article by Greg Clark (of Ink Sampler fame) which includes a chart of inks combining the best pH, water resistance and sun fade characteristics. Number one on that list is Pendemonium's exclusive ink, Legal Lapis! Check out the chart below. |
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February 29, 2008 - Looking for pen parts? We have lots of different odds and ends that are helpful for those of you who are into vintage pen repair. Added today are some Sengbusch replacement nibs, new old stock and in new condition. |
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February 28, 2008 - Inky Greetings was sent to subscribers this morning. If you'd like to subscribe to Midnight Madness or Inky Greetings, click here! 2008 marks Clairefontaine's 150th Anniversary. That's a lot of years to be in the fine paper business! Give your pens a treat, if you haven't tried Clairefontaine before, now is the time! |
February 26, 2008 - Inkwell collectors take note! Jack Wiedabach's entire inkwell collection of over 2,000 inkwells and inkstands will be auctioned through Schrager Auction Galleries Ltd. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin beginning March 9, 2008 at 12:01 a.m. CST. The sale will be on the web, full details forthcoming: www.schragerauction.com Jack's collection was extensive, and was featured in many articles in The Society of Inkwell Collectors journal, The Stained Finger and other popular antiques newspapers and magazines. While of course, we'd love for you to purchase all your vintage inkwells right here at Pendemonium |
February 25, 2008 - We got back in for our LA Adventure and the Los Angeles Pen Show on Friday evening. No matter how much we like to explore the byways, it is always so very nice to be back home again. As Dorothy from Oz-Land (which we did drive through) said, "There's no place like home". Resa and Michelle kept things moving along very smoothly while Frank and I were away. Many orders went out ahead of schedule. Now we'll all delve in and get the tail end of things caught up and make some frequent visits to the post office. We expect to have the bulk of your orders placed while we were away into the mail on February 25 and 26. To all of you, we appreciate your orders and your patience. And to those of you who visited us at the LA Pen Show - a big thanks! This year's LA show was our best ever and we have you to thank for that. The show is also an awfully lot of fun, and goodness knows a little dose of warmth this winter was most welcome! The last day of our Travelogue is up now. I know many of you followed along with us on our journey because you told me so in LA. Hope you enjoyed the cyber-travels, it's nice to have friends along on our travels.
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February 23, 2008 - If you are new to vintage pen repairs, selecting the right size
sac for your pen can sometimes be an overwhelming task. |
February 20, 2008 - J. Herbin inks have been in continual production since 1670 making them the oldest ink company today. We offer a wide range of Herbin's vegetable dye based fountain pen inks available in a rainbow of colors. Herbin inks come in a vintage styled bottle, complete with a pen rest across the front to hold your favorite pen. |
February 18, 2008 - Since it is presidential election year in the US, we wanted to remind you about Diamine's Presidential Blue ink! This is a strong deep blue. Perfect for Democrats or Republicans!! |
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February 16, 2008 - The best way to have your morning coffee is in a collector's pen show mug! |
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February 15, 2008 - Greetings from Manhattan Beach, California, home of the Los Angeles Pen Show. This is the 20th anniversary for the LA Pen Show and it is one of the largest in the world. We hope that those of you in the area will stop by this weekend for a good dose of pens, ink and networking with your fellow pen aficionados. Our LA Adventure Travelogue is up and running, be sure to take a peek if you haven't already been traveling with us via cyberspace to LA. We hope to get some good photos at the show to put on the Travelogue over the weekend, that way if you really can't make the show, we hope you'll enjoy it remotely. Have a great weekend!
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February 14, 2008 - An Eversharp/Parker fountain pen, this pen is what turned into
the Parker 45. Check it out!  Click pen for details |
February 12, 2008 - Sheaffer's late 1980s - early 1990s Nostalgia fountain pens were
based on an original Sheaffer filigree design from the 1920s. We have
one of the newer ones available and it's easy on your pocketbook, too!  Click pen for details |
February 10, 2008 - Pendemonium is on the road to the Los Angeles Pen Show! Some of you may remember our fortunate antique hunting find of the new old stock Parker 51s on our 2007 journey to LA. I hope we'll find some good pens and related items for you while we're on the road this year, too! Just before we hit the road, we did acquire a nice batch of some new old stock and other very minty Sheaffer Snorkels, some in original boxes. No time to list them on the website, but they're traveling with us to LA! Do stop by our exhibit in LA and check these out. All are in working order and there are some unusual colors in the batch, too! I took a quick scan of the non-boxed Snorkels before we headed out this morning.
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February 8, 2008 - We added 5 new parts lots to our Repair Supplies section of the site today. If you're into repairing your vintage pens and pencils, we hope you'll stop in and visit this rather obscure section of our website with all sorts of parts and also pen repair supplies like pen sacs, o-rings, orange shellac and silicone grease. |
February 7, 2008 - Inky Greetings, our e-newsletter, was sent to subscribers this morning. Please note that Inky Greetings will be on hiatus due to Los Angeles show travels, and will return on February 28th. Midnight Madness will continue as usual. To subscribe to our newsletters, click here! Postcards! We'll be starting our LA Pen Show Adventure on Sunday, February 10th. One of our favorite things to do while we travel to and from LA on old Route 66 is to send picture postcards. Not the email kind, real ones with a stamp and a note written with a fountain pen. We'd love to send one to you! Email us with your name and address and then watch your mailbox for a postcard from Pendemonium. |
February 6, 2008 - Today is a big ink day! The new ink colors from Diamine are in stock, and ready to ship! Private Reserve has retired the color Tangerine Dream. We are sold out of Tangerine Dream in bottles. We still have a small supply of cartridges, but when these are sold, there will be no more! We've now received our full shipment of all the new Noodler's Ink colors and we're fully stocked on all of your other favorite colors, too! Check out the latest from Noodler's: Heart of Darkness, Nikita, Baystate Blue, Dragon's Napalm and X-Feather.  | |
The Los Angeles Pen Show is Feb 15-17, 2008. Hope to see you there! We're always pleased to bring along special requests to our customers at the show. We can't bring the entire shop along with us, even though we do bring quite a bit of it! If there is a particular item or especially if you want to get certain ink colors at the show, drop us an email by the end of the day on Friday, Feb 8th and we'll pack it up and make a personal delivery for you at the LA Pen Show. | |
February 5, 2008 - In case you've been following, and I know some of you have!,
we've been back into that box of old pencil leads again today. |
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February 4, 2008 - For those of you who do lots of pen repairs, we now have 10 packs of pen sacs available at a considerable savings over buying them individually. We carry 14 different size sacs in stock, plus 3 sizes of diaphragms for Parker vacumatic fillers and 2 sizes of Ink Vue sacs for Waterman Ink Vue fountain pens. |
February 2, 2008 - Due to popular demand, we now have listed on the website the
Platinum Preppy Highlighters and Fountain Pens as an Eyedropper fill
model. These are retrofitted with an o-ring and silicone grease to
prevent leakage. Fill with your favorite ink, and you can write for a
very long time!  Click pen for details There's nothing better than seeing & touching all these pens live and in person, not to mention getting together with your fellow pen collectors. Check out our Pen Show listings and find a show near you to attend! We'll see ya'll at the LA Pen Show February 15-17, 2008. |
February 1, 2008 - Coming soon from Noodlers:  This is undoubtedly THE brightest, bluest ink Noodler's has created yet! The beautiful blue (it really is a standout!) is based on the color of Colonial Blue Ink made in the mid-1940s. The new Noodler's Baystate Blue is a little different from most of the other Noodler's inks. It is NOT bulletproof, but does have a high degree of water resistance. It is NOT pH Neutral like all of the other Noodler's Inks. Ph is 8-9 range It is suggested that you do NOT mix this ink with other inks Baystate Blue is also much more prone to staining than other Noodler's inks which tend to rinse well, especially bulletproof ones. It has a fabulous label, one of my favorites thus far!  Also coming soon, check out Dragon's Napalm and X-Feather Black now listed on our extensive Noodler's Ink section. |
January 31, 2008 - We have a new pen inspection light! Every bit as good, if not
better than the Streamlight we carried for years, plus the new LED light
is about a third of the price of a Streamlight. Super bright white
light on a flexible shaft - you can see clearly into a pen barrel and
you can also see all the ink stains inside your cap! No pen repair
person should be without this in their pen repair kit.  Click pen light for details |
January 30, 2008 - Just in! A large shipment of our popular ballistic nylon pen cases! Made by pen collectors for pen collectors! |
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New from Noodlers - Now in Stock! Heart of Darkness Bulletproof Black ink in a large 4.5oz bottle with free pen!  AND Nikita Bright Fire Engine Red, also in a large 4.5oz bottle with free pen!  NOTE: Several more new Noodler's inks are enroute to us and should be arriving any day now - Bay State Blue, Dragon's Napalm and X-Feather. | |
January 28, 2008 - Esterbrook Fans Take Note! We have listed a new batch of Renew Points that just came in. This includes some hard to find points in the 9000 series - flexxies, stubs and broads amongst others. Quantities are very limited! |
January 26, 2007 - The perfect little gift for your friends who are readers and writers! Our woven Turkish bookmarks are very elegant and make a nice little present to tuck into a book, pen box or with the next letter you write to a friend. |
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January 25, 2008 - Two UK Parkers have crossed the pond to our Parker Pen listings!  Click pen for details |
January 24, 2008 - Several British pen makers offered metal pen pockets for their early clipless fountain pens. We have a nice one from Conway Stewart with the elegant Conway Stewart logo on the front of the clip. |  Click pen pocket for details |
| Save money on your Sheaffer Snorkel, Touchdown, PFM and Vacuum Filler repairs! We now have o-rings, point seals, packing gaskets and closure washers available in bulk packs of 10. |
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January 23, 2007 - See No Evil - Hear No Evil - Speak No Evil. Put this vintage penwiper on your desk and you'll be reminded of these words to live by every time you sit at your desk! |
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 We can mail a real paper certificate to you or the recipient or send one electronically! Available in any denomination. Just enter Item No. GC and the dollar amount on our order form and your shopping will be complete! |
January 23, 2008 - The Writing Instrument Manufacturers Assn sponsors National Handwriting Day each year in conjunction with John Hancock's birthday. Those of you reading this already know that the art of handwriting is not lost! So, if I may be so bold, I suggest you get out your favorite fountain pen and your best stationery and write a letter to someone who hasn't caught on to this quite yet. Remind them that while computers are great, nothing beats receiving a handwritten letter. If you're lucky, you just might get a handwritten letter in return!  |
January 21, 2008 - Today, January 21, 2008 is Martin Luther King Day in the US. The quote below is from King's "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963. Wherever you may be in the world, don't take your freedom for granted - Let Freedom Ring. "Let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring—when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children—black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics—will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!" |
January 18, 2008 - Monday, January 21, 2008 is Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday in the US. Banks and most government offices will be closed, including the US Postal Service. For us that means no shipping on Monday. Orders placed after about 8PM CST on Thursday, January 17th will be shipped on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. Thanks for your patience and for those of you who have the day off on Monday - enjoy! 
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Our dear friend and colleague, Charles "Buck" Van Tine of Chillicothe, Illinois passed away on January 15, 2008. Buck and his wife Sandy were active members of the pen community, but their true passion was collecting inkwells. I'm sure some of you had the pleasure of meeting Buck at a pen show or perhaps at a Society of Inkwell Collectors convention in the past. Buck was Executive Director of the Society of Inkwell Collectors from 2002 through 2007.Our condolences to Sandy and family. We'll miss you, Buck. |
January 17, 2008 - Classic Pen's CP series pens are always a small work of art on a pen. The CP4 Washington is no exception with very intricate Murelli
engraving on a sterling silver Legacy fountain pen. This one is
without box and paperwork and priced very reasonably.  Click pen for details |
January 17, 2008 - Sorry, no Inky Greetings for our subscribers today, January 17th! Ya'll
have been keeping us mighty busy and I apologize that we got a little
behind and just didn't quite pull together this week's Inky Greetings as
nicely as we wanted to. Not to worry, we'll have a great issue for you
next week!
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January 16, 2008 - Sunny looking pen! Around these parts in the Midwest, we need sunny things this time of year  Click pen for details |
January 14, 2008 - Midnight Madness was sent to subscribers last night. To subscribe to our newsletters, click here! |
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| We couldn't put in in with the Letter Openers, nor the Pencil Sharpeners, nor the Erasers because it is all 3 items in one! Where else but our eclectic pen paraphernalia page on the website! |  Click 3-in-1 for details |
| PLEASE NOTE: Tangerine Dream ink made by Private Reserve is currently unavailable due to production problems. |
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January 12, 2008 - Ephemera provides us with a look back into the past at papers
that should have been tossed, but were not! We've updated this section
of our website with a few new items today. Hope you'll take a peek!  Click bond for details |
January 10, 2008 - Inky Greetings, our e-newsletter, was sent to subscribers this morning. To subscribe to our newsletters, click here! |
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| The ultimate in smooth writing - Exacompta Black Block pads. Limited supplies available, so don't delay! |  Click pad for details |
January 9, 2008 - Waterman Hundred Year pens from the 1930s have a distinctive art
deco style unlike any other pen made during that period. The Canadian
model we've listed today has an exceptionally flexible nib and is in
great condition.  Click pen for details |
January 7, 2008 - Our Parker Pens section of the website has a new pen today - a hard to find Parker WindowJotter.  Click pen for details |
January 5, 2008 - G Lalo's Velin Nacre correspondence card sets will add a bit of shimmer to your notes. Ink friendly and very smooth to write on! |
 Click notecards for details |
January 4, 2008 - Have you checked in our Pen Paraphernalia section lately? If
you're looking for writing collectibles that are just a little bit off
the beaten path, this is the place to be! Some old erasers listed today
in great packaging.  Click box for details |
January 2, 2008 - We've listed some recent, but now out of production, colors and
styles of Sheaffer ViewPoint and Tag A Long fountain pens and
ballpoints. Always reliable and fun pens to use.  Click pen for details |
January 1, 2008  Happy New Year! All of us at Pendemonium extend our best wishes to all for a healthy, happy and prosperous year in 2008. We sincerely appreciate your business in 2007 and look forward to serving your writing needs in the new year. Cheers! Sam Frank Michelle Resa |
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SPECIAL OFFERS! |
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We periodically post special offers on several different internet pen boards. Look for unusual items, new stuff, extra special specials and just some plain old good deals!
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PEN COLLECTORS of AMERICA |
The PCA is the only organization in America devoted entirely to collectors of vintage pens and related items. Members of the PCA receive the PENnant newsletter three times a year. The PENnant is filled with informative and authoritative articles. Membership also gives you access to the PCA's Reference Library. The Reference Library keeps an archive of hundreds of old catalogs, brochures and other ephemera. For complete information, visit the new PCA website at http://www.pencollectors.com |
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