I wonder why it’s called that? Anyway, if Gerry Berg says it, it must be true. Not that I know the man personally, but he seems quite the Sheaffer authority. The pen came in a box from TAO, who likes to put surprises in boxes. Â WASP means “W.A.Sheaffer Pen,” and I see that a gazillion …
I first had two lists: top ten modern pens and top ten vintage pens. That I had acquired enough pens in 2008 to make two lists plus have others that didn’t make it to either list gave me pause. I decided to stick to one list. That was harder than I’d expected. What about the …
Stubs are the smartly-cut jackets of the pen world. They can make anyone (and their signatures) look better. Stubs make broad vertical strokes and thinner horizontal strokes. Unlike italic nibs, the corners of the stub nib are rounded, so upward strokes don’t bite into the paper. Here’s a sampler of my stubs. They’re all factory …
A friend sent me a surprise in the mail. It was a Frankensnork. There are at least five different Sheaffer Snorkels in this Sheaffer Snorkel, and it makes me smile every time I pick it up and write with it. (On the permutations of “Franken:” in my line of work, we’re used to cobbling together …