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INDEX OF JOURNALS 1 – 94, Summer 2012
Numeric
(An) 1856 fountain pen (various makers), 60 p34-35
1947 87 p48-49
2B or not 2B, that is the Pencil, 31 p27
70 years of Fountain Pen Manufacture in Italy, 26 p15‑19, 27 p24‑29, 29 p9-14, 31 p22‑26
A.
(The) Abdication Pen 58 p6
About ink cakes, 70 p42-43
(A)copper plate curiosity (Benton House) 85 p28-29
Across the Channel and back (Pump Inkstand), 44 p9‑15
Adventures with the pen prophet, 66 p21-27
Advertising on stamp boxes, 77 p19-22
(The) Advertising power of Royalty 65 p9
Airgraphs Part 1 87 p26-31
Albin Schram The cache of Letters assembled over half a Lifetime, 80 p26
(FW) Aldridge 88 p44
Alexander Munro’s ‘Research fountain pen’, 76 p32-34
Alfred Dunhill & Namiki Writing Instruments, 61 p13-15
All that glisters, 72 p7
(An) airplane that inspired the Parker 51 Flighter, 60 p28-29
Amazing Onoto Mammouth Desk Se,t 80 p12-13
(The) American child’s pencil case, 54 p26-28
Andrews to Zoccola 92 p44-46
(An) Anthology of Fountain Pens, 25 p11‑12
Another contender for the invention of the steel pen, 67 p52
Arabic Calligraphy, 81 p28-31
(The) Art of the handwritten note, 70 p33-34
(The) Art of the Personal Letter: A Guide to Connecting with the Written Word (book review), 83 p44-45
Artcurial 88 p48
Arthur Twydle, 75 p35-36
Aspects of Bramah, 36 p29‑30
Assay Office London 86 p34
(The) Association of British Steel Pen Manufacturers & HMSO (WWII), 30 p17‑20
Assorted 'Foreigners' (Fountain Pens), 40 p28‑30, 42 p33
At the Sign of the Swan – Harlesden, 62 p16-19
At the Sign of the Swan – Sunderland House, 63 p16-23
At the Sign of the Swan, Your Pen & Ink. 1. Ink, 60 p48-52
At the Sign of the Swan, Your Pen & Ink. 2. His (or her Nibs), 61 p45-47
Attics can Still Contain Treasures!, 84 P26-27
Au Fil de la Plume, 82 p56-57
(The) Automatic fountain pen, 64 p20
(The) Autumn meeting of the Stamp Box Study Circle, 71 42-43
B.
Back to the Future (Ballpen vs Fountain Pen), 45 p38
Ballograf 92 p2833Ballpen, The development of, 3 p14‑16
(The) Ballpen Test, 43 p9‑16
Ban all Pen Toppers, 76 p31
Batemans – the home of Rudyard Kipling, 76 p38-39
Bath Meeting (2010) 89 p24-25
Bath Postal Museum has Moved, 78 p15
Before the Ballpoint, 9 p14‑21
Belgian pen shop displays at the start of World War II, 74 p7
(The) Benelux Pen Collectors Association, 56 p41
Bessemer, Sir Henry, 10, p18‑19
(The) Best so far, 77 p43
(The) BettaBlotta 89 p6-8
Beware Fake Starwalker, 72 p35
Bibliography, 4 p23‑26, 6 p23‑28, 7 p24‑25, 8 p10‑13, 9 p27, 12 p15
(The) Big Scribble, 74 p42-43
Bills, Bills, Bills, 59 p4-9
Birmingham Museum of Science & Industry, Charles Thomas Pen Collection, 3 p5 -12, (The Birmingham Pen Trade Charity) 49 p8
Birmingham European Weekend, 80 p46
Biblical writing equipment, 64 p51-52
Big Ben, A Dane in Disguise 85 p50-53
Birmingham 1878 Steel Pen Metropolis 89 p12-13
(The) Birmingham Pen Trade Heritage Association, 57 p46
Birmingham Pen Trade Heritage Association, 67 p9
Biro 70 Today, 82 p58-59
(A) Bird in the Hand 78 p30-31
Biro, Ladislao José, 15 p7‑12
(A) Biro Aeroplane 79 p24-26
(The) Biro ballpen (The early years 1945-1950), 56 p28-32
(The) Biro Patents, 41 p21‑25, 43 p42‑44
(The) Birth of a new pen technology MOSQUITO, 70 p44-45
Bishop, William ‑ 50 years of Collecting, 2 p12‑13, 6 p14
Blickensderfer, 19 p25
Blotters, 19 p16‑18
Boer is Beautiful (Penholders), 47 p33‑35
(The) Bonzo Fountain Pen, 94 p36-38
Book Launch 86 p50, 89 p41
Book Review, 16 p30, 17 p31, 24 p27‑30, 26 p30‑32, 28 p20‑22, 30 p34, 32 p33, 36 p26, 40 p18‑19, 41 p32, 44 p16‑18 & cover, 45 p39‑42 & cover, 46 p40, 47 p36‑38, 48 p28, 49 p42‑43, 85 p42, 86 p16, 86 p22, 86 p36, 86 p46, 87 p46, 89 p42-43, 90 p42-43, 90 56-57, 91 p40-41, 92 p24-25, 92 p52, 93 p44-45, 94 p42, 94 p46.
Book reviews Pump inkwells, 71 p6
Book reviews Parker 51, 71 p7
Bookshelf, 6 p18‑22, 7 p22‑23, 10 p24‑25, 14 p27, 22 p26‑27
(A) Boon and a blessing (Steel Nibs) 58 p8-9
Bottled fountain pen inks. Left-handed ink? 75 26-28
Boxed and beautiful, 68 p9
Boy without arms wins handwriting prize, 60 p8-9
Brandauer, C & Co, 28 p14‑19
Brandauer & Co’s Scottish Nibs, 80 38-40
Brass Stamp Boxes & Cases, 51 p14-21
(A) Brief history of Burnham 1920-1966, 74 4
(A) Brief history of inkwells and inkhorns in the Museum of Writing, 72 p12-13
British Fountain Pen Manufacturers, 14 p8‑11, 15 p41, 16 p16‑17
(The) British Fountain Pen Market in 1958, 30 p25‑30
British Geography on Steel Nibs, 45 p22‑24
British Stamp Box Patents 81 p34-35
Brockedon, William 17 p18‑20
Bubbles ‑ and how they control the flow of ink in a Fountain Pen, 2 p8‑11
(The) Burberry Dover Collection, 63 p24-25
Buying a Child a Pen at Christmas is the Write Way to Beat Dyslexia, 93 p12
C.
Cambridge Letters to the Future 86 p51
Canada Post has done it again! 59 p11
Candlestick Letter Scales, 63 p29-34
Candlesticks (Postal Scales), 7 p14‑18
Carlyle’s house and its writing equipment, 61 p28-29
(The) Case of Isabella Lang, 77 p56
Carstairs in Italy, 68 p34-35
(The) Case for Casein, 42 p16‑18
Casein in writing equipment, 70 p48-50
Celebrations at the Pen Room, 91 p32-33
Celebrity Pens, 80 p42
Centennial (Mordan), 26 p22‑23
Charles de Jaeger, 66 p30-32
(A) Chat with a Walrus (Sealing Wax), 11 p28‑29
Chatelaines, 53 p6-7
Children & writing equipment, 54 p15
Children in advertising and advertising for children, 54 p38-39
Children on postcards, 54 p32-33
(In) China the Pen is Mightier When it is Pricier, 93 p32-33
Chinese Fountain Pens, 73 10-15
Chinese mountain high (Reynolds), 60 p18-21
Chippendale’s library desk at Nostell Priory, 70 p8-9
Christmas Shopping in 1908, 59 p44-47
Chrome Stamp Cases 88 p40-43
City of Glasgow pen, 74 p8-9
Collecting is only borrowing… so look after your pens, 57p12
(A) collector is born, 66 p19
Collecting pocket-watch inkwells, 70 p46
(A) Collector’s dilemma, 53 p46
Combination stamp boxes and cases, 57 p47
Commemorative pieces and souvenirs, 58 p48-49
Conservation and display of ephemera, 61 p10-11
(A) Conway ‘in action’, 58 p22
Conway Stewart, 51 p6-7
Conway Stewart (A Lifetime with Pens), 2 p4‑5
Conway Stewart boxed sets (number index), 68 p10
Conway Stewart Centenary, 74 p27
Conway Stewart ‑ the early years, 29 p28‑33
Conway Stewart hallmarked and overlay pens, 75 p20-22
Conway Stewart in the 1930s incl 4 p listing, 52 p36-41
Conway Stewart model numbers, 59 p34
Conway Stewart Study Day 78 p12-13
Conway Steward Today, 83 p34-36
Conway Stewart Visit (2010) 89 p38-39
Copybooks, 54 p40-43
Coronation pens and pencils of a different kind, 73 p33
(The) course of true love is Brandauer shaped, 51 p37
Crested china, 56 p34-35
Cracked Ice Update, 80 p22
Cross, A T & Co, profile of, 4 p18‑22
Cross, A T, Providence's Prodigious Child, 10 p11‑15
Cross my palm with silver…are silver pens good value? 71 p12-14
Cryptopenology VII (Prosperity Pen), 80 p28-31)
Cult Pens, 83 p18-19
(The) Cumberland Pencil Museum, 59 p37
Cursive Foiled Again 85 p48-49
D.
D Leonardt & Co., 58 p15-20
Dance of the Pen (BBC2 11/94), 42 p11
(The) Dangers of fountain pen collecting, 62 p29
(The) Dating & Identification of Manufacturer of Tunbridge Ware Stamp Boxes, 50 p17‑23
Dating MacNiven & Cameron Advertisments 86 p30-31
(A) Day to remember (Auctions), 57 p24-25
De La Rue Co Ltd, Thomas, 18 p23‑35
De La Rue/Onoto Pens & Ink Pencils (1929‑35), 29 p25
Desks on display, 62 p10-12
Despatch Boxes, 33 p20‑22
Development of the typewriter and computer printers, 64 p42-44
(The) Development of Invisible Diaphragm Filling Pens 91 p8-14
(Charles) Dickens 93 p30-33
DIY Now and Then, 90 p11
Dinky Cars, 84 p12
Dipping into Inkwells, 46 p10‑I2
Dome of Discovery 89 p20
Donkin, Bryan, Inventor, 10 p8‑10
Doultonware De La Rue Patented Isobath Inkstand, 79 p12-13
(The) Düren Paper Museum, 61 p39
Dual purpose paper knives and letter openers, 67 p26-27
Dunhill-Namiki 75 year link celebrated, 75 p5
E.
Early portable copying machines, 76 p10-16
Early One Mordan, 35 p28‑35
EBay shoppers beware!, 71 p24
Eclipse, Canada's forgotten Fountain Pen Maker, 24 p7‑13
Edelberg. A New Star in the Pen Firmament, 92 20-21
(The) Edith Collection, 60 p26-27
(An) elegant hand (book review), 66 p5-7
Elephant Inkwells, 64 p4-5
(An) Endless Galaxy of Colours, 79 p6-9
(An) Engineer's View of Writing Instruments, 37 p40‑52, 38 p36‑52$ 39 p45‑56
English Silver and Gold Stamp Cases. Part 2 Envelope Cases, 54 p8-11
English silver & gold stamp cases, 53 p28-31
Engraved Slates, 32 p31‑32
(The) ephemera of writing equipment, 64 p18
(The) Ephemera Society, 62 p50
Erno Goldfinger’s desk, 67 p18-19
Every-Ready Sharp Pencil, 84 p42
Excise inks, 59 p12-13
F.
Faber-Castell 93 p8-11
Fabergé Stamp Boxes, 39 37‑38
Fairbank, Alfred, 5 p5‑6
(A) Few of our favourite things (Desk Items), 61 p42-43
F.G.Thomas Past & Present, 83 p10-13
Festival of Britain 1951 88 p6-15
(The) First piece in my collection, or what started me collecting, 70 p10-11
(The) First propelling pencil? 70 p41
First WES Journal 89 p22
First WES Repair Training Courses Get Underway 85 p38-39
Flanders Fields 90 Years on, 84 p14-16
Flog it! 66 p4
Fluted Writing Points, 72 p14
Foiling the Forger (Printing), 28 p10‑12
Following a lead (Archives), 19 p14
For the million – the humble ink bottle, 69 p8-13
Ford’s patent pen, 66 p8-112
Forgotten Cast Iron Writing Equipment from Prussian Foundries, 38 p8‑10
(The) Forgotten Dinkie, 82 p8-10
Fortnum & Mason Launches the Qest Crafting Exhibition, 93 p54
Found in a foreign port, 69 p44-45
(The) Fountain Pen in Central London 1880‑1980, 37 p25‑35
Fountain Pen Ink Capacities, 63 p27
(A) Fountain pen manufactured in Mandatory Palestine and Israel, 67 p35-37
Fountain pens, their history and art (book review), 67 p23
Fountain Pens Made by Conway Stewart, 63 p26
(A) fountain pen owned by Sir Cornelius Chambers 1862-1941 (Waterman), 57 p30-31
Francis Mordan's Everlasting Gold Pen, 16 p10‑15
Free for All (Quills), 62 p40-41
(The) French Do It Differently, 93 p42-43
(A) Friend and his laminating skills, 77 p41
Friends of Aurora, 82 p11
Friends United Re-united, 80 p8
From Grignan with Love, 83 p8-9
From Pens to Particle Physics, 94 p30
From Post to Pillar, 47 p13‑22
From the Parker company archive, 72 p32
From Tournai to Floreffe 1904-1929, 94 p14-15
Full Circle Changes in Attitude to Writing Equipment over a Short Period of Time, 78 p11
(L Michael) Fultz 88 p46-47
Further thoughts on the chronology and mechanisms of early Mordan pencils, 56 p36-37
G.
Gaskell, George A 1844‑1885, 33 36‑37
Geo. S. Parker presentation Spitfire, 67 p6-7
Geoffrey Parker, of the Pen Dynasty, Remembers a family Holiday in Florida, 1954, 84 p28
German advertising stamps from the collection of Sam Werder, 54 p30
Gerrards Auction Rooms, 80 p15
(A) Gift to the Museum of Writing (Winifred Appleton Collection) 88 p36
Gillott, 49 p9‑15
Gillott's Steel Pen Manufactory. 13 p8‑12
(A) Gold Metal pen repair, 67 p24-25
Gold Pens in the USA, 13 p16‑24
(The) Golden age of French Pump Inkwells, 64 p38-41
Golden Jubilee of Swan pens, 64 p30-33
Golden Swan, 19 p32
Goldsmiths’ Fair 2009, 87 p34-35
Gracie Fields and a Swan Visofil Pen, 82 P22
Green Satin Revealed Update, 81 p49
Grieshaber Toothpick Fill Pen, 75 p7
(The) Grunesgewolbes Treasures, 86 p18-19
H.
Habit Forming, 71 p30
(The) Hand as used in writing and as a writing tool, 61 p4-7
Handcrafted for Excellence (S T Dupont), 39 p35‑36
Handmade wooden writing instruments, 61 p23-25
Handwriting in America: a cultural history, 52 p2527
Happy 70th Birthday Eterpen, 94 p12-12
(The) Haptics of Writing, 91 p34-35
Hawkins, John Isaac, 7 p21, 13 p14
Heintze & Blanckertz Kleine Ly Schulfeder, 81 p12-13
Henry VIII Man and Monarch 85 p16-17
Henry or Harry (Burnham) – to be or not to be, 72 p27
Henry Simpole, 84 p6-11
Henry Stephens FRCS 1796-1864, 64 p28-29
Her Nibs 74 p10-12
Hinks, Wells & Co of Birmingham, 81 p24-26
History of Precious Metal Pen Nibs, 25 p23‑29
History lessons from steel nibs (Philip Poole), 53 p34-35
(A) History of Steel Pen Nibs, 42 p8‑10
History of WES 90 p8-10
History on a paper knife, 61 p26-27
Holiday with Penfriends, 15 p39‑40
Holy Water Sprinkler, 89 p50-52
Home thoughts from Abroad, 83 p40-41
Horn books, 54 p16-17
How to Win a Pen in a US Store Lottery, 94 p18
(The) Humble Pencil Box, 48 p11‑17
I.
I gave Goring his poison pill, says American, 72 p26
I want to Photograph my Pens, 27 p21‑23
I was on my Way, 84 p43
Illustrated alphabets, 68 p40-42
Improving handwriting, 53 p17-19
In love with a fountain pen, 76 p45
In Memoriam (Mentmore), 55 p8
In Praise of the Parker 41, 77 p52-43
In Praise of Pencils, 83 p26
In search of Mordans, 52 p6-8
In the Box, 42 p7, 43 p8, 44 p8, 45 p6‑7, 46 p5‑6, 47 p6, 48 p6‑7, 49 p6‑7, 50 p8, 52 p18
Inadequacies of writing instrument design and manufacture (Part 1), 67 p28-31
Inadequacies of writing instrument design and manufacture (Part 2), 68 p14-18
Inadequacies of writing instrument design and manufacture (Part 3), 69 p30-35
Inaugural Meeting, Minutes, 1 p3
Ink, 4 p8‑10
Ink, 73 p26-32
Ink Manufacturers, 50 p36‑37
(The) Ink pot that wasn’t, 53 p7
Ink Sticks, 25 p33‑37
Inkredible 86 48-49
Inks, 13 p139 20 p32‑33
Inks & Papers. 23 p6‑11
Inkstands from the porcelain factory of Fürstenberg, 64 p26-27
Inkwell Study Group 89 p32-35
Inside slide & telescopic Pencils, 27 p12‑20
International Dimensions of Handwriting, 53 p9
Introducing the Yoropen, 70 p5
Iridium. History of, 20 p20‑25
Is the pen mightier than the computer? 55 p24-25
Isaac John Hollingshead 86 p20-21
Isaac John Hollingshead Victoria Head Nib 88 24
Israel pen club, 67 p38
Italic Nibwidths. 39 p29‑30
J.
Jack Hobbs and Waterman Pens, 63 p26
James Lee-Milne memoirs, 51 p3
Janesville Daily Gazette 12 April 1910 (Robbery), 80 48-49
(A) Jasmin overlay fountain pen 62 p14-15
(The) Jewel Pen Company, 33 p14‑19
(The) Jock, 84 p38-39
John Mitchell – Father of the Birmingham steel pen trade, 55 p5-7
John Sheldon (book) 87 p36
John Sheldon’s Non Registered Designs 89 p16-19
Join Council? You Cannot be Serious, 91 p43
Joseph Carstairs a forgotten writing master, 57 p8-9
Jotter. History of an Icon, 91 p46-47
Just a line (Postcards), 30 p10‑15
Just for the Record (Conway Stewart), 55 p12-15
K.
Keyhill Heritage Day 89 p40
Knee Writing Board, 11 p6‑7
Knight Pens 91 p18-19
L.
Lamy, 22 p19‑25
Lasting Impressions, 53 p10-13
(The) Launch of the Blackbird Fountain Pen in 1911, 94 p20-21
Left Handers, 84 p46-47
Leonardt, D (Highley Pens), 2 p14
Letter Perfect, 20 p16‑19
Liberty’s Cymric & Tudric inkwells, 57 p26-29
(The) Library desk at Erddig, 64 p4
(The) Life and times of the Writing Slope, 56 p26-27
Life before the fountain pen, 74 p18-20
Life in the Day of the Membership Secretary, 65 p16
(A) Little piece of Mabie Todd 62 p51London Museums, 72 p25
London Meeting (2010) 89 p30-31
London Pen Show weekend… and what a weekend it was! 71 p26-27
London WES Show Reflections of the Organiser, 80 p6-7
Longpen, 78 p16-17
Look at a pen, 71 p29
Lord Warrington’s inkstand, 66 p16-18
(The) Los Angles Pen Show, 94 p8-11
(The) Lost Art of Handwriting? Or a few Years on from the Big Scribble, 78 p44-45
Lovely Sweet Violet Ink Lady?, 93 p18-19
LWES Duofold, 80 p9
LWES Show 2008, 82 p6-7
LWES Show 2008, 83 p6-7
LWES 2009 85 p6, 86 p6-7
LWES 2010 89 p10-11
LWES 2011 92 p8-9
M.
M Myers & Son Ltd, 9 p10‑13
Mabie in America, writing instruments from 1843-1941 (book review), 67 p22
Stylographic Pens (Mabie Todd), 30 p35
Mabie Todd & Co Ltd, 12 p7‑11, 15 p31‑33, 16 p21‑27, 19 p26‑32, 21 p13‑21, 23 p17‑27, 32 p17‑30
Mabie Todd Colour Codes, 39 p22‑28
Macniven and Cameron’s Waverley Pen, 70 p19-24
Macniven & Cameron’s Guineas and the Dispute with Hinks Wells 88 p50-54
(The) Mary Rose Pen 90 p54-55
Mayflower II, 84 p30-33
(The) Magic Slate, 68 p20-26
Maki‑E pens from the Land of the Rising Sun, 27 p6‑11
(The) Making of Waterman Hard Rubber Pens, 78 p33-35
(The) Man they call His Nibs, 10 p7
(A) Man’s writing table and the things it should hold, 65 p6
(The) Managers office at Quarry Bank Mill, 68 p48-49
Manon Lescant by Hinks Wells & Co. 58 p10-13
Manufacturers of Steel Pens, Historical Notes, 7 p13
Mason, Josiah, 43 p17‑19
(The) Marketing of Writing Equipment WES Spring Meeting in Bath (2009) 85 p14-15
Mary Tiene visits The Pen Room, 68 p12-13
Materials, 55 p16-20
Mauchline Ware, 52 p28-31
Mauchline Ware 90 p34-37
Mauchline Ware 91 p20-23
Mauchline Ware & the postal historian, 53 p38-41
(The) Mechanical Pencil debate – who was really first, 58 p24-25
Michel Audiard, 74 p14-15
Microphotography (Stanhopes), 46 p13‑15
Mightier than the Sword, 1 p8
Milton Reynolds, 61 p32-37
Mini museum in Wakefield is ‘write on’, 75 p34
Miniature Writing Equipment, 40 p20‑22
Miscellanea, 67 p17
Miscellanea, 68 p19
Miscellanea, 71 p52
Mitchell. Charles Ainsworth, 28 p6‑8
Moholy‑Nagy, Lazlo, 38 p29‑34
Moldy Oldies, 75 p43
Mont Blanc, a Brief History, 31 p15‑21
(A) Montblanc Architect’s Pen, 78 p38-39
Mont Blanc ‑ Masterpiece!, 19 p19‑23
Montblanc celebrates 100 years, 76 35-37
Montblanc LE Mahatma Gandhi 86 p54-55
Montegrappa, 42 p34‑38
Moon Landing 85 p40-41
Mordan & Riddle (In Chancery), 18 p19‑20
More about inks, 76 p41
More on the Parker Patrician, 59 p21-22
MOW Update, 82 p42
Mr Vere Foster's Recipe for legibility, 37 18‑19
Mr Wordsworth’s office furniture, 73 p24-25
Museum of Writing, 62 p28
Museum of Writing 66 p42
(The) Museum of Writing 68 p53
(The) Museum of Writing, 70 p38-39
(The) Museum of Writing, 75 p41
Museum Scryption, 62 p13
Museums & exhibitions, 60 p42-43
My favourite pen, 69 p14
My First Mordan, 63 p54
My Personal Pen World Part 1, 64 p6-8
My Personal Pen World Part 2, 65 p18-19
My search for old school desks, 54 p44-47
(The) Myth of the breather hole, 74 p5
N.
National and International awards for the Steel Pens of D. Leonardt and Co., 90 p2630
Nakaya, 87 p6-11
(The) Nature of Chinese Calligraphy, 77 p31-36
(A) Nelson amongst Writing Slopes, 63 p42-47
New market survey of luxury pens, 58 p37
New Naka-ai Pen, 94 p31
New nibs for old? 58 p21
News from the Pen Room, 69 p39
(A) Nib Box Heaving with History, 83 p14-19
Nibs (1929) Ltd, 29 p34
Nibs che una passion!, 75 p38-40
Nibs! What a passion, 67 p42-44
Nibs! What a passion Part 6 Official nibs, 72 p45-47
Nibs! What a passion Spotting errors, 71 p44-45
Nibs! What a passion, Roses, swans & crowned heads, 70 p12-14
Nibs! What a passion, Types, shapes and functions, 68 p44-47
(The) Northern Pen Show 2002, 65 p45
(The) Northern Pen Show 2003, 68 p56
Northern Pen Show (2008), 82 p44-45
(The) Northern Pen Show 2009 85 p36-37
Northern Pen Show 2010 88 p55
(The) Not so humble Pencil, 56 p7-8
Not so much a Talk from the Trade, more a Parley from the Press. Part 1. The magazines of clubs and societies, 69 p36-37
(A) Notable anniversary (Waterman), 56 p47
(A) Note on historical statistics for writing instruments, 72 p22-23
Notebook ‑ Ballpens, 29 p22‑24
Ink, 23 p12‑13
Mordan, 25 p30‑32
Pencils, 24 p14‑15
Penholders, 26 p6
Nothing to be pensive about (Gillott), 26 p20‑21
Novelty & Straw Boxes 85 p32-33
Novelty ballpoints, 58 p26-29
O.
Of Writing, Royalty and commemorative pens, 73 p18-21
Off the rails (Steel Nibs), 53 p36-37
Older Pencil sharpeners, 54 p29
(The) Oldest known postcard, 65 p10
Omas, 23 p32‑36
On Copperplate ‑ and missiles, 38 p14‑15
On Mordan's Shop Floor, 22 p10‑11
On the B side, 75 p10-17
On the Flexibility of Steel Pens, 29 p6‑8
Online US Patent number searches, 65 p38-39
Once upon a pencil, 54 p20-23
Onoto, 94 p24-28
Onoto Ballpens, 86 p24-29
(The) Onoto Magna, 87 p38-45
Oolala Show, 82 p12-13
(An) Orcadian Discovery 91 p16-17
Oriental Stamp Boxes 48 p48-51
Original or Restored, 39 p15‑16
Ormiston & Glass, 36 p16‑17
Our Sister Club in France, 55 p47
P.
(A) Page from the Harrods 1917 catalogue, 55 p42-43
Pandora’s hold-alls, 68 p38-39
Pantographic pens, 55 26-27
Paper, 44 p19‑30, 45 p9‑19
Paper Knives, 40 p24‑27
Paper Mush (Papier Mâché), 34 14‑17
Paperweights, 15 p13‑15
Paris Resting Place for Celebrities and Pens in their Honour, 79 p40-42
Parker, 14 p15‑21, 15 p22‑30, 17 p8‑17, 24 p16‑23, 25 p14‑18, 31 p8‑13('51’), 33 p30‑36 ('61')
Parker 51 and Leonard Bernstein, 79 p31
(The) Parker 71, 73 8-9
Parker 100, 69 p52-53
Parker & Waterman Happy Birthday, 83 p23
Parker Accession, 63 p14-15
(The) Parker Aeroplane, 59 p52-53
Parker Duofold The Pen Book of the Year 77 p214-226
Parker experimental nibs 1946-55 part one, 75 p24-25
Parker experimental nibs 1946-55 part two, 76 p42-43
Parker from Janesville to Newhaven, 57 p38-41
Parker, George S, 37 p9‑11
(A) Parker in Prague 93 p34-38
(B) Parker Patrician! 58 p43
Parker Pen Co, profile of, 6 p8‑12
Parker Pen Production in Argentina, 69 p24-28
Parker Pen Repairs and Servicing at Newhaven, 92 p14-15
Parker Starts a Revolution, 93 p28-29
Parker unveils special edition pen Duofold Mosaic, 62 p 26 -27
Parker Vacumatic (book review), 82 p40-41
Parkins & Gotto's Catalogue 1856, 34 p6‑8
Parley from the Press Part II. Spoilt for choice or one a week! U p26-28
(The) Parliamentary Archives, 80 p34-35
(A) Passion for pen nibs, 59 p39-41
Pearson’s release penholder, 51 p41
Peep into the Past, 3 p13
Pelikan – Historische Siegelmarken ( Historic Poster Stamps, 77 p28-29
Pelikan Story, 20 p6‑15
Pen & Ink at Shakespeare’s Globe, 57 p6
Pen at War, 9 p24‑26, 10 p20‑23
Pen Brushes or Cleaners, 40 p23
Pen Classic Kearney’s Red Dwarf, 79 p34-36
(The) Pen club of India, 69 p17
Pen Design, 41 p26‑29
Pen, Ink & Steam, 53 p8
(A) Pen is for Life Not Just For Christmas, 94 p40-41
Pen Making (Quills), 1 p10‑17
Pen Mechanisms: A list of 45 different systems with date ands some patent information, 73 p39
Pen mechanisms revealed: The Swan Visofils, 65 p12-14
Pen mechanisms revealed: No.3 The Blackbird Topfillers, 70 p29-32
Pen nib Archeology, 76 p28-29
Pen Nib Boxes, 17 p21
Pen Nib Issuers, 7 p10‑11, 8 p7, 9 p8‑9, 10 p16-17
Pen Nibs, 7 p6‑13
Pen of my fathers,52 p20-21
Pen of the Year, 82 p48-50
Pen polka, 70 p
Pen Portrait of Alec Johnston, 61 18-19
Pen Portrait of Arnold Greenwood, 43 p24‑25
Pen Portrait of Arthur Twydle 53 p44-45
Pen Portrait of Bernard Hawkins, 63 p38-39
Pen Portrait of Fergus McCurley, 66 p40-41
Pen Portrait of Francis Dickson, 37 p16‑17
Pen Portrait of Geoff Roe, 50 p24‑25
Pen Portrait of Hannah Finburgh, 46 p16‑17
Pen Portrait of Hugh Anderson, 58 p40-41
Pen Portrait of Jon Denmee, 71 p18-19
Pen Portrait of Maureen Greenland, 48 p9‑10
Pen Portrait of Neil Davis, 58 p23
Pen Portrait of Norris Gilbert, 64 p10-11
Pen Portrait of Philip Poole, 39 p10‑14
Pen Portrait of Roberto Morassi, 45 p20‑21
Pen Portrait of Sheila Johnstone, 70 p15
Pen Profile Kelly Lawrence, 92 p22
Pen Repair (Book), 82 p28-29
Pen, Tool or Jewel, 12 p20‑23
Pen vs Typewriter, 20 p27‑29
(The) Pen Wiper, 59 p17
Pen Wipers 59 p14-16
(A) Pen with an '00' (Typhoo), 28 p9
Pens for kids, 77 p47-48
Penchant (Fountain Pens), 35 p8‑16, 36 p9‑15, 37 p12‑15, 38 p22‑28, 39 p39‑44, 40 p7‑15, 41 p10‑13, 42 p19‑30, 43 p33‑41, 44 p36‑42, 45 p25‑27, 46 p8‑9, 47 p27‑29, 48 p26‑27, 49 p22‑24, 50 p40‑41, 51 p26-27, 53 p14
(The) Pencil, 5 pf‑2‑17
Pencil Collecting, 47 p40
Pencil it in, 68 p28-33
(The) Pencil is mightier than the bullet, 57 p42-43
Pencil Sculptures 89 p54-55
Pencils (Lead, Brockedon/Riddle), 18 p21
Pencils & History 85 p18-20
Pencils & Things (Hayden), 52 p9-11
Pennenverzamelaarsclub Nederland, 57 p49
Penne Italiane, 69 p40-43
Penol An Offspring of the Depression Part 1, 80 p18-21
Penol An Offspring of the Depression Part 2, 81 p18-21
Pens & pencils in the fur trade, 51 p 24-25
Pens Beside the Seaside (Corona)Part 1, 90 p18-23
Pens beside the Seaside Part 2 93 p14-17
Pens crafted from nature, 62 p44-45
Pens in war and peace, 71 p38-41
Pens to Satisfy, 29 p15‑17
Pentagon Pen by Industrial Legacy, 93 p21
Perry & Co.Ltd, 32 p8‑16
Perry & Co’s ‘Naval Series’ of pens, 60 p44-45
Pinto & treen, 67 p46-47
Pitman pen auctioned at Bath, 72 p38-39
(A) Plain but interesting box of pen nibs, 71 p47
(The) Plastic Cartridge, 81 p6-9
Plastics 93 p24-26
Plastics in Pens, 22 p7‑9
Platignum, 83 p28-31
(The) Platinum Age 86 p40-45
(La) Plume Capotée (Hooded Nibs), 50 p26‑34
Post‑War Conways, 50 p9‑16
Poor Man's Silver (Pewter), 39 p17‑21
Portable Inkwells Part 1, 91 p44-45
Portable Inkwells Part 2 92 16-19
(The) Positive pressure Ballpen Cartridge, 47 p30‑32
Postal Scales ‑ S Mordan & Co, 21 p25‑40
Potters on the Goss Bandwagon, 47 p9‑10
Pounce‑boxes & their uses, 8 p14‑18
(The) Practical Pen, 14 p22‑26, 15 p16‑21, 16 p6‑9, 17 p26‑30, 18 p14‑17
Precious pens and priceless paper, 71 p21
Price indexing data, 77 p23
(The) Prime Minister, the silversmith & the inkstand (Sir Robert Walpole), 52 p24
(The) Primrose League, 78 p40—41
Printing of the WES Journal, 22 p15‑18
Projected museum dedicated to your interests (Museum of Writing), 54 p13
(A) Prototype Parker 61, 80 p11
Provenance is Everything 90 p50
Public Letter Writers (Scribes), 57 32-37
Pump wells and fountain pens, 66 p45
Puzzle Corner (travelling writing set & Vale Eyedropper), 65 p48-49
Puzzle Corner (memo tablet), 67 p33
Q.
(The) Quest (Sheaffers), 58 p30-36
Quill Pen, Reed Pen & Brush 87 p20
(Where there's a) Quill there's a Way, 1 p10‑11
The Government of the Goose Quill, 36 p7
R.
(The) Rampant Lion History of Hallmarking, 41 p14‑20
(The) Re-designed Sheaffer calligraphy fountain pen, 64 p12-13
(A) Rare Stanhope, 80 p16
(A) Recently discovered Sheldon escritoire, 68 p12-13
Reflections of a Veteran Collector, 36 p31‑32
Reflections on Pen Vacuum & Piston Repair 92 p34-37
Related 'Brits' (Fountain Pens), 43 p27‑32
Repair Classes (WES), 91 p36
Repairing Onoto piston Pens, 57 p15-17
(Some) Reminiscences on Pens & Pencils in England, 15 p34‑38
Repairing a Conway Stewart No 800 Piston Pen, 65 24-25
Report of the Autumn 2007 Meeting of the Stamp Box Circle, 82 p34
Report of the Autumn Meeting The Stamp Box Circle Registered Designs, 84 p18-20
Report of the Spring 2008 Meeting of the Stamp Box Circle, 83 p20-21
Report on the WES Birmingham Meeting 13 Feb 2005, 72 p8-11
Reversible portable writing items, 64 p22-23
(The) Revolutionary Monsieur Benvenuti, 93 p48-50
(The) Rise of the British Seaside Holiday, 76 p24-25
(The) Rolls Royce of Pencil Sharpeners, 72 p36-37
Round Midnight (BBC Radio 2, extracts from), 4 p11‑13
(Jack) Row, 94 p16-17
Royal Mail Occasions (postage stamps), 62 p37
Royal Mail Occasions Stamps, 61 p48
Royal Wedding Gift (HRH Price William & Catherine Middleton), 91 p48
Royal Writing, 85 p54
(David) Ruderman Receives his Honarary Life Membership, 92 p7
Ruskin’s pens …who? 75 p4
Rusty Nibs, 38 p35
S.
Sabretaches, 76 p6-8
Sampson Mordan a Competitive Manufacturer, 78 p6-9
Sampson Mordan a Competitive Manufacturer, 79 p16-19
Santa Brian (Stuart Dickenson), 84 p22
School Museums, 84 p24-25
(The) School Slate, 62 p31-36
Scrap metal, 66 p46-47
Scraps of folded paper in pen nib boxes, 71 p33-35
Seal Chisel, 13 p6‑7
(The) Search for Conway Stewart related pens, 61 p31
Security by Design (Stephens' & Arnold's Ink Labels), 49 p17‑21 & cover
Sheaffer’s PFM, 56 p38-39
Sharing our Enthusiasm with Others, 63 p55
Shall I or shan’t I? Report on the Spring 2004 Meeting of the Stamp Box Study Circle, 70 p36-37
(The) Sharp Experience in Perth, 84 p48-49
Shaw’s corner, 60 p15
(The) Sheaffer Pen, 17 p22‑25
Sheaffer Wasp Pen, 55 p10-11)
Sheffield Penknives, 23 p28‑31
Sheldon’s Patent Pocket Escritoir, 81 p37
(A) Short history of Stamp Boxes, 33 p10‑13
Should I hire a unit in an Antiques’ centre? 72 p29
Silver, 93 p26-27
Silver Quills, 19 p7
Silver Stamp Boxes & Cases ‑ Makers' Marks, 34 p28-31
Sir Isaac Pitman Pen, 83 p22
Six Outsiders (Fountain Pens), 47 p10‑12
(The) Slate pencil, 77 p11-16
(A) Small exhibition in rural Suffolk (HB Crisp), 59 p38
(The) Smart Quill, 55 p22-23
(The) Social significance of the Inkblot, 51 p22-23
(Other) Societies for Collectors of Writing Equipment, 43 p7
(The) Society’s York Meeting (8 June 2002), 65 22
Soennecken, 28 p23‑27
Sold at Auction (Charles Dickens’ Desk), 82 p23
Some Early British Fountain Pens, 36 p18‑19, 37 p38‑39, 38 p16‑17
Some Imprint Pens made by Mabie Todd & Co Ltd. 81 p42-44
Some more jewels in the crown, 68 p6-7
Some Observations on the Ballpoint Pen, 43 p22‑23
Sorrento Ware stamp boxes, 56 p44-45
Souvenir of the 'Tour de France' (inkwell), 31 p20‑22
Souvenir de Pithiviers some rather special penholders, 73 4-7
Souvenir inkwells and inkstands of the Great War, 62 p6-7
Specially Suitable for Red Ink Part 2 (Conway Stewart) 85 p8-13
Specially Suitable for Red Ink Part 2 (Conway Stewart) 86 p8-13
Looking Back (Spectacles), 33 p23‑27
Spa Ware Stamp Boxes, 58 p42
(A) Special Onoto Overlay, 84 p40
Spencerian Pens, 42 p31‑32, 45 p28
Spotlight on John Sheldon 1802/1808–1863 (Patent pocket escritoir), 65 p 31-37
(The) Spring 2007 Meeting of the Stamp Box Study Circle, 80 p50-52
Spring-hinged Stamp Boxes, 94 p32-35
Stamp Boxes, 16 p18‑20
Stamp Box Study Circle, 78 p20-23
Stamp Box Study Circle Spring 2010 Meeting 89 p26-29
(The) Stamp box study group, 69 p16-17
(Lacquer and papier mache) Stamp Boxes, 55 p37-38
(Trick or Puzzle) Stamp Boxes, 41 p8‑9
(Dated Tunbridge Ware) Stamp Boxes, 36 p25
(Dispensing (with) the Rolls) (Stamp Dispensers), 35 p17‑21
Stamp holders for children, 54 p36-37
Stanhopes, 52 p15-17
Stanhopes, 81 p41
Stanhopes a closer view (book review), 66 p39
Steel nibs: a Boulogne industry, 72 p40-41
Steel Pen making after the second World War at Gillotts, 56 p11-21
Steel Pen Study Group (2010) 89 p36-37
(In praise of) Steel Pens, 51 p32-33
(Marketing the) Steel Pen, 52 p22-23
Steel Pens & children 54 p18-19
Steel Sand Boxes ‑ a controversy resolved, 14 p12
(The) Stenograph, 79 p29
(The) Stephens button filler, 76 p20-21
(The) Stephens Collection at Avenue House 86 p14-15
Stephens' Ink, 22 p12‑14
(The) Stephens Pen, 44 p31‑35
Stipula, 46 p38‑39
Stolen Collection Bion & others, 93 p7
(The) Story of a collection, 72 p20-22
(The) story of the Inky Boys, 54 p34-35
Stratopen 87 p14-19
Street jewellery, 66 p33-37
(The) story behind the little globe (Waterman), 74 p28-32
Stub and italic, 64 p48-50
(A) study of the Sheaffer 'Triumph' 1942‑1959, 48 p29‑43 & cover, 49 p25‑41
Stylomania 85 p44-47
Supercalligraphylisticexpialidocious 86 p38-39
(A) suprematastic Inkstand, 51 p12-13
(The) Swan Leverless, 41 p33‑45
Swan Leverless overlay fountain pen, 55 p30-36
T.
(A) Tale of Two Signs (Hardmuth's), 39 p32‑34
Technology puts handwriting in the back seat, 52 p34
Themes for thought, 52 p12
Therapeutic Values of a Hobby, 40 p16‑17
They couldn’t go to the ball, 71 p16-17
They do pen and ink! 71 p31-32
Thinking Outside the Box, 78 p28-29
Thomas Cook and souvenir stamp boxes, 65 26-29
Thomson, Robert William 1822‑1873, 31 p30
Those were the days, 70 p25
Thoughts of a New Collector, 37 p36‑37
(The) Three Fabers, 8 p19
(Ben) Tillett, 93 p22-23
Tips and Tricks Notes from the Repair Bench Part One, 78 p42-43
Tips and Tricks Notes from the Repair Bench Part Two, 79 p38-39
Tips and Tricks Notes from the Repair Bench Part Three, 80 p44-45
Tips and Tricks Notes from the Repair Bench Part Four, 81 p45-46
Titbits from the Trade. Stamp boxes at auction, 70 p16
To Market, To Market to Buy a Fat Pen, 81 p38-40
To the Rescue of the Royal Society of Literature, 80 p 24-25
(The) Toothpick and the Propelling Pencil, 48 p18‑23
Top design prize for under a Tenner, 72 p16-17
(The) Torus-Securus Pen 91 p26-31
Trade Talk, 90 p38, 91 p38-39
Trade Talk 92 p40-41
Travellers’Wallet 88 p16
Treasure Trove, 53 p22-23
Treasury Inkstands, 42 p39
Trench Art 90 p44-47
Trial by Television (BBC1 9/97), 50 p42
(A) Trip to Tokyo, 73 p22
Tropen, 19 p8‑13
Trompe l’oeil, 67 p32
True Blue, 83 p24-25
Tunbridgeware 87 p22-24
Tunbridge Ware Writing Equipment, 37 p20‑24
(The) Two Careers of James Perry, 82 p14-20
Two from Rotring, 42 p40‑41
Typewriters (It all started with a single key), 12 p16‑19
U.
(The) Ultimate Parker 51, 67 p34
(The) Ultimate Parker 51 Desk Set, 78 p36-37
UK Patents 1617‑1852, 29 p18‑21
Under the Counter (Ink), 36 p27‑28
Unearthed a Genuine Piltdown Pencil, 78 p18
(The) Unique Pen, 88 p18-22
(An) Unwanted Gift George V! Gilt Writing Set, 94 p22
(An) Unusual inkwell/stamp box combination, 51 p38-39
(The) Use of Metals in Pens, 46 p33‑37
USEPPA 89 p14-15
V.
V Mail, 88 p26-33
(The) Valentine Pen, 45 p29‑37, 46 p19‑32 (incl Ford's patent Pen)
(The) Velvet Touch of Bak-Fin Pens, 85 p24-26
Vere Foster (a book review), 66 p5-7
Very special wartime pencils, 59 p37
(A) View from the rostrum, 64 p34
Victorian Office, 11 p12‑13
Victorian Writing Accessories, 25 p6‑10
(The) Village of Inkpen, 51 p41
(The) Vindolanda Tablets, 84 21
Visconti = Fine Design, 82 p32-33
Visit to the Berol Pencil Factory, A p7
W.
Wahl‑Eversharp Pens in the UK, 34 p9‑13
Walking stick pens, 71 p46
(Jim) Wallace 1937-2011 90 p58
Washington Pen Show August 2002, 65 52
(A) Wartime footnote to history, 53 p24-25
Waterman ‑ a special feature, 11 p14‑25
Waterman Classification, 1 p9
(A) Waterman Clip, 75 p42
Waterman Past and Present (book review), 83 p38-9
Waterman Products listed in 'The Pen Prophet' 1928‑30, 2 p15‑20
Waterman unveil Serenite D’Art at the Serpentine gallery, 77 p10
Wavering Waverleys, 77 p38-40
We enjoy collecting small inkwells, 59 p18
We have David Livingstone – the French have Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, 72 p48
Weapons of destruction from tools of instruction, 75 p32-33
A. Webster & Co (Piccadilly) Ltd., 82 p24-26
(A) Weight off your mind, 71 p8-9
(The) WES 2007 Spring Meeting in Bath, 79 p20-22
WES AGM 2008, 84 p34-35
WES AGM 2010, 90 16-17
WES Birmingham Meeting (2009) 85 p22-23
WES Excursion to the Parker pen factory, 53 942
WES Librarian Services, 90 p32-33
WES London Meeting From Mesopotamia to Manchester Via Lindisfarne, 90 p40-42
WES Meeting Birmingham, 82 36-37
WES Spring Meeting Gloucester 2 April 2011, 91 p24
What’s In a Name? 92 p10-12
What's New?, 38 P11‑13
What a surprise trip (Conway Stewart), 74 p39
What is a genuine ‘Prototype’? 74 p35-36
What's New? (Aurora), 42 p12‑15
When Titans Clashed (Parker/Waterman), 51 p9-11
When Two Worlds Collide Calligraphy & Woodwork, 93 p40-41
Which came first, the egg or… the quill 73 p37-38
Who the Hell was John Whytwarth?, 90 p12-14
Why is a Raven Like a Writing Desk?, 93 p52
William Morris, 83 p32
(The) Wilson Stylus of 1880 89 p44-46
Wire pen nibs in the Parker experimental archive, 74 p17
“With autograph letter”. A South Coast discovery, 69 p50-51
With one big leap, I was in the deep end, 67 p20-21
(A) Wizards Scribe, 58 p44-46
WMF Stamp Boxes, 36 p23, 16 p24
Wooden Stamp Boxes, 36 p25
(The) Worcester Pen Company Established 2003 90 p52-53
Words, 50 p38-39
Words are as old as writing itself, 59 48
(The) World of Ephemera. The insets of Macniven and Cameron, 69 p18-23
Write Here 92 p38
(The) Write Stuff, 60 p33
Writing aids for disabled children, 54 p31
(The) Writing desks at Killerton House, 71 p10-11
Writing Equipment and Literature, 5 p7‑9
Writing Equipment and the Legal Profession, 16 p28‑29
Writing Equipment History, 34 p18‑25, 35 p36‑43
Writing Equipment on Postage Stamps, 55 p9, 58 p39
Writing Handicap Aid 85 p31
Writing History at Lanhydrock House, 62 p22-24
Writing in multiples (Pantographic Pens), 57 p18-21
Writing instruments from Cartier, 67 p10-16
Wurtembergische MatallwarenFabrik, 59 p35-36
Wyvern Pen Co, 18 p7‑13
Y.
Yard‑O‑Led, 30 p22‑24
(The) Year 2000 stamp box, 60 p39
Z.
Zait Pens, 94 p44.
WRITING EQUIPMENT SOCIETY Journal Index Printed 30/09/12