Textual Thoughts » Fountain Pens http://dannytam.com Personal weblog of Danny Tam Hong Khai Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:37:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Pelikan’s brand new fountain pen – The Majesty M7000 http://dannytam.com/2007/03/31/pelikans-brand-new-fountain-pen-the-majesty-m7000/ http://dannytam.com/2007/03/31/pelikans-brand-new-fountain-pen-the-majesty-m7000/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2007 10:34:00 +0000 admin http://localhost/textualthoughts/?p=115

The first thing you will notice about the Pelikan Majesty fountain pen is the absolutely beautiful barrel made of fluted sterling silver Ag 925 which is coated with platinum. The nib is a two toned 18K gold handcrafted nib. From the picture it seems that the overall finishing of the pen is excellent as can be expected from Pelikan.

]]> http://dannytam.com/2007/03/31/pelikans-brand-new-fountain-pen-the-majesty-m7000/feed/ 0 Pelikan M650 Fountain Pen Review – Green Striped Barrel http://dannytam.com/2007/03/27/pelikan-m650-fountain-pen-review-green-striped-barrel/ http://dannytam.com/2007/03/27/pelikan-m650-fountain-pen-review-green-striped-barrel/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2007 11:39:00 +0000 admin http://localhost/textualthoughts/?p=113 The Pelikan M650 fountain pen with green striped barrel This is a brief review of the Pelikan M650 fountain pen with green striped barrel. The Pelikan M650 is a discontinued model from Pelikan's Souveran family of fountain pens. It has been out of production for a few years already but once in a while new old stock may be found on offer. Such was my good fortune when I ]]> http://dannytam.com/2007/03/27/pelikan-m650-fountain-pen-review-green-striped-barrel/feed/ 4 Fountain Pen Review: Nakaya Ishi-me Kan-shitsu (Stone Finish Kan-Shitsu Technique) http://dannytam.com/2006/12/21/fountain-pen-review-nakaya-ishi-me-kan-shitsu-stone-finish-kan-shitsu-technique/ http://dannytam.com/2006/12/21/fountain-pen-review-nakaya-ishi-me-kan-shitsu-stone-finish-kan-shitsu-technique/#comments Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:42:00 +0000 admin http://localhost/textualthoughts/?p=109 Now that I have had the pen for a few months I guess it is a good time to share my experience with a brief review of this wonderful piece of writing instrument.

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]]> http://dannytam.com/2006/12/21/fountain-pen-review-nakaya-ishi-me-kan-shitsu-stone-finish-kan-shitsu-technique/feed/ 4 Rambling Snail forum ceases to exist? http://dannytam.com/2006/10/16/rambling-snail-forum-ceases-to-exist/ http://dannytam.com/2006/10/16/rambling-snail-forum-ceases-to-exist/#comments Mon, 16 Oct 2006 06:21:00 +0000 admin http://localhost/textualthoughts/?p=105 post I mentioned that Avery Hise, the founder of Rambling Snail had put up a for sale notice for the forum. Not long after that the site ramblingsnail.net ceased to be found on the world wide web. I was reluctant to post about the new development since I did not want to speculate prematurely on the demise]]> http://dannytam.com/2006/10/16/rambling-snail-forum-ceases-to-exist/feed/ 0 Fountain Pen photography with the Canon EOS 400D http://dannytam.com/2006/10/05/pen-photography-with-the-canon-eos-400d/ http://dannytam.com/2006/10/05/pen-photography-with-the-canon-eos-400d/#comments Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:32:00 +0000 admin http://localhost/textualthoughts/?p=104 Ever since I was bitten by the fountain pen bug a few months ago, I have been yearning to find a way to photograph the pens in a satisfactory manner. Fortunately Kelvin Tan, photgrapher extraordinaire , conducted a workshop in pen photography at Pengallery's showroom during

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