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William Penn will continue to evolve and ensure that customer finds the widest variety and the best experience – Nikhil Ranjan, MD

On February 1, 2019February 1, 2019 By chawm

William Penn – combining convenience with great experience Nikhil Ranjan, the young and dynamic Managing Director of William Penn is credited with creating, almost single handed, the e-commerce space for fountain pens and all related accessories in India, that too with multiple brick and mortar stores across different cities. A prime

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Onoto pens – where Oxford meets Cambridge in celebration of all things pucca!

On January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 By chawm

Onoto, Oxford and Cambridge, the quintessentially British search for excellence! Oxford and Cambridge, the two oldest universities in the United Kingdom, according to popular lore, are bitterly pitted against each other – a rivalry, raconteurs add gleefully, that dates back centuries. Perhaps the fact that both were founded about 800

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Soennecken füllhalter – a fountain pen like no other

On November 18, 2018 By chawm

Soennecken – once upon a time, long, long ago… Friedrich Nietzsche – German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, philologist, and a Latin and Greek scholar of extraordinary sharp mind and a fathomless knowledge pool. The profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history that his work has exerted needs no elaboration. Naturally, when Nietzsche put on

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BENU Hexagon – New Year Limited Edition

On October 24, 2018October 24, 2018 By chawm

BENU Hexagon Limited Edition – 500 reasons to celebrate the New Year! 2019 will be a year to remember. For the new year will break with the spotting of a new star on the horizons – the BENU Hexagon, New Year Limited Edition. The offering of this exquisite piece of

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Dr Sreekumar handcrafted pens – Perfection from Palakkad!

On October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 By chawm

Dr Sreekumar creations – the story of fountain pen evolution reaching its apogee. For all those who claim that the Fountain pen is dead and buried, here is a small piece of news: there is a queue for them outside the gate of a man who is not a professional

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Japanese Pens – reverence from the land of the rising sun!

On October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 By chawm

Japanese Pens – delights to behold, wonders of craftsmanship. Legend has it that it was a friend returning from England, who first had shown a fountain pen to Kyugoro Sakata. Sakata was an engineer by profession and had immediately taken up the challenge of manufacturing fountain pens in Japan. The