======================================================================== Nib Noise * Volume 8 Number 6 * September 2009 ======================================================================== Welcome to Nib Noise. This e-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 our site: http://www.richardspens.com/?info=nibnoise ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Don's Cigar Box Pen Chests: Singles, Doubles, and Stacks! *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don's got an attractive assortment of pen chests fabricated from wooden cigar boxes this month, some new to the lineup and some old favorites that pen collectors snap up quickly--so jump on these if you want yours! http://www.richardspens.com/?acc=dons_boxes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Pelikan's New Blue M205 Demonstrator Is Here! *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our supply of the brilliant new pale blue Pelikan M205 demonstrators arrived during August, and we're sellin' 'em like hotcakes. Don't miss out on this one-time limited-production run; your flock of other Birdsn would never forgive you. We have the blue guys on our site with EF, F, M, or B nibs. You'll find no jacked-up prices here, we have these M205s for $85.00, the same price as any other M200-series pen. http://www.richardspens.com/?newp=pel+m205 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Don't Lose the Race *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The last dog across the line at a greyhound race is called the Turtle. Don't let that be you -- order your Pelikan M415 Tortoise today. This great pen is a limited-production model, made for the U.S. and Japanese markets only, and when it's gone it's really gone! http://www.richardspens.com/?newp=pel+m400_brown ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** The Pharaoh Is Again Available *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richard's Pens is proud to announce the return of our first Limited Edition. The Pharaoh, produced in collaboration with David Broadwell and the Bexley Pen Company, is a classically styled pen in orange and black woodgrain ebonite. Its distinctive Art Deco flair gleams with investment cast solid 10K furniture designed and hand finished by David Broadwell. For a while, we had none of these pens available because other commitments kept David from finishing the last group of caps, but they're here now, and your Pharaoh is waiting for you. But there are not many of these gorgeous pens left. The Pharaoh is priced at $900.00, including worldwide shipping and any nib customization that I can do on a 14K medium nib. See it here: http://www.richardspens.com/?newp=pharaoh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Bexley Has Two New Collections *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bexley introduced two new collections at the Washington DC SuperShow. Imperial premiered in prototype form at the Raleigh show, but Elegancia is all new. Imperial is a big, cigar-shaped pen that's more than a bit reminiscent of high-line custom Japanese pens. With no trim to disturb its lines except a plain clip, it's distinguished and remarkably well balanced. And it's being offered in some exciting NEW colors of hard rubber. http://www.richardspens.com/?newp=bex+imperial Elegancia looks like a Simplicity that got a streamlining treatment from the same shop that streamlined the Parker Duofold in 1929. Its curves are subtle, and they really do add up to an elegant shape for the first Bexley pen to receive a Spanish name. Offered in four brand-new smoky pearlescent colors, Elegancia is also Bexley's first pen to feature a new German-made steel nib design, and we REALLY like these nibs! http://www.richardspens.com/?newp=bex+elegancia We still have a few of those brilliant Red Pearl Submariner SEs that Barbara likes so much, but who knows if there will be any next month? Don't b left high and dry when the last of Barbara's pens are sold! http://www.richardspens.com/?newp=bex+subse ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** When Summer's Gone ... There's New York *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I brought up the New York City Pen Show last month to help you get your October plans in place early, and I'm reminding you again that the show is back! After a couple of years' visit to New Jersey, the NYC Pen Show, scheduled for October 9-11, will be back on its home turf, in the City That Never Sleeps, where the Cash Cab roams. Check it out, and make your reservations today (if not sooner)! http://www.nycpenshow.com/ Barbara and I have already made our show and hotel reservations, and Jim will be there, too, to keep me out of trouble behind the table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Broad Strokes" by Richard Binder ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Pen Detective's Guide, Chapter 1 Learning about the pens you collect can be fascinating, and it makes you more able to find those really great pens that others might miss. It can also, if you sell pens, increase your income by providing you with the documentation you need to better market the pens of special interest that you find... http://www.richardspens.com/?det_gde=1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Extra Fine Points" by Don Fluckinger ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Letter writing is a dying art. This month, Don shows you how to dazzle your family and friends by taking cues from some of the greatest letter writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. http://www.richardspens.com/?xf=0909 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Back to School or Stayin' Home, We Have Your Pen *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For September the RichardsPens.com pen tray features some very nice nib alerts, the usual complement of oldies, and a couple of modern pens that I particularly like. http://www.richardspens.com/?pens=vint ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Pens That Write Right! *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unless otherwise requested at the time of sale, I tune each new pen or nib at no extra charge before shipment. I fill the pen with Waterman Blue-Black ink and write with it on paper from the same fountain pen friendly pads we sell, adjusting as necessary to bring it up to the RichardsPens.com "factory" standard for smoothness and flow. If you order a new pen with a customized nib, I will modify the nib (for an extra charge) and ship the pen immediately instead of putting it into my regular queue. Remember, we are authorized retailers for Aurora, Bexley, Classic Pens Inc., Conway Stewart, Namiki and Pilot, and Pelikan. 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! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Subscribe to our RSS Feed *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSS means Really Simple Syndication. 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