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Nib Noise                                              Volume 1 Number 8
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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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*** See You at the Show *** by Richard Binder
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This issue of Nib Noise is a day early because I won't be here tomorrow.

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 be accepting pens for repair
and restoration; these will be coming home with me, as I won't be doing
general repairs at the show.

I'll also have a good supply of my custom-ground Pelikan M200 nibs, with
demonstrator pens available. For the oblique freak in you, I will have a
very small number of 30-degree left-footed obliques in crisp and cursive
varieties. These nibs are primarily for left-handed underwriters who do
not like a right-footed oblique, but right-handers and left-handed over-
writers can also have fun with them. For an illustrative writing sample
(right-handed, of course), visit my Sales Lobby page and click on the
30-degree nib description:

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

There'll be some Pelikan M200 pens for sale with my nibs, courtesy of
Swisher Pens. And don't forget my box of vintage pen advertisements or
the great fountain-pen friendly pads that Jimmy Tom crafts for me! If
you buy a set of all eight pad styles, I'll throw in a leather pad folio
for only $5.00 more.

I hope to see many of my old clients -- and make some new friends -- at
the show. Even if it's just for a moment on your way in to pillage all
the other dealers' tables, 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/

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"Broad Strokes" by Richard Binder
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The alimentary tract of a fountain pen comprises three organs: the ink
reservoir, the nib, and the feed by which these two are connected so
that ink may pass from the one to the other. The release of ink by a
fountain pen has been referred to as a "controlled leak," and
it is the feed that exercises that control.

Read the article:

http://www.richardspens.com/?feeds=evolution

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"Extra Fine Points" by Don Fluckinger
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This month, pen people turn their attention toward Columbus, host city
for the Ohio Pen Show. One of the hobby's favorite sons is Howard Levy
of Bexley Pens in Columbus, and this is his story.

Read the article:

http://www.richardspens.com/?page=xfindex.htm&refp=xf1102.htm

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Pens for Sale
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No new pens are going up for sale on the Web site today because Richard
will be taking his entire inventory to the Ohio Pen Show. There are a
few new pens in the bunch, and they'll appear on the site after the
show. If they don't go to other homes, that is.

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