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Comment on Pen and paper, Cannes and Paris. by Bookmarks about Cannes

Bookmarks about Cannes — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:30:15 +0000

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Comment on What’s up with the yoyo? by brotheryo

brotheryo — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 22:42:19 +0000

For the younger yo-yo players you must size the string for them. extend the string on the yo-yo. place the yo-yo on the floor and stretch the string in front of the kid without lifting the yo-yo and mark it at their belly button. fold it over and tie a loop that looks like the one on the string. cut off the extra string. any youngster that has a yo-yo string more than one inch above their belley button will need to resize their string. probably one of the most important things a youngster can do when learning to yo-yo.

Comment on What’s up with the yoyo? by beetlebug

beetlebug — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 04:53:55 +0000

Good advice. My wife just turned 40 today so I’ll give it a try. If only I knew how to use a yoyo.

Comment on HMR and the joy of surplus. by leigh

leigh — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:07:35 +0000

Comment on Danitrio Silver Wave. by leigh

leigh — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:52:20 +0000

Hello there! Yes, I got the froggi-e. One can have many pens, and even many frogs, but frogs on pens are a rarity.

Comment on HMR and the joy of surplus. by rroossinck

rroossinck — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:21:19 +0000

Remember…no white before Memorial Day…:-)

Comment on Danitrio Silver Wave. by rroossinck

rroossinck — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:15:22 +0000

So you were the one who got that froggi-e Danitrio!

I loved that pen!

Comment on Ishi-me kan-shitsu, is that you? by caloyabadsantos

caloyabadsantos — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:11:15 +0000

By the way, the Nakaya is so elegant and the nib is awesome!!!

Comment on Ishi-me kan-shitsu, is that you? by caloyabadsantos

caloyabadsantos — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:09:55 +0000

Dear Miss Leigh,

Very nice blog. I stumbled upon your messaages in FPN and I saw that you were from Manila. I checked your profile and it led me to your beautiful website. I’m an ardent pen lover with a very modest set of fountain pens (unlike your humongous and precious collection). I discovered nib customization through Richard Binder years ago when I had my M600 nib repaired and I ordered an oblique M200 steel nib. Since then, I’ve had several pens regrounded to cursive italics and stubs.

Your flexible nibs are awesome and I just love your Spencerian scripts. I’ve been wanting to get a flexy vintage pen but I haven’t gotten one yet. I have been hesitant to order from sites like FPN and Pentrace. Previously, I’ve ordered from Pen City, Pendemonium, Penstoponline, and of course from Richard Binder.

I want to have some nibs regrounded and some pens tweaked and I would like to ask you who to recommend. I’ve only tried Richard Binder but there are others such as “the Mottishaw”, Deb Kinney, Greg Minuskin, Dillon Ang and others. I’ve e-mailed Greg and Dillon and they told me to send my pens. How is your experience with the nibmeisters you’ve tried?

Shipping the pens abroad is quite expensive and the regrinding fees are quite substantial (in equivalent pesos) and it’s difficult to send pens back — hence, I want to get as much info before I send my bunch of pens.

I sincerely hope you can spare some time to feedback.

Just in case, my e-mail address is abadsantos@gmail.com

Best regards.

Comment on Ishi-me kan-shitsu, is that you? by beetlebug

beetlebug — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:42:44 +0000

It was the Molteni Heritage model. Only 22 made or so the barrel says. It’s a duplicate of the 2006 Bexley owners club pen which I aways wanted. The difference is that this one was in a blue marbled material and differed from the two colors the Bexley came in. I was too late in trying to purchase it, someone got ahead of me. C’est la vie. I saw the outletline offerings and some look very nice. However, for reasons that are totally devoid of logic I don’t like cartridge or converter filling pens. It’s probably for the best, I’ve bought a spate of pens recently and I really should slow down. The odd fact is that I don’t have any artistic talent and don’t write many letters. And I’m left handed. And my career has been in printing/publshing which means I should be more concerned with whats on a computer screen. But despite that I still use fountain pens. Maybe I’m just contrary.