Perry and Co. must be even more livid...
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Apparently that's from 1893, so pre-dates the Blue-Dew just a leetle bit.
Honestly, I see these things and it looks like a dip nib, walks like a dip dip and quacks like a dip nib, so I'm genuinely confused why anyone would think it's not a dip nib?
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