
Pencils, Pencils, Pencils
Depending on your sense of nostalgia, writing with a pencil can be a “Madeleine moment’. For me, the smell of wood shavings and sharpened graphite ...
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The people closest to me will gently point out that I tell the same stories again and again. If you’ve heard this one, please forgive me. I open...
Read moreI have been selling fountain pens for 35 years. My first day in retail was the day I opened the shop, back in September of 1987. But it wasn’t th...
Read moreSchoolkids are taught the equinox is the beginning of spring. For me, winter ends three weeks earlier. The beginning of March is the start of spri...
Read moreWhen someone walks into the shop, whether well-versed or new to the world of writing instruments, there is a moment of engagement. It is often a da...
Read moreI trust you had a reasonable end-of-year break. Almost certainly, some of you were bogged down, snowed in, or missed flights. I hope the frustratio...
Read moreOver the past 35 years, December has been, for me, a month of intense business and busyness. The intensity of activity in the shop is at once ...
Read more“Wow, you use a fountain pen!?”In our writing community, there is a shared understanding of why we love pens and paper so much. The combination ...
Read moreWhen we first saw Common Modern's products in Paris in January of 2020, we fell in love immediately. Their vibrant and modern approach to stationer...
Read moreAs of February 1st, our prices for the LAMY Safari and AL-Star fountain pens will drop. And here’s why...
Read moreFor those of you who know are frequent visitors to the store, you may have noticed that over the past year a new logo has appeared on top of our wo...
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