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December News

In the depths of winter (at least in the Northern hemisphere) the new year brings new hopes and reflections on the year past.

Those of us at The PENguin wish you and yours the very best of years for 2012, unless of course the millenarians are right and the end of the Mayan calendar portends the end of the world, in which case, buy lots of pens before December 21. You’ll need to stock up for eternity!

The past year has been good to us, both personally and on the website. In terms of sales this looks to be our best year ever and we have just concluded with a big year end sale to thank you all for your continued patronage.

As we move forward into the new year, look for some new pens coming soon. In Pelikans most notably we’ll be putting up an early green jade 100 (not the 101 in jade), a very early M700 Toledo and a Golf. Other pens will include a Waterman’s 0516 Sheraton and a Parker Senior Maxima Vacumatic in blue! Also coming, an Oversize Conklin Endura in red hard rubber and a full size green Nozac.

So, enjoy the new year. Whether you shop here or elsewhere may the year bring you some wonderful finds, and more importantly, health, peace and contentment.

 
 
 
   

We are most pleased to announce a new collaboration with renowned pen and knifemaker and good friend David Broadwell to bring you a new line of custom pens. These are built upon Pelikan chassis (M/K/D 250-1000) in custom metals, including, but not limited to mokume gane and damascus steels.

David is currently developing these pens and they will be available shortly.

 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

For those of you who want to wear your allegiance to Pelikan front and center, we are pleased to offer these belt buckles. They are cast in bronze by a leading pen collector who is also a jewellry maker. They are just under two inches in diameter and have a bracket that allows you to put them on any 1 ¼” belt. We can also offer them in sterling silver.

The brass buckles are $175.00 plus shipping and we can supply them with a belt for $205.00.

Click here to buy this item or get more info.

 
 
Purpose, Pens and Pelikans

This year marks twenty-seven years of pen collecting for me. I began with Sheaffers and Parkers and then looked to the classical "big four," of American pendom, Parker, Sheaffer, Watermans and Eversharp. In the mid-1990s, I decided to focus narrowly on Parkers. Then in 1997, I became interested in Pelikans. More recently I have added an interest in oversize German pens, modern and a few vintage Italian pens and a representative sample of the classical American greats.

Today my collection is probably smaller than it was a decade ago, but far more coherent. For more see the About Me page. If you wish to learn more about Pelikan pens please follow this link to the illustrated Pelikan History article I wrote for PenTrace. The purpose of PENguin is to offer other collectors, and anyone else who is interested, first rate, fully restored pens to add to your collection or for daily use. All pens offered here have been fully restored by me or by German craftsmen who I trust and are guaranteed to you for two years. (Please note that this guarantee is not transferrable.) I want you to be able to use or enjoy your pens as much as I do.

 
   
     
     A few images from our recent stay in England and travels through Germany in early 2009.  
 
     
 
 
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