Michael Riggs of Riggs Premium Pens says “I don’t sell pens. I sell happiness” as he talks about his passion in an exclusive interview. Michael Riggs grew up and currently lives on Long Island in NY. The neighbourhood where he lived during his childhood was somewhat rural at the time
Divine Island Design, LLC is a local business in Big Pine Key, Florida that was started in 2017. We specialize in custom, handmade projects from woods and resins. My name is Braxton and I am the owner. My wife is Erica and she designs island themed resin art and jewellery.
Nandini Ramchandran on being a woman collector of fountain pens in a man’s world! As a fountain pen collector and user, who happens to be a woman, I am often asked why there are relatively fewer women pursuing the hobby in India. While I cannot presume to speak for
The Estie Peacock – the plume is ready to be unfurled, are you ready for the magic? Esterbrook is a legacy name in the world of writing instruments. Established in 1858, Esterbrook, once synonymous with the spirit that is Americana, in its hay days was not only the largest pen
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
His name is Itshak Mitsenmacher, He is a bundle of passionate energy at 69, married, with three children: Eden, Michael and Naama. Itshak Mitsenmacher is from Israel. But drop the name “Tsachi”, and members of the fountain pen fraternity will immediately stand up in reverence, for Itshak is better known
Click Pens never ceases to amaze me. And I say this, after having been a user of Click fountain pens for close to four decades now. That in itself should be a cause for some kind of a celebration – some of my readers were not even born when my
Leena Shrestha Menon runs the Fountain Pen Oasis www.penboutique.com which is to the fountain pen community today, what Milan was to trade industry and commerce during the renaissance. A hard-core fountain pen fanatic, Leena is highly regarded not only by her customers and the brands that she represents, but also
Jackie is a Chinese Malaysian lass who got out of the IT industry a little too late. As she puts it, “took me decades to realise that life is too short to do ‘what’s expected’ & not what makes me happy”. What followed is like a fairy tale – it
Wars and famines. The fountain pen has witnessed pestilence in the past, just the way it has seen – from the trenches, the two World Wars. An estimated 20,00,000 people died in Leningrad – a direct fallout of the nine-hundred-day blockade by the Nazis between 1941 and 1944. The Bengal
Howard Cunix is a well-known name in the fountain pen collector forums in the social media. As a matter of fact, such is his popularity that he has maxed out the number of friends he is allowed to have and one has to wait, hoping against hope that the extremely
Fountain Pen Shows in India – why have eggs when you can eat the golden goose? The fountain pen sellers of the Fort area in Mumbai are livid. Why is their livelihood being threatened by the sudden deluge of Fountain Pen shows? These are all ancestral businesses, small, mostly single
