Showing posts with label Modern Pen Co.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Modern Pen Co.. Show all posts

Thursday, June 20, 2013

"Modern"

Since my article yesterday concerned A.A. Waterman & Co., this seems like the perfect time to bring up something else I’ve never been quite sure about. I’ve found two of these over the years:


At the top of each of these is imprinted "Modern / Pat. Jan. 20, 1920":



To learn more, this full article is included in The Leadhead's Pencil Blog Volume 2, available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and everywhere else you buy books, or you can order a copy signed by yours truly through the Legendary Lead Company HERE.



Wednesday, June 19, 2013

A Different Sort of a Different Waterman

George Rimakis was full of surprises in Raleigh. After knocking my socks off with a couple Patricians right when I walked in the door, he had a couple other things about which he wanted my opinion. When he showed them to me, my opinion was that if I couldn’t talk him out of them, maybe I could talk him into a little quality time with my portable studio, so we headed up to my room to take a few pictures:


To learn more, this full article is included in The Leadhead's Pencil Blog Volume 2, available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and everywhere else you buy books, or you can order a copy signed by yours truly through the Legendary Lead Company HERE.