Pen Collectors of America

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

The PENnant
Summer 2001

 

Vol. XV, No.2
Summer 2001

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURE ARTICLES

Pelikan - The Master of Detail
Martin Lehmann

Pelikan - A Basic Guide to Repairs
Martin Lehmann

Pelikan: A Timeline
Sam Fiorella

Comparing Pelikans
Tom Rehkopf

My First Vintage Pelikan
Jack Leone

Ira Barnett: King of the No Name Pens
L. Michael Fultz

The Great Parker Find
Victor Chen and Roger Cromwell

The First Sheaffer Pens, Part II
David Nishimura

Eversharp:
The King of the Pencils, Part II
Melissa Lowry and Michael McNeil

Early Wahl Production Costs
Clifford M. Harrington


PEN SHOWS: A PRIMER

Pen shows for Beginners (and others!)
Frank Dubiel

A New Collector at the Boston Pen Show
Maria Umberfield

An Outsider Looks at Pen Shows
Tanya Wilkinson


A "Triumph" for Pen Flicks?
William Hong

Nibs - Made in Germany
Jack Leone


IN BRIEF:

Letters to the Editor


From the Editor
Rick Propas

Web Museum Project Update
Melissa Lowry

Repairs and Restorations Q & A
Frank Dubiel

The Pen Show Circuit
Upcoming Pen Shows

Notes from the Board

From the President
Sam Fiorella

Pen Repair Directory

About the Contributors

Classifieds