April 30, 2012 - L.E. Waterman invented one of the first practical and commercially popular fountain pens. The Waterman Pen Co. is still going strong today over 125 years later. We've listed some additions to our Waterman writing instrument offerings today from the 1950s and the early 1990s.

April 26, 2012 - White Dot Day! Over 30 vintage Sheaffer fountain pens, ballpens and mechanical pencils just listed, plus some great Sheaffer memorabilia. Early cartridge filler fountain pens, Stylist, Balance, Fineline, Legacy, Targa, Fashion, Reminder clip ballpoint pens and more! Look for our "new" notations as you browse.

April 23, 2012 - Eversharp Fountain Pens, Mechanical Pencils and even a cool vintage and working early ballpoint for you today. It's hard to go wrong with an Eversharp!

April 19, 2012 - Step back in time, think about what you're writing and dip into history! New additions to our antique dip pen offerings today.

April 17, 2012 - Fountain pen purists always use a rocker blotter!

April 16, 2012 - We have some great pieces of pen-ink-writing related ephemera for you today. Click on the Jet-o-Matic display below and prepare to take a little trip down memory lane.

April 12, 2012 - Plan ahead! We'll have both the Conway Stewart and Waterman books available at the Chicago Pen Show. Both of these books detail extensive history and are filled with magnificent color photos of their respective brands of fountain pens and related ephemera. Serious pen collectors should have both of these books in their pen reference library! Learn more about the books in our Pen Reference Books aisle right here on the website and then email your reservation. We'll deliver to you at the Chicago Pen Show and you'll save on shipping.

April 9, 2012 - Fuel for your older mechanical pencils! Lots of Sheaffer 1.1mm leads added today, plus some nifty Autopoint Hektograph Intense Purple leads.

April 6, 2012 - Soooo, just how did people cut that goose quill so that it wrote so exquisitely? They used one of these!

April 4, 2012 - If the steel factories in Birmingham had failed to discover how to manufacture steel dip pen nibs at a price affordable to the average writer in the 1840s, we would not have these amazing John Mitchell's pens for you today. Still very affordable!

April 3, 2012 - As I write this we're enroute back to Fort Madison from the Arkansas Pen Show.

The pen show was fabulous and just the right mix of great pens, wonderful pen people and amazing hospitality from all of the folks responsible for the Arkansas Pen Show. Thanks to Fern and all of the people in the Arkansas Pen Club who made this show happen.

Aside from some nice pen purchases at the show, we have been pen hunting on the way down to the show and are doing so on the way home, too. Great finds at so many antique stops in the Ozarks, this area does not lack for antique shops and flea markets, they're everywhere. Someone has to rescue all this old writing equipment, might as well be us!

We'll be back in Fort Madison sometime Tuesday and will resume shipping on Wednesday as well as open up the retail shop again.

Great to see those of you who stopped by the Arkansas Pen Show this past weekend!

April 2, 2012 - We're continuing to get caught up and have listed more Sheaffer pens and a cool Sheaffer Salesman Sample case today. Vintage models include: Les Sport, Lifetime Flat Tops, Balance, Fineliner, Triumph and others.