AAAndrew

I am a collector and historian of the steel dip pen, the heyday of which was from around 1830 to about 1930. I would like to introduce more people to the fun and variety of the vintage steel pen. I am not a calligrapher, nor do I collect the so-called "dream nibs" so desired by calligraphers. Instead, I am interested in the pens used by most people for everyday writing: letters, notes, ledgers and diaries.

I will be working my way through my extensive steel pen collection to demonstrate how many of these pens write. In the past, people would have written with many different styles of pen, but most would have their favorite. The vast majority of these everyday pens are unknown today, so hopefully my short videos might help to re-introduce them to the public.

For more information on steel pens, especially their history, please see the parent site to this one, https://thesteelpen.com/.