Re: His Nibs.com update -- Piston demonstrators

  • From: "Tristan Sherliker" <t.sherliker@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: fptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:11:57 +0100

Hi Norman,

Great find! Can you quote me for a burgundy demo plus shipping to the UK,
please?

Best,
Tristan

On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 9:51 PM, <stonebri@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> HisNibs.com update --
> Piston demonstrators
> September 12th, 2008
>
> Hello all,
>
> NOTE: As can be seen by the date above, this was the email update sent out
> to my newsletter subscribers before we left for the New York pen show. So,
> my apologies for the tardiness of those reading it now, and to my subcribers
> if they've already received this directly and are now reading it on this
> forum.
>
> (Deleted info on *upcoming* NY pen show)
>
> A number of months ago I was presented with a really
> neat piston filler pen from
> Pakistan, made by Dollar Industries. They're available
> both as a solid color (with ink viewing window) and as
> a demonstrator . It took me
> several months, but I now have an importation
> channel to bring in these pens in quantity. I think you'll
> be impressed.
>
> Private Reserve inks are now available in a larger,
> 110 ml (3.72oz) bottle, in all colors except for the three
> Fast Dry inks.
>
> Also newly in stock are the Pilot 78G
> pens with the BB stub/italic nibs!
>
> Cats have always been the most popular subject for
> Lai Yee's pen rolls, and she has two new ones up on
> her webpage.
>
> One of my customers has used a number of pens
> purchased from His Nibs, as well as rocks and
> lavender, as the subject of a series of
> photos. Take a look below, and on her Picasa
> page, for the neat results.
>
> On the blog....Dolphin bubble rings
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~in this issue
> * Dollar brand piston fillers
> * Private Reserve ink larger bottles
> * Pilot 78G 'BB' nib
> * Fancy Cat pen rolls
> * Rocks, Pens, Lavender
> * On the blog...Dolphin bubble rings
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Dollar brand piston fillers
>
> http://www.hisnibs.com/DollarDemonstratorGroup3_small1.jpg
>
> No, the pens don't cost you a dollar -- sorry.  Dollar
> Industries was founded in 1954 in Karachi, Pakistan
> and today is one of the leading manufacturers of
> writing instruments and stationery in Asia. Their
> products are exported to more than 50 countries, but
> their pens are just becoming known here in the U. S. I
> originally became aware of the neat piston fillers on
> this page a number of months ago, and have spent
> that time arranging to import them in quantity. Due to
> the continually  rising costs of importation I may have
> to raise the price of these in a future order, but for now
> I wanted to introduce them at a super-affordable price.
>
> See the demonstrators here.... - http://www.hisnibs.com/dollar.htm
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Private Reserve ink larger bottles
>
> http://www.hisnibs.com/images/Miscellaneous/PR%20large%20bottles.jpg
>
> Presenting the new 110 ml bottle from Private reserve
> (the original size is 50 ml). These are great for
> stocking up with your favorite colors.
>
> More here... - http://www.hisnibs.com/ink.htm
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Pilot 78G 'BB' nib
>
> The Pilot 78G has been one of the most
> popular pen models we've ever
> carried. Just read a few of the customer comments on
> its webpage, linked below.
>
> The 'B' stub/italic nib has been especially sought-after
> over the years. I'd long know of the existence of a 'BB'
> stub/italic nib for the pen, but my regular suppliers
> were never able to obtain it, until now (well, the week
> of 9/15/08 actually!). :-)
>
> I've been using one for about a week now, and it's
> become one of my real 'go to' pens. The shading and
> line variation it provides to my writing is really terrific.
> These are approximately half-again as wide as the B
> nibs (sorry, no exact measurements yet, but I'm
> guessing about 1.2mm). Feel free to reserve one now
> and we'll ship as soon
> as the order arrives next week!
>
> The photo shows, from L to R, the F, M, B & BB nibs.
> Excuse the ink on the nibs...they're working pens! :-)
>
> http://www.hisnibs.com/Pilot78G4nibs2_small.jpg
>
> Read what customers say about the 78G here... -
> http://www.hisnibs.com/pilot_pens.htm
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Fancy Cat pen rolls
>
> http://www.hisnibs.com/PenRollFancyCatsAmber-8Wrapped_small.jpg
>
> Of all the patterns of pen rolls that Lai Yee has
> produced over the years, our feline friends always
> prove most popular.
>
> Lai Yee found a new pattern called Fancy
> Cat, in two
> colors, but in very limited quantity.
>
> See more patterns here.... - http://www.hisnibs.com/pen_rolls.htm
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Rocks, Pens, Lavender
>
> See Jalet's full photographic study here.... http://tinyurl.com/4xkadq
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> On the blog...Dolphin bubble rings
>
> My September 8th blog entry has a spectacular video
> of dolphins creating rings of bubbles for play and
> amusement....of both themselves and apparently their
> human observers.
>
> See the video here... - http://hisnibs.blogspot.com
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Norman Haase
> His Nibs.com
> http://www.hisnibs.com
> Blog: http://hisnibs.blogspot.com
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