Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 4/5/02 2:34:39 AM Eastern Standard Time, nbeddoe@lehman.com writes: > I've got a Sheaffer pen with a solid gold nib and I love writing with that Neil, at the risk of life and limb, may I observe that if you love your solid gold nib Sheaffer fountain pen (I still have the Sheaffer snorkel pen I gave myself as a gift in law school 40+ years ago), try an Omas Paragon fountain pen. The U.S. importer advised me not too long ago that Omas makes its own vegetal resin - for the barrels - from cotton it buys directly from only one farm source in South America. Tell me that Mont Blanc or any of the other "high-end" pen manufacturers care that much about their products. Omas' founder was the inventor of the process by which celluloid was made non-flammable and therefore created the first celluloid fountain pens. Back to Leicas. Seth LaK 9 Seth - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html