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Om from Delmoon – are you ready to write the Mantra?

chawm — Wed, 01 May 2024 14:17:57 +0000

Is there a sudden spurt in religious-themed fountain pens in India? Are most major boutique manufacturers draping their holy cloaks around them in an act of reverence and presenting the image of one popular incarnation after the other because of some sacred compulsion? Has flaunting one’s faith somehow become the new fashion statement? Are the

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Delmoon Steampunk is here – prepare to be bowled over.

chawm — Sun, 05 Mar 2023 12:25:03 +0000

Steampunk is retro-futuristic and anachronistic tech-based aesthetics, drawing deeply on steam-powered elements of the 19th century – of the Victorian era, of the Wild West – which had begun as a subgenre of science fiction. Though the term Steampunk was coined by science fiction author K W Jeter as late as 1987, there remains a

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Waldmann – a hundred plus years of being the rainbow on the fountain pen sky.

chawm — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 09:29:00 +0000

Waldmann fountain pens – the purest precious metals, the height of craftsmanship and a search for excellence that is eternal! Dear friends of the fountain pen fraternity, obsessed with precious resins and ebonites as you are, allow me to take you on a trip down sterling silver lane – the abode of 925 sterling silver

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Tamenuri from AP Limited Editions – the ecstasy of enlightenment

chawm — Sun, 26 Sep 2021 04:33:13 +0000

Tamenuri reaches its apogee in fountain pens created by AP Limited Editions – stark in their simplicity, numinous as the ultimate truth. Literally, the Japanese term “Kintsugi” translates to mean “golden joinery”. It is also, often, uttered as “Kintsukuroi”, which means “golden repairs”. On a very basic level, the art refers to the repairing of

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Dineshchandra Sircar and Isidore of Seville – Bibek Debroy

chawm — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 04:13:23 +0000

As is only to be expected, ink is older than pens, not to speak of fountain pens. Across old civilizations, India, Egypt, China, Rome, ink was used, based on lamp-black and pigments with plant, animal and mineral origins. The history of those experiments and innovations is often forgotten. Something like D. C. Sircar’s work deserves

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Nandini Ramchandran: Is a Woman Fountain Pen Lover / Collector an Oxymoron?

chawm — Wed, 23 Dec 2020 08:09:36 +0000

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 Ladies (and I am

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