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 > ========================================================= > To Unsubscribe: Send email to fptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. 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