The Omas Arco Milord is my happy new year pen, ordered online last year as a Sundance Kid dive into Italian celluloid. Celluloid is a turn-of-the-century plastic that was used in pens, jewelry, even dolls – and, in thin strips, as film for the movies. Today it’s mostly used in guitar picks. Acrylic is the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘celluloid’
Omas Arco celluloid overload.
Posted in Fountain Pen, Omas, tagged celluloid, Mottishaw, Omas Arco on January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The contents of the 40-pen case, revealed.
Posted in Fountain Pen, tagged 40-pen case, celluloid on December 16, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I don’t think all of these will stay with me their entire lives. I’m already thinking of selling a couple. (Shhhh. Don’t tell the pens yet. I don’t want them feeling awkward.)
These aren’t all the pens I own, but it’s most of them. The pen case is sturdy, and the elastic bands are wide enough [...]


