At one point in time, I used to visit the Pen Hospital with almost religious regularity – spending my Saturday afternoons there in the company of Md Riaz and so often the other pen lovers who would walk in. I have acquired innumerable fountain pens from the establishment just like
Steampunk is retro-futuristic and anachronistic tech-based aesthetics, drawing deeply on steam-powered elements of the 19th century – of the Victorian era, of the Wild West – which had begun as a subgenre of science fiction. Though the term Steampunk was coined by science fiction author K W Jeter as late
Nav Yug from ASA. Ever since I did the YouTube video about ASA Nauka Pens, where I had shown a glimpse of a “Red pen” that Subramaniam has lovingly made for me, I have been inundated by requests to write about the pen, which seems to have set the imaginations
Indian Fountain pens are my dope. The never cease to give me a high. Especially if they are of a certain vintage, hand turned, eye-dropper fillers, made of ebonite and sport pure, “desi” nibs. The ones that give me mind-altering experiences are naturally the type that immediately transport me to
Kenro Industry’s key man – Bryan Hulser is a legend in the contemporary world of writing instruments. Not only is he the ultimate sales person capable of highlighting the USP of a brand to an extent that it reaches the must-have state of being, but is also capable of recounting
Talismans are objects, charms with magical powers that typically ward off evil and bring good luck. While talismans have been popular down the ages, the raging pandemic that has forced the world on to its knees has brought the talismans back into reckoning with many seeking their protective presence. Now
At its peak the Quartz Crisis reduced the number of Swiss watchmakers from 1600 to 600, and enabled Japan take over the lead in watchmaking – Clayton Christenson’s “The Innovator’s Dilemma” was playing out a full 20 years before its publication. Both in the crisis and their subsequent recovery, there
Vintage Indian ebonite fountain pens, anyone? “What is your greatest regret as a fountain pen collector?” asked the young lady who had come to take my interview. “Regret”? I heard myself mumbling far away, for her question had hit me straight in the solar plexus. “Fountain pen collecting, on
Gama Ivory with a 1 mm broad nib with a saree to match! We have a new system in place to maintain family peace – every time I get another Fountain Pen, I have to gift my wife a saree, preferably from the same region the pen originates in. As
An average Indian Fountain Pen (any pen for that matter) comprises of ten different parts: The Cap: Finial, Cap body & Lip, Clip, Insert (inner cap), Center band The Barrel: Body & Finial, Trim ring The Nib The Feed The Section The Converter Yes, I know that I am over
Diplomat, MadC and a Happy New Year! What is the one gift that sways a pen lover’s heart? The answer is easy, a fountain pen. But if one were to buy himself a fountain pen to mark the arrival of the new year, what would one buy? Now, that answer
Constellations88 presents the Vedisha Trio for a happy and prosperous Diwali! Don’t we just hate it when we are forced to venture out from our cosy comfort zones? It’s a big, bad, ugly world out there, after all! Precisely the time when we also feel the terrible need for some
