======================================================================== Nib Noise * Volume 14 Number 10 * January 2016 ======================================================================== 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Happy New Year! *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maybe you loved 2015, maybe you hated it. Either way, it's gone now, and 2016 is here at last. You still have time to order my special 2016 RichardsPens wall calendar, and the sooner you order yours, the sooner you can start counting the days to 2016. (Did I really say that?) We don't keep the calendar 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Richard's Sawbuck Special in Barbara's Attic *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ When I was a kid, the Chrysler dealer in town had a “Sawbuck Special” on his used car lot. He marked the car’s price down by a “sawbuck” ($10.00) each day until the car sold. From time to time, I put up my own Sawbuck Special in Barbara's Attic, and you'll find a real doozy there now, a special Parker Vacumatic award set that should perk up the interests of the Pontiac fans in the crowd as well as those of the pen collector who digs unusual items. http://www.richardspens.com/?acc=attic+sawbuck ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Our Next Pen Show Will Be in Baltimore *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WE WILL NOT BE ATTENDING THE PHUILADELPHIA PEN SHOW THIS MONTH! We had a great time at the Ohio Pen Show, and we're looking forward to the 2016 "season," but circumstances have conspired to keep us away from Philly. The next time we'll set up our 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 show in Philly! If you're planning on going, remember that this year's show is at a new hotel, the Westin Philadelphia at 99 South 17th Street. Check out the show's snazzy new Web site for more information: http://www.philadelphiapenshow.com/ To see our calendar for the next few months, check in here: http://www.richardspens.com/?info=shows ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** 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 a few BB nibs and some obliques, and they are at discounted prices: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Accessory Clips *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Back in the day, you could buy slip-on accommodation clips for your clipless pens. You still can. We have a big box of new-made clips, and we've just reduced the price to $2.50 for five of them: http://www.richardspens.com/?acc=attic+clips ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Slim Targa/Fashion TRZ Converters *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We still have a few squeeze converters for Sheaffer's Slim Targa and Fashion TRZ. These converters are incredibly hard to find these days, and if you have a Slim Targa or a Fashion TRZ 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 seriously exciting items, including six Nib Alert pens and a monster Rider Master Pen, and it has been on display for a while. If you haven't had a look, and if you've recovered from last night's festivities, there might still be time before it automagically opens itself for sale at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time tonight, 1 January. Don't miss out! http://www.richardspens.com/?pens=tray ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Broad Strokes *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In the 1910s and 1920s, there was a lot of black hard rubber, with a sprinkling of mottled or red -- but the chromatic landscape was pretty barren. Here's what Parker did in the '20s to bring color to a boring world: http://www.richardspens.com/?prof=pastels ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** 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. 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.