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Saturday 11 April 2015

For those who have seen this blog off and on, apologies for my silence over the past year or so. I never realised that something as simple as a house move would result in a total halt of several of my various activities. I now promise to get back to business here and will upload a couple of fountain pen articles I had written over the past year, but never got down to scanning and posting. This should happen within a week!

Saturday 1 March 2014

A Platinum Sai Fountain Pen from Okinawa

Here is the story of my purchase of a Platinum Sai FP from Toguchi store in Okinawa, and a brief review of this lovely pen!

[Also see: http://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/index.php/topic/201123-toguchi-pens-in-okinawa/]









Wednesday 26 February 2014

Below is a hand-written review of my newest acquisition. This is an ebonite pen from Gem and Co., Chennai, India, called Gama Kuyil, purchased from ASA pens, Chennai, India.



 







Saturday 22 February 2014

In my previous post, I had introduced the Ranga Handmade pen company. Below is an attempt to review, together, the four pens from this company that I own!










Thursday 20 February 2014

This is a post on the Ranga Handmade pen company near Chennai, India. This represents my exploration of a small and interesting Indian industry that makes collectible (and eminently usable) handmade fountain pens. These pens are made of materials such as ebonite and acrylic.

For more details, check out the following website:

http://members.ebay.in/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=rangahandmadepens