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Japanese Swan pens –those made by Nobuo Ito— are already known on these Chronicles . This company based its success in Japan on coping the M...

Nowadays, Japanese pen companies are probably those offering the widest selection of nib points in their catalogs. Aside of the specialty ni...

November is the month of the Madrid Pen Show . This year, it reaches its 11th edition and has become one of the greatest pen events in Europ...

I owe an explanation and a word of thanks to the readers of these texts and, more in particular, to those who took the effort to comment on ...

It is well know that post-war years in Japan were very difficult. In the pen business that was reflected with a proliferation of pen operati...

Like any other successful company, Pilot is bound to be copied and competitors and wannabes. But, when did that started? Well, I cannot give...

The world of pens, nowadays, is full of reactionary obsessions. It could not be otherwise, for fountain pens are obsolete tools. Consequentl...