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The Sunday Shopper For February 5th, 2012

Dan Smith — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:34 +0000

This weeks Sunday Shopper features 14 pens with an overwhelming majority of vintage goodness. Check out the good deals, awesome nibs, and unique pens that FPGeeks has hand selected for you.

Geek of the Week – Brian Gray

Eric Schneider — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:59 +0000

Brian Gray; husband, father, musician, woodworker, photographer, and Mr. Edison Pen Company himself, sits down for a virtual tête-à-tête with Fountain Pen Geeks. Make some popcorn and dim the lights, then sit back and enjoy getting acquainted with one of the great penmakers of our time.

Conway Stewart + Carbon Fiber = Me Needing to Sell a Kidney

Dan Smith — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:47:26 +0000

Conway Stewart is seriously upping the ante with this new Collectors Club exclusive. Using the Churchill as the base, they’ve overlaid hand-wrapped carbon fiber on the cap and barrel and accented the pen with a silver plated beryllium copper clip. The pen uses a screw-in converter filling system that also works with cartridges and features [...]

Lamy Studio Fountain Pen – The Awesome Review

Dan Smith — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:00:37 +0000

If this pen were a movie, it would be: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

Richard Binder No Longer Accepting Pens For Repair or Nib Customization!

Dan Smith — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:46:33 +0000

Big changes coming down the line at RichardsPens.com. Check out the full details inside.

FPGeeks Podcast Episode #10

Eric Schneider — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:00:08 +0000

Secret Ninjas Protect the Crown!

Check Out These 4 Custom Fountain Pens and Vote For Your Favorite

Dan Smith — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:24:59 +0000

Indy~Pen~Dance is a website that features many hand made products revolving around pens. They also carry a wide variety of pen turning tools and materials, some of which are very interesting! They’re hosting a poll on their Facebook page that I think we should all participate in. Indy~Pen~Dance gave four very [...]

The New Prelude Signature Collection Adds to Sheaffer’s Already Impressive Line

Dan Smith — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:00:52 +0000

As this post goes live, representatives from Kenro Pens are showing off the new Sheaffer Prelude Signature Collection at the New York International Gift Fair. This will an addition to their standard line of Prelude pens and will not be a replacement. The new Prelude Signature pens will be the same size as [...]

Book Review – Collectible Stars: Montblanc Writing Instruments From 1946 Until 1979

Dan Smith — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:08:10 +0000

Collectible Stars is a great book for anyone interested in Montblanc pens from 1946 to 1979. It features 92 full color pages of over 600 pens in a hard cover format. If you have a question about a Montblanc pen, this book will start you in the right direction.