Pen Collectors of America

Keeping The History of Writing Instruments Alive Through Member Support and Community Education

The PENnant
Spring 2006

 

Vol. XXIII, No.1
Spring 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

FEATURES:

  • Parker Pen Co. Part I: The Parker Family Comes to America
    by Len Provisor and Geoffrey Parker

  • In Appreciation of Pen Pioneers Cliff and Judy Lawrence, Founders of the Pen Fancier's Club
    by Len Provisor

  • An Army Marches on Its Stomach
    by Dan Reppert

  • Pens for Kids: Return to Room 12, Des Moines Elementary
    by Doug Postlewait

  • Toolmaker's Journal I, Restoring Parker's Hi-Flight Leak Prevention System
    by Daniel Kirchheimer with Richard Binder
  • John W. Gibb, Super Salesman
    by Tom Zoss
  • Taxonomy of Late 1940 Sheaffer Pens
    by Jim Mamoulides
  • Aurora After WWII
    by Giovanni Abrate
  • German Pen Manufacturer Cleo Skibinet Marks 60 Years
    by Jim Mamoulides
  • The Sign
    by Jim Mamoulides

 

DEPARTMENTS:

  • The Book Worm: A Book Review
    by Len Provisor

  • Remembering a Friend
    by Len Provisor

  • Cryptopenology III: Under Pressure?
    by Daniel Kirchheimer

  • Tech Notes
    by Victor Chen


IN BRIEF :

  • From the Editor

  • Snippets
  • Coming in the Next Issue of The Pennant