======================================================================== Nib Noise * Volume 14 Number 9 * December 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** 2016 Has Arrived! *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Indeed, 2016 has arrived, if only on paper. My annual RichardsPens wall calendar is now available for your delectation, installation, and of course, appreciation. We don't keep it in stock, we have CafePress print a brand new fresh copy when you place your order. Here's the link: http://www.cafepress.com/richardspens.1674131464 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** SCHEDULE REMINDER *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Because the day before the first of next month is also New Year's Eve, we will not put up the monthly tray on Thursday, December 31. Instead, so that you can enjoy your usual New Year's Eve festivities, we will put up the tray on FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2016, at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Happy New Year! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Our Next Pen Show Will Be in Baltimore *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We had a great time at the Ohio Pen Show, and we're looking forward to the 2016 "season." We will not, unfortunately, be able to make it to the Philadelphia show, so the next time we'll set up or table for grinding and chatter will be at the Baltimore Pen Show, scheduled for March 4-6, 2016. In the meantime, we hope you'll have a wonderful holiday season, and we'll see you next year! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Out-of Production Pelikan Nibs *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In case you haven't taken a good look at the nibs listed in Barbara's Attic, this is just a little note to let you know that along with other Pelikan nibs, we still have some BB nibs and some obliques, and they are at discounted prices: M425/M700 nib unit, BB M600 nib unit, OM M600 nib unit, OB M625/M640 nib unit, BB M800 nib unit, OM M1000 nib unit, OM M1000 nib unit, OB ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Camera Lenses for Sale -- PRICE REDUCED *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I've upgraded both of my camera lenses to pro quality, primarily because the lenses I'd been using have turned out to be too light in weight for much of the shooting I do. I need to sell the old lenses (Olympus Zuiko Four Thirds zoom lenses with overlapping zoom ranges) to help defray the cost of the new purchase. I've cut the price in half. It's now less than you'd pay for the same lenses (with UV filters) at B&H. Check them out in Barbara’s Attic: http://www.richardspens.com/?acc=attic+lenses ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Slim Targa Converters *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We still have a few squeeze converters for Sheaffer's Slim Targa, and they're in Barbara's Attic. These converters are incredibly hard to find these days, and if you have a Slim Targa you need one: http://www.richardspens.com/?acc=attic+starga ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** On the Monthly Pen Show Tray *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The December Pen Show Tray is loaded up with some lovely items, including NINE Nib Alert pens, and it has been on display for a couple of days. If you haven't had a look, there might still be time before it automagically opens itself for sale at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time tonight, 30 November. Don't miss out! http://www.richardspens.com/?pens=tray ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Broad Strokes *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ One of the worst things that can happen to a pen collector is to buy a wonderful pen, get it home, open it up for restoration, and discover that the sac nipple is broken. Here's how to repair that problem: http://www.richardspens.com/?rep=sect_nipple ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Pens That Write Right! *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Unless otherwise requested at the time of sale or unless otherwise noted in Barbara's Attic, 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 (gold nibs only), 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. 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