======================================================================== Nib Noise * Volume 15 Number 3 * June 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Our Next Pen Show Will Be the Washington DC SuperShow *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We will not be attending any pen shows before DC in August. Have a great summer! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** On the Monthly Pen Show Tray *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This month is the end of the school term for many. I've put together a tantalizing tray to keep you happy as we head into the long, hot summer. PLEASE EMPTY YOUR BROWSER'S CACHE TO SEE THE NEW PAGE! And trust me, there are some pens you want to see. Last month, I changed the way the tray page works. In the past, somehow, it would occasionally let people buy pens before it was supposed to do so. Now, if you visit the tray page before the Witching Hour, it should not show the Add to Cart buttons. Promptly at 10:00 Eastern Daylight Time on the evening before May 1, it will automatically reload so that the buttons will appear. This way, you and everyone else will have the same fair chance to beat each other out for that grail pen! If my programming skills are still inadequate to prevent premature sales, we will cancel any such errors and return the payments. This is the only way we can ensure fairness to all. http://www.richardspens.com/?pens=tray ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Richard's Bookstore Doesn't Close for the Summer *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you're looking for reading material to keep your mind off how hot it is this summer, there's a good chance you can find something in my growing collection of books. If you plan to do any pen repair and restoration, The RichardsPens Guide to Fountain Pens, Volume 2: Restoration is a great place to start. Do check out the whole collection while you're ordering your copy! http://www.richardspens.com/?bks=richard ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** Broad Strokes *** ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A few months ago, I published an article in a well known pen magazine, titled "Who *Really* Invented the Fountain Pen?" Oopsie! It turns out that my research was not as complete or careful as it should have been. That article, corrected and more than doubled in length, with much new information from primary sources, is now available on my site: http://www.richardspens.com/?hist=who_really ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** 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 our occasional tweets 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.