Crónicas Estilográficas

I have often said that I just write about what I see. And then I publish my texts and wait to see how readers react to them. Not many com...

When the service is free you are the product. Or a tool in the hands of others. The Pelikan Hub, 2019 edition, is over and it is time to t...

Some weeks ago I spoke about how a fountain pen should perform correctly regardless of the script and that Japan was not such a special plac...

I ended up my previous Chronicle with a call to myself—I should say something about the Pilot Custom 823. This is a pen I have avoided on t...

Mr. Iwase is this raden master who customized his pens in unique ways. I already reported on his workd over relatively rare pens crafted by...

War-time German pens are well-known. That might be due to the current importance of some German brands and to their ability to create iconic...

The information I offer today is already known—Kabutogi Ginjirô was a remarkable Japanese nibmeister who worked for a number of pen brands,...

I have insisted a number of times on these Chronicles on the need to generate reliable information about fountain pens. The history of thes...

What single writing tool could produce ALL the lines shown on the following picture? All the strokes were done with the same writing too...

After speaking about an old self-filler by Sailor , it might be time to speak about the origins of the new, contemporary, self-filling fount...

On a recent text , I pointed out the popularity of Pelikan pens among Japanese stylophiles. Therefore, it was no surprise to see all those b...