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200 Members!!
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I am pleased to announce that the forum now has 200 members! More members here will result in more interaction and sharing of information. You can help by speading the word to fellow pen fans! More members is beneficial to all of us in the community. Do not forget about the "Chatbox" option t...
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Free Bottle of J. Herbin Ink
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Karen Doherty, VP of Marketing for Exaclair, Inc., is graciously offering a free bottle of J. Herbin Ink in exchange for your review of same.? (Your choice of Vert Pre, Diabolo Menthe, Vert Olive, Lierre Sauvage, Vert Reseda, Vert Empire,?or Orange Indien)? Simply go to the Blog link below and post y...
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Well gang our little site is still growing & thriving a year & a half after it's birth. I can't say how happy that makes me. My thanks to all of our contributing?members. We are coming up on 2000 posts?& should be there before too long. To celebrate our?mini milestone,?I have an elegant jet...
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CONTEST!
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Ok time for this weeks contest. It's very simple, guess what the pen is, model size, name and manufacturer, and it's yours. This is a vintage pen manufactured in the mid to late 1940's. The barrel is black, the cap a silver tone. It's a lever filler (silver/chrome colored) The pen has a semi flex medium/...
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An INK ALERT
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??? I'm sure you are all familiar with Noodlers line of inks. I just recieved one of their Bay State colors the Bay State Blue a classic dry permanent ink. How permanent is it? Well I marked an X on my finger nail and it came right off but only with sandpaper! Looking down on the nib of my up till now uninked Pa...
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September/October Contest
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Ok gang, contest time again. I've been trying to think of a good contest relating to fall & the upcoming holidays. I couldn't think of anything good so what I decided to do is to borrow the idea from another site. In short, I want you to write a scary fountain pen related story for Halloween. The lengt...
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Easter Egg #2 has been found
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Congrats to?r1roller70. I hid the EE in one of his old posts in the Vintage pens forum under Herlitz Bugatti 14k thread. Great job Wes, I'll have your ink i9n the mail Monday AM. Thanks for Playing & Enjoy! Dennis
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Profile Whiteboard
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Did you know, that in your profile there is a 'whiteboard' that acts something like a 2 person chat board. You can jot quick messages back and forth. The only drawback is they have to think to check their whiteboard.
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Site Milestone rapidly approaching
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Looks like we are well on our way to 1000 posts. I'd like to award the 1000th poster (excusing myself from this one) with a surprise gift when we hit that mark. Only 132 more posts to go! Read, question, post & enjoy! Dennis
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March or Die
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The Roman Centurians had a saying. March or Die. Well folks it's almost come to the time when we take on that same motto. Post or die. ? In the 13 months this site has been up, we have had 37 of 132 registered members post once or more, 26 of those with 3 or more posts, 12 with 10 or more, 6 with 20 or more. and 2 wit...
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Free vintage pen if you can find it.......
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From the brodcast email I sent to all of our members. "I'd also like to take a second to announce there is a hidden prize in one of the posts on the site. I'm not going to say what post or forum, but when it's found the first person to send me a PM gets a great restored vintage pen just for playing. It could...
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New Chat Room
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I found a chatroom for our humble community. I've added a sticky & link in the Musings, Ramblings, Chat & general Monkey Business forum. I think it will be a lot more successful if we set up regularly scheduled chat times rather than just popping in to see who's in the?room. My schedule is prett...
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Sub-group Title.
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Might I suggest that the sub-group presently titled "English Pens" be re-named "British Pens"?? While it is true that the bulk of pen manufacture was based in England, some took place in other parts of Britain as well.
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