Crónicas Estilográficas

On July 25th I wrote about a new line of inks by Sailor commissioned by Nakabayashi , a stationery company. As is often the case with Chroni...

I have said this a number of times: fountain pens are obsolete objects, and there is nothing necessary in them. Then, on top of wanting foun...

Pen shows are always exciting events for the aficionado. They are also overwhelming and intimidating, but that is part of the appeal, for in...

Despite the active pen community existing in Tokyo, this big city lacks an international pen event. Sure there are small fairs ( ::1:: , ::2...

The ink business seems very attractive… even to companies with no interests in the fountain pen world. Such is the case of Nakabayashi , a...

Yes, a correction to a previous mistake. On a recent Chronicle I mentioned that a pen decorated by Mr. Iwase had its body made by lathe m...

Few elements in a pen are really standardized. Each maker created –still creates– many of the components and they only had to match the othe...