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Daedalus1

Member Since 28 Dec 2013
Offline Last Active Aug 02 2014 12:56 PM
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In Topic: For the not-so-serious collectors....

02 January 2014 - 11:51 PM

Do you wear a hood when you write with some of this stuff? That top dip pen with the green letter opener looks medieval. What a great collection.

Tony

In Topic: New 17 Year Old Fountain Pen Lover

31 December 2013 - 03:47 AM

Welcome! I'm a newbie myself, and I wish that I found out how much I liked using fountain pens long ago. HAVE FUN...

In Topic: another new addition !!

29 December 2013 - 03:11 PM

I'm sorry about Mr. Gordon. Rest in Peace.

What a post! Thankyou. My grandparents were from Calabria, in the south of Italy. I remember a few beautiful green and bluish black fountain pens in their possession. We're talking about a fleeting memory...1955 or there about. My grandmother was a schoolteacher in Italy before they immigrated in 1904, and my grandfather could not read nor write, so the pens would have been hers. They were hardworking, honest, and struggling for survival, as were most of their contempories. They had no money, so those pens were no doubt hers, carefully chosen, and and purchased here. I have no idea what they could have been, but a Waterman in dark green celluloid triggers my memory. I also think that at least one of those pens was an Aurora 88 with a hooded nib. Which one it was is gone forever.

Thanks again for your answer.

Tony

In Topic: another new addition !!

29 December 2013 - 01:41 PM

Is Ancora still in the business of making fountain pens?