HisNibs.com update --Hero Victorian November 14th, 2008 I hope this update finds everyone holding together, body and soul, during these tough economic times. This is more of a 'keep in touch' newsletter this time, as I'm awaiting new deliveries from China, Pakistan and India. One new model that just went up on the website is the Hero Victorian. I hesitated to list it, as I have less than 10 of them in stock at the moment, but if you miss out this time, I'll have more before too long. I wanted to share -- with permission of course -- a recent email I received from a new customer, Cliff Spicer. He mentions the organic connection he feels in taking nib to paper, but also how a fountain pen has opened a new avenue of communication with his son....but let him speak for himself, below. On the blog....Table Tennis reigns supreme ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~in this issue * Hero Victorian * Cliff's note (not to be confused with Cliff Notes) * On the blog...Table Tennis reigns supreme ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hero Victorian http://www.hisnibs.com/HeroVictorianAngled_small.jpg I've been on one of my periodic Sherlock Holmes and Victorian era kicks recently -- both books and videos -- and here's a pen that would fit right in. It's the kind of pen design that I envision someone in the British aristocracy using in replying to a royalinvitation.
More photos here... - http://www.hisnibs.com/victorian.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cliff's note (not to be confused with Cliff Notes) Cliff is a recent convert to our world of fountain pens, so I thought it would be interesting for everyone to hear from a 'newbie'. Cliff started with a Dollar piston demonstrator and I think he's already hooked on fountain pens and the colorful world ofinks (sound familiar?). "Norman,
I have now used a fountain pen and bottled ink for a week or so and I got to tell you this is a interesting adventure. I saw you on the PBS show http://tinyurl.com/5vkx4n andI think you nailed it when you said that there is something about the connection from the brain to the writing hand. I think what I appreciate is that seeing you on the show made me see that you are interested in the philosophy of the pen as much as the selling of them. What I have found after using a computer so long is that I loose the emotional connection of what I write. I love technology more than most but even using my pocket PC to track my "To Do" lists doesn't come close to motivating me as does my handwritten list -- from which I look forward toscratching out those things completed.
This new pen has also made a personal connection between myself and my 10 year old son. He has enjoyed helping me fill the pens with different inks and has written his homework with the pen and 4 different inks this week. Anything to get him excited about doing homework is a great thing. Maybe the fountain pen will be the new Ritalin. Expect more orders soon as Christmas is coming and I think this may be my unique gifts to my family and friends this year.... All the best, Cliff P.S. What I find unique about he Dollar pen is that I see myself buying a few and keepinginks that I may not use as often as the standard colours. At the low price these pens
are guilt free." I really love hearing that a fountain pen and ink served as a further bridge between Cliffand his son. I wrote a short article http://tinyurl.com/6no9wl several years ago on the connection between
writing tools and creativity, and I know that most of you agree that there's a different quality to your writing when a fountain pen is used. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On the blog...Table Tennis reigns supreme I was tooling around YouTube awhile back, and came across several videos related to my favorite sport. They include two that feature my very first teacher/coach, Marty Reisman (once on the page, make sure you click on the link to see him decapitating cigarettes!), as well as a classic bit from W.C. Fields. You'll find them under the Monday, November 03, 2008 entry by following the link below and scrolling down a bit. See the videos here.... - http://hisnibs.blogspot.com Regards, Norman Haase His Nibs.com http://www.hisnibs.com Blog: http://hisnibs.blogspot.com ========================================================= To Unsubscribe: Send email to fptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. The email that you then receive MUST be replied to per instructions to complete the process.