======================================================================== Nib Noise Volume 1 Number 7 ======================================================================== 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** What's New? We Mean REALLY New! *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There's a new player in the pen world, Jim Newman Hickman of Newman Pens. You'll be reading about him in upcoming issues of Pen World and Stylophiles, but Nib Noise beats everyone to the punch with an exclusive interview. Check out this month's "Extra Fine" for a sneak preview of the gorgeous, hand-made pens put together in his in Duluth, Georgia and understand how this one-man shop gets by with a little help from his artisan friends. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Retired? Not Quite! *** by Richard Binder ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I posted this note to the major lists a couple of weeks ago, but you may not have seen it. Since I've "retired" from the corporate grind, my life has changed. But not the way some people think. Check it out here: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=rdy.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** See You at the Show *** by Richard Binder ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I'm looking forward to being part of the Ohio Pen Show, on November 2 and 3. My table will be in the lobby, where you can't miss me! I will be regrinding nibs for walk- up clients. I'll also have a good supply of my custom-ground Pelikan M200 nibs, with demonstrator pens available, and there'll also be some Pelikan pens for sale with my nibs. And don't forget my box of vintage pen advertisements or the great fountain-pen friendly pads that Jimmy Tom crafts for me! I hope to see many of my old clients - and make some new friends - at the show. Please come up and introduce yourself so I can put faces to all those names I see on the Internet! In case you haven't visited the show's Web site, here's the link: http://www.ohiopenshow.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Broad Strokes" by Richard Binder ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Over its long life, the Parker "51" appeared with at least nine clip design variations. The most obvious difference in clips is that between the "Split Arrow" clip of the 1940s and the more streamlined arrow, introduced in 1948, that harkens back to the Art Deco clip design used on the Vacumatic before the introduction of the "Split Arrow." But there are more subtle differences. Read the article: http://www.richardspens.com/?prof=51 Note added August 14, 2019: This information was originally in a document dealing only with clip variations. It was later moved into a full-blown profile of the "51" pen as a whole. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Extra Fine Points" by Don Fluckinger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "To get people to look at a new pen, you've got to have something different," says Jim Hickman, a semi-retired history professor with Newman for a middle name. That's where he derived the name of his fledgling fountain pen manufacturing company, Newman Pens of Duluth, Georgia. Hickman is neither a longtime pen collector nor an industrial designer. Yet he's a master craftsman, a jack-of-all-projects who learned to write with fountain pens such as vintage Montblanc school pens -- the same Montblanc marque that's now positioned in the market as the creme de la creme. Read the article: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=xfindex.htm&refp=xf1002.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pens for Sale ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richard has added the following pens to the Web site's For Sale list: Esterbrook ---------- Green J, NOS 2668 nib. Condition: B. Price: $35.00 Green “Dollar Pen”, NOS 1555 nib. Condition: C-. Price: $25.00 Green SJ, 9556 nib. Condition: B. Price: $35.00 Esterbrooks for sale: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sale_est.htm Parker ------ Gray 45, brushed cap, gold XF nib. Condition: B-. Price: $35.00 There are still a few 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 -------- 1949 green Lifetime Crest Touchdown, two-tone XXF Triumph nib. Condi- tion: C+. Price: $100.00 Black Radite No. 22 Student Special Ringtop, flexible F nib. Condition: B. Price: $90.00 Burgundy Lifetime Statesman Snorkel TM, palladium silver XF Triumph nib. Condition: B. Price: $85.00 Green striated Lady Balance 350 Vacuum-Fil, flat ball humped clip, gold No. 3 XF nib. Condition: B. Price: $65.00 Sheaffers for sale: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sale_she.htm Other ----- BCHR Rexall “Monogram” eyedropper, flexible XF Waterman’s No. 2 nib. Condition: B. Price: $40.00 Dubonnet Red Eversharp Skyline Demi, Autograph band, XF manifold nib. Condition: B-. Price: $60.00 Others for sale: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sale_oth.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Repair and Restoration Discount ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richard is now offering a 15% discount on repair and restoration of lots of 10 or more pens shipped together. ======================================================================== If you received this newsletter from Richard Binder, you are a subscriber. If not, you can subscribe by sending a mail message to richard@richardspens.com with SUBSCRIBE in the subject line, or by clicking on this link: mailto:richard@richardspens.com?subject=SUBSCRIBE To unsubscribe from this newsletter, send a mail message to richard@richardspens.com with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line, or click on this link: mailto:richard@richardspens.com?subject=UNSUBSCRIBE