Ohto pens are now in India, thanks to Tushar Vaghela I met Tushar Vaghela for the first time in the Ahmedabad Pen Show – fondly christened the Global Pen Expo – in the beginning of this year. Frankly speaking, I had reached the venue not expecting much, not having
“A word after a word after a word after a word is power” – Margaret Atwood Having been fascinated with fountain pens since childhood, there always was a longing for me to use fountain pens. At an office event, a wine tasting, I saw one of the judges from Germany,
Swadeshi, Swaraj and Swadhin – three new lines of ink from Sulekha are now ready. During the peak of Corona-infused-lockdown, fountain pen lovers from different parts of India had contacted me to help them organise a “group buy” of Sulekha Inks. To cut a long story short, despite my best
Pricing, pricing and pricing – the holy trinity of buying foreign fountain pens Pricing of imported fountain pens is a thorny issue at its best, a contentious one leading to massive heartburns at its worst. Buying from the swank, authorized retail outlets with liveried assistants, gives one the scare
Valuation and Certification services now available in India – Diwali comes early for Fountain Pen lovers. I always buy fountain pens – especially the old, vintage stuff of Indian origin – blindly. I know it is a path full of pitfalls, with dangers lurking in the corners and would never
Inked Happiness: Kaweco has always bucked the trend, curving out a niche (and diehard followers like me) for itself. Is the new line of digitally enabled writing instruments a move in this direction only? Or is it that Kaweco is trying to reinvent itself, compromising the loyalty of people like
400 years ago, the Bard had a vision. In his play “The Tragedies of Hamlet”, he made his vision clear and tried to foretell the arriving of ONOTO. However, this famous quote “To be O’NOTO be” had never been edited correctly by many printers, who did not really understand Shakespeare’s
Fountain Pen Day Celebrations at Pen Pen Boutique – all are invited! Dear Pen Friends, As Fountain Pen Day is coming up on the 6th, I wanted to take time to talk about the value of fountain pens as an outlet in these difficult times. But first, I encourage everyone to participate in our Fountain Pen Day handwriting contest, especially those 15 or
Pelikan 400 NN – the forever fountainpen! The last of the Pelikan 400 NN pens had rolled out of the factory in July 1965, a full year and a quarter before I was born, which does not make it, downright decrepit like me, but certainly, delightfully vintage! And that is
Makoba feels that the best is yet to come, gets ready to reap the rewards on the other side of the pandemic Inked happiness: Before everything else, what does Makoba mean? How old is the ecommerce platform? What attracted you to the world of writing accessories? How has the journey
The Fountain Pen day – celebrated on the 1st Friday of November is almost here. This year it is on the 6th of November and we really do not have much time. As a matter of fact, fountain pen enthusiasts and brands alike are quietly charging up around the world
The nib, they say, maketh the pen, just like character maketh the man! Yes, we are talking of the shiny metal jutting out from the frontal end of the pen barrel which sucks the ink from the innards of the pen and through capillary action, deposits it on the paper.
