Writing Equipment Society
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A little about us
The Writing Equipment Society was established in 1980 by several patrons of a London pen store known as ‘His Nibs’. The Drury Lane shop was owned by the late Phillip Poole who regularly produced an informal newsletter for his customers and this newsletter was the forerunner of the now world renowned WES Journal. Phillip was the Society’s inaugural Chairman and held the post for 10 years during which time the Society became established as the leading organisation of its kind worldwide. A project commenced to establish a library that would record the history of writing equipment and this... Find out more
Events
Dear Mr Poole - Superman, Dan Dare and His Nibs!!
19th February 2020 to 28th June 2020. Writing Equipment Society Founder, Phillip Poole sold and repaired pen nibs for cartoonists all over the world from his shop ‘His Nibs’ at 182 Drury Lane
Read moreBaltimore/Washington International Pen Show, USA
The Baltimore/Washington International Pen Show takes place on Friday, February 28th and runs until Sunday, 1st March 2020. Location is the BWI Airport Marriot Hotel, 1743 West Nursery Road,
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WES Pen Repair Classes 2020-2021
The third Leicester (Narborough) Pen Repair Class scheduled for March 28th/29th and 4th April (and advertised in a Communique earlier in the month) is now FULL. Over this season 32 WES members will
Read moreWES Winter Journal Now Out!
The latest WES Journal - No. 116 Winter 2019 has now been published and features a bumper 100 full colour pages. As usual, this journal is packed full of interesting articles including the 3rd part
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