Time and Line
Pens and Watches in Unity
There are several common threads between the art of fountain pens and watches: both are precision masterpieces, embody timeless beauty, and represent the pinnacle of human ingenuity. Some luxury brands have combined the tools of writing with the marvels of timekeeping. Let's take a look at pen-watches!
Fountain pen and digitalisation
NFC tag in fountain pen
When cataloguing their fountain pens, many collectors use small pieces of paper, labels, to register important data. This is being replaced by the development of the tompens, using digital labels, NFC tags.
Fountain pens on stamps
Writing has always been an integral part of human culture, and the ways in which people have recorded their thoughts and messages have changed over time. The transmission of ideas was boosted by the advent of the postal service, with the appearance of stamps on letters (1840), which gave rise to the world of stamp art, including mail art as a separate genre (1960). In parallel, fountain pens have followed a similar evolutionary trajectory. I have collected memories of the meeting of stamps and pens.
Beyond the glass mountain
about the glass nibs
Old glass-tipped pens are a real rarity these days. Drop or tap the end of a nib once and the irreparable breakage only adds to the value of the remaining intact nibs. However, you can also buy new glass pens to enhance your handwriting experience, especially if you use them on a sunny day.
The fountain pen for a phantom pilot
The Chevignon story
There is a famous French brand in the world, many of whose products have a 1957 date. Although the company Charles Chevignon was founded in 1979, the backdating doesn't really bother either the sellers or the buyers. The odd thing is that not many people have thought about it before, but tompens.com has found out who (or rather who isn't) Charles Chevignon?
The soul of the fountain pen
if it exists
I recently came across an interview with a fountain pen maker in a daily newspaper (print) called "Pens that have a soul". Since I have been working with pens, I have regularly come across similar sentiments that pens have a soul. In connection with this title, I decided to investigate the question and, if the pen has a psyche, to dive into the subject as a pen psychologist. The question is a tricky one, since if the conclusion of my reasoning is that pens are soulless, I could easily burn myself with the same diagnosis. So I will make it clear from the outset that whatever the outcome, the question is unprovable. But there are a few things to ponder about whether any object has a soul.
Hungary's fountain pen restorer lives in Budapest, and was received by Viktor Orban
interview by Tünde Tálas
We met Tamás Szűcs in the centre of Budafok, on the outskirts of Budapest, in the Spiller confectionery, where he brought the smallest and largest piece of his fountain pen collection. In our report we introduce the country's only pen restorer, who takes his own photos of his antique pens, which he assembles while reflecting on aesthetic issues and the abstract things in life. Statistically, there is no data on the percentage of the population that uses fountain pens, but it is safe to say that they are mainly used by intellectuals, so don't be surprised if the country's only fountain pen restorer presents the Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban with an antique pen and even initiates a correspondence with Queen Elizabeth II.
- 🇺🇸 Stanhope, the medium hidden in a pen
- 🇺🇸 Ringed Eversharp - repair of a broken pen
- 🇺🇸 Waterman Carene fountain pen nib repair
- 🇺🇸 Kivi-Lyme biopen with ticks
- 🇺🇸 Handwriting after printing the book
- 🇺🇸 Two misplaced fountain pens on Money Museum (Budapest)
- 🇺🇸 The magical Parker 61 fountain pen
- 🇺🇸 Visit to the Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
- 🇺🇸 Response from Buckingham Palace
- 🇺🇸 Fountain pens of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
- 🇺🇸 Star is born / Montblanc fountain pen repair
- 🇺🇸 Exploding fountain pens
- 🇺🇸 Shadow of a star / Ilie Nastase
- 🇺🇸 Interview with Tamás Szűcs fountain pen restorer
- 🇺🇸 The Pen Weapon / Fountain Pen as a Revolver
- 🇺🇸 World Congress of Fountain Pen Manufacturers in Budapest
- 🇺🇸 Would you sell?
- 🇺🇸 Fountain pen and ballpoint pen repair in Budapest
- 🇺🇸 The danish pen maker Chistian Olsen
