Roger Cromwell buys and sells fountain pens. He repairs and restores them, knows their history and can speak at length on the various nibs, ink sacs, converters, pistons, barrels and pump fillers that ...
In an age of word processors, microchips and speed-of-light telecommunications, it’s somehow reassuring that Todd McInnis’ fountain pen repair business is thriving. “I’m not sure why, but people have ...
Chinese knockoffs are flooding the market, shaking up the community of enthusiasts still devoted to the old-timey instruments ...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Erica Wiederlight has an unusual job. "No one believes it," she said. "Everyone's like, 'What do you mean you sell pens?'" She works for her father Terry and uncle Steve ...
Rosenwald writes for the Washington Post. WASHINGTON — Richard Binder’s first patient of the morning was delivered by Air Force Maj. Jared Grimmer. Ailment: bum left tine. The condition is not ...
A lot was going on in the United States in 1929, and not all of it was good. The stock market crashed, and the country was plunged into the Great Depression. But businessman Earl Fahrney took a gamble ...
Like a doctor is immediately recognised by his white coat and stethoscope, B. Shama Bhat, probably the city’s only pen repair specialist can be immediately recognised by ink-daubed fingers and caps of ...