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Montblanc Greta
Garbo
Montblanc's new Greta Garbo is dedicated to the
legendary film actress best known for her
performance in Mata Hari. This Special Edition is
available as a cartridge-only fountain pen or ballpoint
and features a black resin body with a cream-colored
resin cap, Garbo's engraved signature on the cap,
and an Akoya pearl on the graceful clip.
With the Greta Garbo Collection, Montblanc pays
tribute to one of the most memorable legends of the
silver screen.
The fountain pen features a 18kt gold nib and is
available in fine and medium widths.
Order a tribute to the silver screen today!
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Dear Chip,
Happy New Year from Bertram's Inkwell!
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Bert's Corner
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The Holidays were tremendous! Thank you for
choosing Bertram's Inkwell for your writing
instruments, inks, refills and accessories.
We are looking forward to a great year. We start off
with the Philadelphia Pen Show on January 20-22 at
the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel. This show
promises to be the best yet!
Coming soon are the new and much anticipated
Gladatior II and Cappo D'oro II. Both Bertram's
exclusive, limited editions from Delta.
As we head into Spring it will be time for our annual
Spring Pen Fair at our Baltimore store.
I hope I get a chance to see many of you in Philly in
a few weeks!
Happy New Year and Keep writing!
Bert
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Ken's Pen Pick of The Month
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 Ken's Pick for the New Year is the
new Talentum Finesse from Aurora. The Finesse is
available as a fountain pen, rollerball and
ballpoint. It has a slim and well balanced design that
is easy to hold.
Enjoy free UPS Ground shipping on any Talentum
Finesse through January 31, 2006!
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Pen Events
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Don't miss The 2006 Philadelphia
Pen
Show!
January 20-22, at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel
in downtown Philadelphia.
- New and antique pen dealers from around the
World!
- Free calligraphy class open to registered show
attendees!
- Door prizes including the Aurora 85th Anniversary
Limited!
- On-site pen repairs!
- Networking with collectors!
This show promises to be bigger and
better than ever.
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New Additions to our Website
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We are continuously adding items to our already
extensive selection of fine writing instruments and
accessories.
We have just recently added:
- Talentum Finesse
- Monteverde Riviera Fountain Pen and Ballpoint
- Montblanc Greta Garbo
- Caran d'Ache Carbon Fiber
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The Pen Guru
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Jim is our resident pen guru. Jim is a "fountain" of
knowledge when it comes to all things pens!
Q: I've been looking at what other people have
called, and I am not sure that this is the right word,
but a "kit pen." These pens could be made of wood
from different sites, historical areas, or exotic woods.
What have you heard about the mechanisms, clip
and hardware of these pens?
A: While I have the greatest admiration for
those few who can take a block of wood or acrylic
and form it into a highly polished item such as a pen.
I do have some reservations, no matter how rare or
precious the body material may be, the clips, tips,
and mechanisms in general come from a craft supplier
and are dubious quality at best. Compared to the
findings that a major manufacturer would normally
use on a comparable pen they are for the most part
junk. I have seen some "craft pens" of extremely
high quality and what these talented people have
done is take an antique pen strip out the nib and
hardware and build a new body and cap, in fact they
have basically remanufactured the pen. I only know
of one or two people doing this at this time.
In short there are too many great pens out there to
buy something that may break and leave you no
recourse.
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