The PENnant

Spring 2008

Vol. XXVI, No.1
Spring 2008

TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURES:

Diamond Dreams
by Marc Kobler, edited by David Moak
Hello, My Name is Adam, and I am a User
by Adam Frank
Finding "The One"
by Rick Propas
Plop Plop Fizz Fizz: Ink-Maker Fountain Pens
by Bruce Speary
Opening a Time Capsule: Sheaffer's Voyager V-Mail Kit
by John Danza
So, Who's Handling Your Priced Possessions?
Photos by DeDe Rehkopf
Give Your Letters Some Breathing Room
by Anna Lawson
A Tribute to Al Mayman
by Terry Mawhorter

DEPARTMENTS:

From our Pen Pals
Tech Notes: Chips, Cracks, and Breaks
by Victor Chen

Handwriting: Grapho-Logical?
by Kate Gladstone

PEN SHOW CIRCUIT

To Live and Write in LA
by Richard Jarvis
Portland Pen Show
by Carla Mortensen
Columbus Pen Show
by Tom Rehkopf
From the Stacks
by Dan Reppert

IN BRIEF :

From the Editor