Ravens March Fountain Pens

Pushing a Vac Around the Place

Dirck — Sun, 13 May 2012 15:55:31 +0000

It’s nearly three weeks since TWSBI announced the release of its new Vac 700, and almost a week that I’ve had one in hand to examine. It is, therefore, long past time that I got a review page put together for it. This has moved me to also work up some steam on other Chinese …

Water World

Dirck — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:58:57 +0000

The ranks of my Waterman pages have been swollen with a full four new pages! Moving chronologically, there’s the Hundred Year Pen (although not, I’m afraid, with pictures of the popular early form of it), the vexing Dauntless, which I reiterate is not a Stalwart, the new-for-1950 Master set for kids on their way back …

Return of the Super Master

Dirck — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:59:15 +0000

Does that not sound like a late ’70′s kung fu film? I have just finished putting together a page for a pen I’ve owned for years, but have only just sorted out the model-name of, the Waterman Super Master. I have also just replaced a long-broken section in that pen, so the return is from …

Gala Gallery Opening

Dirck — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:08:04 +0000

This is not so much an addition to as an expansion of the site; the header now offers Portrait Galleries, where I have moved the chronological mug-books which once sat in the History Department. There are also some other galleries there, including a shameless example of sub-arctic patriotism, and others will follow as I finish …

Belated Happy Anniversary

Dirck — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:45:49 +0000

I’m about 49 years late for the party, but as I’ve only just gotten a Parker 75 (and written up a page for it) I want to wish the 1963 version of the Parker Pen Company a happy seventy-fifth! As the Parker 75 was the company’s gift to itself, I think they made out OK without …

Aurora Borne Upon Us

Dirck — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 15:27:43 +0000

I’ve put together a slightly disappointing maker’s page for Aurora (a word I have remarkable difficulty typing), and a rather better one for that company’s 88. I’ve also added the “Old Timer” sub-model to my coverage of Sheaffer’s protean No Nonsense, and posted sale notices for my Élysée, one of my Skylines, and the Conklin …

What’s in YOUR quiver?

Dirck — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:18:57 +0000

I’ve run up a little page of whimsy; a gallery of the various arrow-shaped clips used by Parker over the years. It’s not much, but it’s new, so it’s news.

Arrow points to IM-proved coverage

Dirck — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:28:48 +0000

In addition to the appearance of reference material for the current version of Parker’s IM, there is an all-new page for their Arrow. All modern Parkers? Can it be I’m getting away from vintage pens? No, it’s mere coincidence of arrivals.

Koh-i-noor Curse Ends!

Dirck — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:59:46 +0000

I noticed in the page stats that yesterday several attempts were made to click on the logo on my Koh-i-noor page that claimed to be a link to the company’s current website. I apologize for the frustration, which my efforts to repair the failure have given me a share of. I don’t know why it …

On the March

Dirck — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 19:17:35 +0000

I’ve added a page regarding the Sheaffer Imperial I, which was the a serious gap in my coverage of that line. I’ve also added a couple of pens for sale in my store; a lower-end Sheaffer Stylist and my Ero. They’re nice pens, but I hardly use ‘em.