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
Naples Pen Show, ITALY
The Naples Pen Show takes place on 19th January 2019 at the Royal Continental Hotel, Via Partenope 38/44, Naples.
Read moreIndia Pen Show, INDIA
The India Pen Show takes place over 2 days - 2nd and 3rd February 2019. Location is the Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai.
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New WES website launched!
Welcome to the new Writing Equipment Society website! We hope you like the appearance of your new site and find it easy to use. The site now encompasses the membership database which is of course
Read moreWES Winter Journal Now Out!
The latest WES Journal - No. 113 Winter 2018 has now been published and features a bumper 80 full colour pages. As usual, this journal is packed full of interesting articles including the Unique Pens
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