Scriptus Toronto Retirement
As many of you know, for the past four years I have been heavily involved in the creation and organization of Scriptus, Toronto’s Pen & Writing Show. It has been with great pride that I…
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Solved: Who Made the Pens of Birks Jewellers?
Like most Canadian jewellers at the turn of the twentieth century, Henry Birks & Sons, of Montréal, sold pens. While they don’t often turn up today, occasionally we have one cross our repair bench. While…
Free Victorian Pen Catalogue Online
Information is gold; sometimes more than figuratively. We came across a lovely Victorian pen catalogue in our favourite collection, archive.org. Titled, in fine Victorian fashion, History of the invention and illustrated process of making Foley’s…
A Few Changes
You may have noticed: we’ve been a bit quiet around here. But it’s for good reason. The pen business is booming in Canada, and in Toronto specifically. This, however, has had a bit of an…
What We Can Learn From a Copper Pearl Frankenpen
We came across an interesting pen the other day, “in the wild”, which is to say in an antiques mall. Not exactly a beautiful pen: not in great condition, nor very valuable, in terms of…
Ink Lecture & Workshop in Toronto
We are happy to share with you an upcoming ink lecture & workshop, taking place this coming weekend (February 27 & 28, 2016) at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto (click on image for PDF…