======================================================================== Nib Noise Volume 5 Number 12 ======================================================================== 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. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS NEWSLETTER! For comments or questions, send email to: richard@richardspens.com To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit the Free Email Newsletter page on my site: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=nibnoise.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** New Pelikans Have Landed! *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pelikan announced some very sweet new models at Paperworld in January, including a lozenge-patterned M215 -- and that M215 is here! It's really quite striking, and it's a reliable Tradition-series Pelikan, too! We're thinking that the M215 is the next Cities Series, sort of; in three years there have been three color patterns. Order the new one TODAY, and while you're there you can fill in the holes where the two earlier versions haven't checked in yet! http://www.richardspens.com/sales/newp_pel.htm#m215 Other new Birds are on the way -- watch our site, or subscribe to our RSS feed: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=richardspens.rss ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Bamboo Isn't a Tree, You Know *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The bamboo plant is a strong and fast growing grass that's revered in Asia as a symbol of luck, friendship, and long life. Namiki has modeled its Bamboo pen to mimic the striking look of the plant. Fitted with your choice of a fine, medium, or broad nib, this is a pen whose looks you will relish as it nestles in your hand to write flawlessly. http://www.richardspens.com/sales/newp_nam.htm#bamboo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Spring Is Coming, and We're Doing Our Spring Cleaning! *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ After a while, everybody's closets start bulging a little. We've decided to look forward to Spring by cleaning out our pen closet (a cabinet, really), and you get the bargains. On our Bargains and Specials page, look for these new additions: Levenger Verona, Black, M nib, $60.00 Levenger Verona, Blue Pearl, M nib, $60.00 Levenger Verona, Cranberry Pearl, M nib, $60.00 One lonely Tryphon Clef, M nib, $75.00 Filcao Leader 1918 fountain pen, Lapis Lacquer, $75.00 Filcao Leader 1918 fountain pen, Cracked Ice Resin, $75.00 Filcao Leader 1918 fountain pen, Brown Hematite Lacquer, $45.00 http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sales/newp_oth.htm And there are some very special pens on our Bexley page as well: Kensaki Prototype, Blue Lightning, M nib, $1000.00 "Watley," Silver Celluloid, OB nib, $180.00 "Watley," Mahogany Acrylic, OB nib, $160.00 "Father of Watley," Orange Ice Acrylic, M or B nib, $200.00 "Father of Watley," Blue Ice Acrylic, M or B nib, $200.00 "Father of Watley," Brown Ice Acrylic, B nib, $200.00 "Father of Watley," Yellowstone Acrylic, B nib, $200.00 http://www.richardspens.com/?page=sales/newp_bex.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Pens That Write Right! *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unless otherwise requested at the time of sale, I fill-test each new pen at no extra charge before shipment, aligning and smoothing the nib and ensuring that it has good flow. If you order a new pen with a customized nib, I will modify the nib and ship the pen immediately instead of putting it into my regular queue. Remember, we are authorized retailers for Bexley, Conway Stewart, Namiki and Pilot, Pelikan, Signum, and Taccia. We don't always have a complete line up on the site, but we can get anything our manufacturers offer -- if you don't see it, just ask! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Last Month's Calendar Page Is This Month's Wallpaper *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The February Richard's Pens calendar page featured GOLD! in the form of four pens: Parker 180, Sheaffer Tuckaway, Waterman C/F, and Wahl- Eversharp Coronet. That page is now available for download as a 1600x1200 computer desktop wallpaper. For a study in contrasts, I've created a new 1600x1200 wallpaper featuring the Parker Falcon 50. This one has a strongly rectangular design, so it's also available as a 1600x1000 "cinematic" image for those of you who use widescreen monitors. http://www.richardspens.com/?page=wallpapers.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Broad Strokes" by Richard Binder ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There was a time a century or more ago when the nib was the pen. But in the past 40 years there's been a certain revival of that concept in the form of fountain pens with integral nibs. Read all about it! http://www.richardspens.com/?desn=integral_nibs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Extra Fine Points" by Don Fluckinger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In honor of the 20th Boston Pen Show coming up April 13-15, we catch up with one of the show's original founders, hobby icon Pier Gustafson. http://www.richardspens.com/?page=extrafine/xf0703.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Subscribe to our RSS Feed *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSS means Really Simple Syndication. 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