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Nib Noise                                              Volume 1 Number 4
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Welcome to Nib Noise. This newsletter is a joint effort of Richard Binder
and Don Fluckinger. We hope you'll enjoy reading this month's issue.

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*** My Pens have Moved *** by Richard Binder
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Thanks to all the wonderful people who have asked me to work on their
pens, I've been pushed out of the nest at the Virtual Crate, and my pens
now have a brandy-new home of their own on the Web:

http://www.richardspens.com/

Please bookmark it and begin using it immediately. The old site has a
short page that will automatically redirect you to the new one.

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"Broad Strokes" by Richard Binder
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Like any other specialized item, the fountain pen has amassed a lexicon
of terms that are unique. And like other jargon languages, fountain pen
jargon can be cryptic or confusing. This glossary presents brief defi-
nitions for many of the most common pen terms...

Read the article:

http://www.richardspens.com/?gloss=

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"Extra Fine Points" by Don Fluckinger
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Only one of my pens was used by Mia Hamm. And ironically, it wasn't my
first-year Sheaffer Crest -- a pen befitting an Olympic gold medalist -
or one of my ornately patterned, sterling-capped "51"s. It wasn't the
Vac with flexy nib, lovely transparency, and gold-filled triple cap
bands...

Read the article:

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=xfindex.htm&refp=xf0702.htm

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Pens for Sale
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In the past few days, Richard added the following pens to the Web site's
For Sale list:

Esterbrook
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1930s Red "Dollar Pen," 2556 nib. Condition: B. Price: $40.00

Blue SJ, NOS 2556 nib. Condition: B. Price: $35.00

Green J, 9556 nib. Condition: B+. Price: $35.00

Bonus! As a lagniappe, I include with each Esterbrook pen a two-sided
color facsimile copy of an original Esterbrook instruction sheet from
1958.

Esterbrooks for sale:

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sale_est.htm

Parker
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Burgundy Pearl 1937 Vacumatic Standard, M gold Arrow nib. Condition: B.
Price: $175.00

There are still some Parker 25 pens available, all with fine nibs, for
$20.00 each plus shipping. For more information, follow the link below
to the site's Parker sales page.

Parkers for sale:

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sale_pkr.htm

Sheaffer
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Burgundy Lifetime Sentinel pen and pencil set, mint in box with in-
structions, two-tone Lifetime F nib. Condition: A1. Price: $135.00

Hallmarked sterling silver cisele Lifetime Imperial, PdAg Lifetime F
nib. Condition: B. Price: $185.00

Sheaffers for sale:

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sale_she.htm

Others
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"As new" Malakron Lamy 2000, 1.0-mm Richard Binder cursive italic nib.
Condition: B+. With box and all papers. I took a little of the platinum
plating off the top surface of the nib when I was regrinding it; now
there's a flash of gold. Otherwise, this pen is as new. Price: $135.00

Plum Optic Lined Vest Pocket Majestic, iridium-tipped steel F nib.
Condition: C+. Price: $25.00

Others for sale:

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sale_oth.htm

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