RichardsPens.com: About Our Fine Fountain Pen Collections

New Pens We are an authorized retailer for Bexley, Edison, Gate City Pen, Namiki & Pilot, Onoto, and Pelikan. The new pens we offer are carefully selected models that we hope will appeal to a broad range of users. If you have questions about the suitability of a pen you’re considering, feel free to send mail. Pens That Write Right! Our nibs are NOT like other dealers’ nibs! To make sure you get the nib size you want, read this. Buy It Now, Get It Now! Purchases of new pens usually happen in a matter of days. We do not put new purchases into the repair queue for nib adjustment or modification!

Restored Vintage Pens All of our vintage pens are fully restored to good writing condition unless otherwise noted. Except for pens that are described as being in mint or NOS condition, these are used pens. We guarantee all of our restoration work. From time to time, we also have specials and consignment pens. Some of these pens are modern, some are vintage. We offer them with the same guarantee that we make for our vintage pens.  Esterbrook Renew-Point Nibs We have a small stock of Renew-Point nibs. Most are NOS; those that are not NOS have been tested and reconditioned as needed. Please note that the nibs we list on our Renew-Point page are our entire stock!

The hand-ground specialty nibs on our NIBARAMA page give you a fun and easy way to explore line variation, ultrafine points, and other nibs not generally offered. We offer specialty nibs for your Pelikan M2nn, M4nn, M6nn, M700 Toledo, M101N, and “1931” and “1935” limited editions, and for your Namiki (Pilot) Vanishing Point. I regrind standard nibs into italic, oblique italic, and stub italic points that yield beautiful line variation yet retain superb ease in the hand; and my ultrafine points are remarkably smooth. Each nib is painstakingly hand finished, smoothed, and adjusted for proper flow.

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Among the nicest things we receive from our clients are notes of thanks. On our Clients’ Comments page you will find some of the email messages we’ve received about our work. Sometimes these notes are accompanied by, or are themselves, lovely works of art. You will find some of our clients’ artwork on our Art Gallery page.

You can purchase pens and other items from us over a secure Web connection through PayPal, using VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express. (You do not need to be a PayPal member to use this service.) Prices do not include shipping or insurance.

We use the postal system, not private couriers. We package pens in boxes, with bubble wrap and packing “peanuts” as needed to keep package contents stable and secure.

• In the U.S.A., we normally ship by U.S. Priority Mail, insured by our own insurance carrier.

• To other countries, we ship with insurance, via Express Mail (EMS). For your protection, we must use a shipping method that provides traceability and insurability as well as reliable delivery in a timely manner. Our experience has taught us that EMS is the only reliable option for this; we cannot insure or trace international First Class or Priority Mail; should the package be lost or its contents damaged, you would have no way to recover your loss. You can track EMS at the U.S. Postal Service’s Web site.

What Is That Thing? 

The object depicted to the right is not a fancy business card. It’s an advertising blotter. We have five different blotters, and we include one randomly chosen blotter with each package we ship. If you’re a heavy blotter user, or if you’d just like to have all five at once, we offer our blotters for sale in a packaged set of all five.