======================================================================== Nib Noise Volume 1 Number 11 ======================================================================== 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Broad Strokes" by Richard Binder ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Many, if not most, pen collectors harbor a secret hankering to work on their pens as well as to use them. But it's hard to know where to start. One of the easiest repairs you can make is replacing a dead sac. Here's how. Read the article: http://www.richardspens.com/?rep=resac ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Extra Fine Points" by Don Fluckinger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There were rumblings from the west at the Philly pen show, as Irving Goodman gets ready to move the remainder of his collection of 5,500 fine, rare fountain pens to the highest bidders at auction in March. "There's no junk here," says one dealer who's seen the whole thing. You too can get in on the bidding, even if you're not present. Read the article: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=extrafine.htm&refp=xf0203.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pens for Sale ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I've put up a few newly-restored vintage pens for sale. Please check them out. Esterbrook ---------- Gray transitional J, 9556 nib. Condition: B+. Price: $40.00 Green J, NOS 1554 nib. Condition: B. Price: $35.00 Red SJ, 1555 nib. Condition: B. Price: $35.00 Blue J, NOS 2668 nib. Condition: B-. Price: $32.50 Esterbrooks for sale: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sale_est.htm Parker ------ 1949 “51” Flighter, F nib. Condition: B-. Price: $225.00 1946 India Black Vacumatic-filling “51”, Blue Diamond clip and Jeweler’s band, F nib. Condition: B. Price: $110.00 Parkers for sale: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sale_pkr.htm Sheaffer -------- Black Vacuum-Fil Balance Junior, flat ball humped clip, 14K F Junior nib. Condition: B. Price: $75.00 Sheaffers for sale: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sale_she.htm Others for sale: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sale_oth.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the Reader's Corner ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My site's Reader's Corner featurws a monthly pick, a book that I like and think that you might enjoy, too. This month's pick is a humorous epistolary novel called _You Know Me Al: A Busher's Letters,_ by Ring Lardner: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=acc_txt.htm#readerscorner My monthly pick also appears as a link on my welcome page. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For a limited time... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ My studio needed a calendar. Maybe yours does, too, even if it *is* already February. I've used images of pens from my collection to make a custom calendar that features a different vintage Parker pen each month. One of these calendars was a prize in the weekly Pentrace contest. See more info: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=acc_txt.htm&refp=cal2003.htm ======================================================================== 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