Drippy Musings
70 Pen News posts. Shop news, pen show reports (Chicago, DC, Dallas and Ohio through 2020), holiday shipping deadlines and what came in this month. The running diary of ThePenMarket.com since 2013.
Some inkwells are too beautiful for words. How can they do a better job detailing the beauty of this art nouveau masterpiece. For too long we neglected our commitment to finding really nice inkwells and blotters for our customers. It was trickier than we thought it would be to find good ones when we first…
Every wonder what we use on our classic shipping labels? You are looking at our beloved 1915 Underwood portable typewriter. This machine is as dedicated a writer as any of our vintage pens. Several customers have noticed our shipping labels are always typed up on an “old skool” typewriter and have asked after it. In…
This is just a small selection of the incredible swag we picked up for you at The Atlanta Pen Show. We will post it as soon as we can repair and photograph it. Keep checking back with us. Just look at me table of booty from the Atlanta Pen Show! First, it was great meeting…
Here is a nearly mint condition Mabie Todd Eternal. Fully restored, it works beautifully. We hate bragging so much we started a blog. Just be forewarned. Although we try not to get too crazy about any one pen on our site, we think this one is worth all of the hype. It is an original,…
Here is the Wearever Deluxe 100 in a grey and red pattern that looks surprisingly close to that of the Parker Parkerette below. To the astonishment of many long-time pen collectors, the Wearever brand has been gaining a lot of second looks in recent years. Although Sheaffer and Parker routinely vied for the title of…
My dented rear wheel well provides the backdrop for my heroic Fisher Space Pen that I can vouch for working after sitting overnight in -13-degree weather. I was peacefully minding my own business in the left turn lane on the morning Chicago had a high temperature of -13 degrees Fahrenheit. As I watched the cross…
With its striking greens and golden browns, this beautiful Parker Duofold fountain pen from 1941 would make an ideal pen for writing your Christmas cards. Not only does it look good, it is fully restored and has a very smooth fine-medium nib. I love writing Christmas cards. I don’t do group letters or holiday e-cards.…
Sleek black elegance is breath-taking in this seemingly new old stock Parker 17. In the past month or so, ThePenMarket.com has added many museum quality and/or new old stock pens to its vintage pens pages. These pens are not necessarily the go-to pens all collector’s feel as if they must have, but they are great…
If you have been visiting our vintage pens pages lately, you might find yourself asking, “Self, what’s with all of the cheap Parkers and Esterbrooks?” We sell more vintage Esterbrook pens than any other brand. These copper-colored Esterbrooks are my personal favorite of the options available, but our most popular colors are blue, grey and…
Hello, and welcome! It has been a long time coming, but we are very happy to have our very own blog. It is a space dedicated to pen lovers old and new. In it we hope to entertain our readers and customers with pen history, classic–if not somewhat cheesy–pen ads, repair advice and much more.…
