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    Default Re: just some pen pics from time to time...

    very nice! especially that cool flare out on the tail of the pen!

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    Yes, love that tail.
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    Default Re: just some pen pics from time to time...

    sometimes, time just goes by...


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    Default Re: just some pen pics from time to time...

    hourglasses are dangerous for me to have... I could waste soooooooo much time just watching them... :P

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    Default Re: just some pen pics from time to time...

    Quote Originally Posted by Igraine View Post
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    I was cleaning out a kitchen cabinet and came across this flower “frog” (I think that is what they are called - you see them at flea markets and thrift stores all the time) and it actually makes a decent pen stand, for lighter weight and small to medium size pens.
    I very much like your statue of Guanyin.

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    Quote Originally Posted by INeedAFinancialAdvisor View Post
    hourglasses are dangerous for me to have... I could waste soooooooo much time just watching them... :P
    that's exactly what I do. the one shows half an hour, and the other 15 minutes.
    If I reverse them at the same time, the sand in one has passed through exactly when the other has reached the middle...

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    Quote Originally Posted by christof View Post
    sometimes, time just goes by...

    ...and long may it continue to do so.
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    Great thread all! Keep them coming!

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    Quote Originally Posted by christof View Post
    one of my favourite desk sets: two Waterman's desk pens with RED keyhole nibs and a Waltham 8 days desk watch:






    both, pens wand watch are working flawlessly after more than 80 years!

    I think this set was a gift / award from the Carroon and Reynolds Insurance Co. Here is a little tidbit to go along with your set.

    https://scripophily.net/correycor2.html


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    Default Re: just some pen pics from time to time...

    Quote Originally Posted by Empty_of_Clouds View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Igraine View Post
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    I was cleaning out a kitchen cabinet and came across this flower “frog” (I think that is what they are called - you see them at flea markets and thrift stores all the time) and it actually makes a decent pen stand, for lighter weight and small to medium size pens.
    I very much like your statue of Guanyin.
    Thanks, it was a flea market find, corroded with dirt like it had been buried for a hundred years. It took me forever to chip all the dirt off of it, don’t know anything about it, how old it is…brass, I think. I’m including a pic of another statue that you might appreciate, probably one of my favorite things that I own. It may have been a garden statue at some point.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bisquitlips View Post

    I think this set was a gift / award from the Carroon and Reynolds Insurance Co. Here is a little tidbit to go along with your set.
    As far as I understand the inscription on the metal plate, got H. Ernest Feer this desk set as present from his associates at Corroon & Reynolds.

    H. Ernest Feer by C.M.Z, auf Flickr

    Probably, H. Ernest Feer was an insurance agent, working for Corroon & Reynolds. His roots seems to be Swiss since Feer (also written Fehr) is a Swiss name.
    This NYT article confirms that he came from Zurich, Switzerland:

    https://www.nytimes.com/1975/06/22/a...an-cramer.html

    Somehow, perhaps through his heirs, the set made its way back to Zurich, Switzerland, where I found it. Funny thing!
    Last edited by christof; July 3rd, 2021 at 02:16 PM.

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    [QUOTE=christof;329342]
    Quote Originally Posted by Bisquitlips View Post
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    As far as I understand the inscription on the metal plate, got H. Erneste Feer this desk set as present from his associates at Corroon & Reynolds....
    Apparently, Erneste was always late for staff meetings and appointments, which shifted the work burden onto his associates to take up the slack. They decided to put a clock front and center on Erneste's desk through this gift. Alas, Erneste had always preferred pencils and never looked at the desk pen base and clock, so he continued his tardiness until his return to Switzerland.

    You have a great pen and clock set, Christof!

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    Thank you Fred.

    ... but I will keep in mind what you told me about the BIG desk sets!

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    Default Re: just some pen pics from time to time...

    we do not run out of ink!


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    Quote Originally Posted by christof View Post
    we do not run out of ink!
    Blau??

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    Yes, the kids are using blue ink. But I have another 1 litre bottle of Pelikan 4001 Brillant-Black.

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    Default Re: just some pen pics from time to time...

    Just another pen pic.



    ...well, technically it could be done better. I will try again later.

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    Default Re: just some pen pics from time to time...

    Man I love those Vacumatics...

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    Quote Originally Posted by INeedAFinancialAdvisor View Post
    Man I love those Vacumatics...
    ...there is also an OMAS Extra Lucens on the picture 🤪
    Last edited by christof; July 8th, 2021 at 06:01 AM.

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    Default Re: just some pen pics from time to time...

    And if you turn it through 90 degrees it looks like skyscrapers at night.

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