Welcome to Our New Home Page
This is what the new home page looked like on Day 1 of our refresh.…
When Pelikan Tried to Level Up
Here stands a blue Pelikan Level 5 fountain pen in its inkwell egg filling unit.…
Don’t Get Fooled By Fake Montblancs: JFK
This is an authentic Mont Blanc JFK ballpoint pen with its original boxes and papers.…
Resurrecting Vintage Pen Brands
When I first started ThePenMarket.com, I also worked part-time at a brick-and-mortar pen shop in…
Loose Ends Ink Test
While wrapping up our ink tests in 2021, we had a bunch of loose bottles…
Grab Some Popcorn: It’s Podcast Time
Since moving to Connecticut, I’ve befriended the artist and painter Jonathan Weinberg, who also happens…
A Nib by Any Other Number…Is Still Confusing
Even for experienced professionals, it is really difficult to gauge a nib by its number.…
Don’t Get Fooled by Fake Montblancs: The Fauxeme
Is she? Or isn’t she? Can you pick out the real Montblanc Boheme in this…
Shopping for a Sheaffer PFM
The Sheaffer Pen for Men, more commonly known as the Sheaffer PFM, was a luxury…
Reading ‘100 Years of Sheaffer’
One might think that a book written by the Sheaffer corporation about the Sheaffer corporation…
De Atramentis Starts Rich and Fades
Happy New Year! Let’s start the year right with a fresh look at some lesser…
Merry Christmas…but just in case
Everyone involved with ThePenMarket.com wishes you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Hanukkah. However,…