======================================================================== Nib Noise * Volume 14 Number 4 * July 2015 ======================================================================== Welcome to Nib Noise. 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 DO NOT use the links in the footer of this email. Instead, visit the Free Email Newsletter page on our site: http://www.richardspens.com/?info=nibnoise ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Spring Has Sprung, *** Fall Has Fell, *** Summer's Here, and It's... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Hotter than Usual. Come on, you weren't expecting something else, were you? This is a family newsletter. We've no shows to attend until the Washington DC Fountain Pen SuperShow in August, of which more next month. If you've checked the show site recently looking for info on this year's show, you need to wait a week or so. Bob usually gets his site in order early in July. I will be giving my hands-on nib smoothing seminar at the DC show. It happens Sunday morning, beginning promptly at 8>30. You must register to participate, and there is a $20 materials fee. Attendance is limited to 16 participants, but you will be welcome to audit the workshop without registering. Registration will open automagically at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 31 July: http://www.richardspens.com/?page=workshop ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Reading Is Never Out of Season *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The recently published 366 Days of World War II is selling well. We had 10 copies with us at the Triangle Pen Show, and they have all gone to new homes. There are plenty more copies available, however. In May, I published The RichardsPens Guide to Fountain Pens, Volume 2: Restoration as an ebook that's available from Amazon (Kindle), Apple (iPad, iPhone, Macintosh), and Barnes & Noble (Nook). It's filled with advice, instruction, and lots of pictures. Sales have been very brisk, for which I extend my thanks to all the purchasers. http://www.richardspens.com/?bks=richard I have other books on the page, too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Where Did Our Nibs Go? *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To repeat what I said last monnth about nibs: Our nib stock is very low right now, and we have moved all of the nibs we have available at this time into Barbara's Attic. We have several types of nibs on back order, and as they return to stock, we'll add them to the Attic. THIS WILL INCLUDE FLEXIBLE NIBS, so if you're a flexie hound you will need to check the Attic instead of the NIBARAMA page. http://www.richardspens.com/?acc=attic ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** On the Monthly Pen Show Tray *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There are some seriously snazzy pens on the Tray this month. It will automagically open itself for sale at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time tonight, 30 June. Don't miss out! http://www.richardspens.com/?pens=tray We will ship Tray pens purchased tonight through Thursday on Friday, July 3. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Broad Strokes *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Pen Detective's Guide is back for one last chapter on the tier system, this one on the second tier: http://www.richardspens.com/?det_gde=6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Pens That Write Right! *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unless otherwise requested at the time of sale, I personally tune each new nib we sell at no extra charge before shipment. I test the nib in a pen filled with Waterman Mysterious Blue ink and write with it on paper of better than average quality, adjusting as necessary to bring it up to the RichardsPens.com "factory" standard for smoothness and flow. If you order a new nib with customization, I will modify the nib (for an extra charge), and we will ship it without any extra delay. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Follow Us on the Internet with Facebook and Twitter *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We'd like to be liked on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NashuaPenSpa And you're invited to follow us on Twitter: @RichardsPens ======================================================================== If you received this newsletter from Richard Binder, you are a Nib Noise subscriber. If it came from someone else, I invite you to subscribe. To subscribe or unsubscribe, please DO NOT use the links in the footer of this email. Instead, visit the Free Email Newsletter page on our site: http://www.richardspens.com/?info=nibnoise Note: We will never sell your name or email address. Your privacy is as important to us as it is to you.