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His Nibs.com update -- Playing with ink
August 28th, 2009

Greetings,

Just a quick interim update, as I work on a
longer one with new pens and pen stands!

Introducing a new ink mixing kit from Private
Reserve, that includes a cartridge-filling
system!

Lai Yee's latest pen roll pattern, with the
Chinese characters for Good Fortune.

A new video profile of the Bookworm 702
series of fountain pens.

The recently launched 'His Nibs' page on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/His-Nibscom/78639347704
has been growing nicely. Please stop
by and take a look and become a fan.

On the blog...Computer program helps decode
ancient texts.

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* New Private Reserve Ink Mixing Kit
* Good Fortune pen roll pattern
* 'His Nibs' page on Facebook
* Video profile of the Bookworm 702 series
* On the blog...Computer program helps decode ancient texts

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New Private Reserve Ink Mixing Kit



For everyone that enjoys creating their own
colors, the new Ink Mixing Kit from the
makers of Private Reserve ink. Kit contains 4
empty ink bottles, 4 hard plastic 15ml cups,
2 mixing syringes, and now two ink
cartridge-filling syringes as well so that
you can now fill an empty cartridge with your
newest color creation! Also included are a
few "starter" recipes.

More here... - http://www.hisnibs.com/ink.htm

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Good Fortune pen roll pattern



Shown here in the two-pen pouch version --
but also available in any of the pen roll
sizes -- is one of Lai Yee's latest patterns
-- which I call Good Fortune.
The Chinese characters speak of good health,
wealth, luck, etc. You get them all in one!

Also new is the Flower Tiles pattern, shown
here in the en roll.



See all the patterns here... - http://www.hisnibs.com/pen_rolls.htm

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'His Nibs' page on Facebook



Click here to visit our Facebook page -
http://www.facebook.com/pages/His-Nibscom/78639347704

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Video profile of the Bookworm 702 series



Another neat fountain pen design from
Bookworm. These full-sized pens have
semi-hooded nibs and combine a classic
profile with a dash of color.

See the video here... -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_rpbPJ6F_Q

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On the blog...Computer program helps decode ancient texts



"An ancient, indecipherable text from the
Indus Valley region is slowly being decoded
with the help of a computer program,
according to recent research.

Though it has yet to decrypt this mysterious
language, the program may help to decipher
other ancient texts whose meanings have been
long since forgotten.

...Roughly 5,000 seals, tablets and amulets,
filled with about 500 different symbols, were
created somewhere between 2600 and 1900 B.C.
by a people living in the Indus River Valley. "

Link to the full article here... - http://hisnibs.blogspot.com

Regards,

Norman Haase
His Nibs.com
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