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title: "Fountain Pens (Crowood Collectors')"
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# Comprehensive vintage pen history Expert collecting tips Richly illustrated content Fountain Pens (Crowood Collectors')

**Price:** S/.242
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## Summary

> 🖋️ Own a Piece of Writing History – Don’t Just Write, Collect!

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- **What is this?** Fountain Pens (Crowood Collectors')
- **How much does it cost?** S/.242 with free shipping
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## Key Features

- • **Curated by Experts:** Authored by Peter Twydle, a trusted voice in pen collecting circles.
- • **Visual Inspiration:** Beautiful, detailed photos that bring each pen’s story to life.
- • **Collector’s Starter Kit:** Essential guidance for building and curating your vintage pen collection.
- • **Global Appeal, Local Charm:** A must-have for enthusiasts worldwide, shipped directly from England.
- • **Unlock the Legacy of Writing:** Dive deep into the fascinating history of iconic fountain pen brands.

## Overview

Fountain Pens (Crowood Collectors') by Peter Twydle is a well-regarded, richly illustrated guidebook perfect for vintage fountain pen enthusiasts and collectors. It offers detailed histories of major pen brands, expert collecting tips, and high-quality photos, making it an essential resource for anyone looking to start or expand their collection.

## Description

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Review: Filled with details - Well written, great photos and filled with more details than I expected. Shipping took awhile, but given that it came from England - not bad. "A Must" for anyone with an interest in fountain pens. Kozmo18
Review: The place to start for pen collectors - This is an excellent book if you are interested in getting started in collecting vintage fountain pens. Covers history of all major brands and gives excellent tips on how to start collecting pens. Book is well illustrated too. Highly recommend this book if you have any interest in starting a collection of fountain pens.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,523,584 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,926 in Fountain Pens #7,043 in Antiques & Collectibles (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 131 Reviews |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Filled with details
*by K***8 on February 16, 2021*

Well written, great photos and filled with more details than I expected. Shipping took awhile, but given that it came from England - not bad. "A Must" for anyone with an interest in fountain pens. Kozmo18

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The place to start for pen collectors
*by M***B on February 25, 2017*

This is an excellent book if you are interested in getting started in collecting vintage fountain pens. Covers history of all major brands and gives excellent tips on how to start collecting pens. Book is well illustrated too. Highly recommend this book if you have any interest in starting a collection of fountain pens.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A strong contribution.
*by J***E on February 14, 2017*

As a collector of fountain pens for nearly thirty years, I own numerous books on fountains pens, the history, collecting, repair, etc. I must say, there has yet to be written the definitive tome on fountain pens. Peter Twydle's book takes a giant leap in the right direction. Well written with many handsome depictions of fountain pens and old print ads, many historical references, a reliance on vintage manuals, the author also shares the knowledge handed down from his father, Arthur Twydle, a fountain pen historian, to whom the book is dedicated. In fact, the book is a bit of a gift to his late father, a long-time pensmith (selling, restoring, collecting) and founder of (the first?) pen museum. There is a heartfelt biography in the appendix, recounting his father's life.The link between the author (himself a pensmith) and his father is quite warm and humanizing. That alone makes this book different, and more engaging, from the rest. Some of the book’s highlights come via Arthur Twydle, the father, who was opinionated and unequivocal in matters concerning pens. The best fountain pen, according to Arthur, is the Pelikan M800 Souveran (generally agree but also have very high regard for several Japanese brands, Namiki/Pilot and Nakaya, in particular); Montblanc has long shown excellence in branding but has an inferior filling system that makes their writing instruments prone to leak — they’ve known this and refuse to address it (I discovered this nearly thirty years ago); we are living in a disposable world, so pens are no longer made to last — if you're shelling out good money on a fountain pen, the first rule, says Arthur: it should work. And the company should stand behind it. Common sense . . . not so common. The book includes a glossary, many lovely line drawings and diagrams depicting the inner working of pens and filling systems. The real breath of fresh air comes with the sharing of opinions, long-held impressions of specific companies and the industry, and how it's all changed. There is a short section on how to navigate on eBay, how to buy at auction, how to value your pen collection, how to care for your pens, and suggestions on how to build your collection. One sore point for me, was that the author, in describing Montblanc, refers to the company logo as "a star." I understand that it is commonly referenced, incorrectly, as a star, but the white mark atop a Montblanc pen is meant to replicate the snow-capped mountain, Mont Blanc, for which the pen is named, just as the "4810" engraving on the nib references the height of the mountain in meters. Nevertheless, glad I have this book. Have already read it cover-to-cover. And will again.

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