From what I can gather, Blaisdell’s involvement in London around the turn of the century was short and not particularly…

I’ve seen a selection of recurring markings on pencils, but one that always interested me was the ‘S [Crown] O‘…

I’ve always enjoyed collecting F Chambers pencils and in fact some of those pencils probably deserve a post of their…

I have a soft spot for Wolff’s pencils, the pre-Royal Sovereign manufacturer who was based in London. One pencil from…

The pencil maker ‘Derwent’ has a particularly rich history (hence the reason they have a pencil museum, I guess) and…

I don’t propose to tell you the history of the American Lead Pencil Co. in this post.  That would be…

Staying with British made pencils for my second part of pencils for Calligraphy / lettering, we have the William Mitchell’s…

This is part 1 of a series of ‘pencils for calligraphy’ posts. I have a few more lined up in…

Superbowl season is upon us and once again, my Colts aren’t making an appearance… It’s a good opportunity to dig…

This is the first post in the blog.  There’s not much to it, but it gets the ball rolling.  I…