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“A pen must make writing pleasurable.”  Armondo Simoni

Hamilton and Brewer is pleased to announce the addition of OMAS pens to our offerings.  OMAS, founded in 1925 by Armando Simoni, is a brand synonymous with classic styling and first-class design.  Numerous delicate operations needed to create OMAS pens means that they are still handmade.

Armando Simoni applied his passion for Greek culture and extensive knowledge of ancient art in creating the style and look of OMAS pens.  An expert engineer as well as a true pen enthusiast , Armondo Simoni applied his unique genius, creating the tools and equipment needed to knurl and facet pen bodies and to cut and grind nibs.  Simoni’s work and dedication created the heritage for a brand that is admired and highly sought after.

The design and artisanship of OMAS is heralded through out the different models of pens.  Some of the pens in the OMAS line are described below:

The Bologna Collection was designed to celebrate OMAS’ 80th Anniversary.  It has undergone some improvements, being rebalanced to make writing even more pleasurable.  The engraving on the nib of the fountain pen and the tip of the roller ball and ballpoint versions harkens the famous porticos of Bologna while the body color and shading evoke the atmosphere of nights in the celebrated and historic city.  Palladium finish embellishments enhance the look and feel of the pens in the Bologna Collection.

The Emotica Collection, the newest in the OMAS line, celebrates the vitality of the company.  This exceptional writing instrument is made with soft touch material and offers a new concept and design with an innovative, hinged clip that opens up as a stand for the cap.  The fountain pen features a titanium nib and a cartridge/converter filling system.  It is also available in roller ball and ballpoint pen as well as mechanical pencil models.

The OMAS 360 was first conceived over ten years ago and with its triangular shape, offers technical perfection and pure writing pleasure.  The oversized 360 now features a flattened and tapered crown and pen end as well as shaping that smoothes from triangular to round for easier manageability.  The barrel is trimmed with platinum plated fittings.  The pen is offered in roller ball, ballpoint and fountain pen (bottle fill only).  The fountain pen offers an 18kt gold and platinum flexible nib engraved with the 360 triangle logo.

OMAS also offers Special Editions that celebrate and commemorate significant historical and cultural events.  These are limited edition, numbered models, done in conjunction with famous international partners and are highly prized by fountain pen enthusiasts.



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Kelly Wright asked:


Can you believe that somebody can post a fake Mont Blanc pen review? Why does anybody would want to do that? And what may be the purpose for such review to appear on public websites?

All right, I will do my best to answer these questions because I have reasons to think that it never occurred to some of you that fake Mont Blanc pen reviews pop up on the web like corks.

As you may know, Mont Blanc pens aren’t of the cheapest, especially fountain pens series (and I’m not talking about Limited Editions some models of which can easily be priced over $10,000; yes that’s ten thousands dollars for a Mont Blanc fountain pen LE, I put all the zeroes correctly). Thus it is obvious that some people pretending to write a Mont Blanc pen review, actually never had a chance to hold the reviewed pen. Now what do you think can be written in a review by the author who never held the fountain pen in concern?

To avoid such Mont Blanc pen reviews, I advise you to consider the following steps of precautions. They are very easy to stick to, and won’t cost you a dime.

First, for Mont Blanc pen reviews written by real owners of real pens, head over to highly popular specialized forums visited by lots of pen collectors. Among such I can name just a couple – fountainpennetwork.com and jetpens.com (the former has a separate section for Mont Blanc pen reviews), but there are at least a dozen of respectable communities presented online.

Second, I’d suggest you consider visiting leading shopping resources like Amazon and eBay. Because they sell MB pens to many countries over the world, you have a good chance to come across several reviews for one and same Mont Blanc pen.

A word a caution: if you ever happen to come across, say, a WordPress blog with simple minimalistic design and some barely readable piece of text with artificially inserted words like “discount mont blanc pens’, be sure it is a splog with scraped content. It has no value and has nothing to do with human pen reviewers.

Usually pen owners running blogs have photos of their pens. When we speak about Mont Blanc pen reviews, almost every happy owner will post a picture of the writing asset (consider MB price!) to prove the ownership.

Also, I’d like to point out that owners of Mont Blanc pens usualy have other fountain pens in their possession as well. This is because to-be collectors don’t feel quite sure about spending a small fortune (sometimes not-so-small) on their first fine writing instrument. Fine fountain pens are bought by people with certain taste and previous experience in collecting pens. Therefore expect to find other pen described, apart from a single Mont Blanc pen review.



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Chris Shetler asked:


Giving gifts is a very old tradition that all customs and civilizations have followed. Promotional gifts are a symbol of our happiness and token of our gratitude, which we want to express. Pen sets are one such gift that serves as a good personal or business gift. For many varieties and options, please visit http://www.promotional-logo-pens.com.

Pen sets are the most traditional gifts that have been certainly given one time or other to our friends or relatives. When you are wondering what to give a person, these writing devices are a smart option. Since everybody uses pens, pen sets make the perfect gifts. These pen sets have various uses such as:

• Pen sets can be used as business promotional pen.

Companies can use these pen sets as promotional item pens and distribute to their target audience or their prospective clients. The sets become a medium for creating brand awareness and brand recognition. They serve a long-term business goal of brand consolidation. You can choose between personalized ink pens or ballpoint pen, whichever you prefer.

• Gift promotional pens

These promotional gift sets are wonderful gifts for companies to give to special clients either as a “thank you” or as a promotional product for prospective clients. The different gift sets include different additional products like a diary, a memo pad, a calculator or a FM radio set depending on the model of the product.

You can find a large collection of these promotional pens at www.promotional-logo-pens.com. The site has all sorts of promotional pens like promotional gift pen sets, business logo pens, advertising pens etc. You can choose from a large variety of pens in each category. At www.promotional-logo-pens.com, you will find quality products in classy styles, trendy colors and neat designs.

The distinguishing features

The pen sets provide a smooth and trouble-free writing experience that the user will definitely appreciate. These customized writing devices are a pleasure to use. These are a wonderful business gift that boosts your company image, and enhances the client’s perception of your company image.

These specially designed writing instruments are your solution to your varied promotional and gift needs. These elegant pieces are surely a writer’s delight and a lovely gift you will love giving to your associates.



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Jimmy Cox asked:


Before the beginning of the 20th Century little had been written about calligraphy except The Story of the Alphabet by Edward Clodd and Maude Thompson’s fine work on Greek ana Latin Paleography together with his volume on English Illuminated Manuscripts, published in 1895 and out of print before 1906. But since the time that Edward Johnston published his book on Writing, Lettering and Illuminating a steady stream of works upon all aspects of the subject have been written; probably it was because of the interest aroused by the pioneers in the practical side of the craft that this flow of literature occurred, both here and in the United States.

The following are among the most important. The British Museum published a guide to the collection of manuscripts they had in 1906. About the same time John W. Bradley was publishing illustrated books on illuminating, its history and development. During 1907 the British Museum published Reproductions of Illuminated MSS., a series of fifty collotype plates. In 1920 W. A. Mason published in New York a work of considerable scholarship dealing with the subject of picture writing in the Americas together with the growth of letter-form in Egypt, Phoenicia, Babylon, Assyria, Crete, Greece and Rome, a book of great interest to all who wish to study the formation of alphabets.

With the development of photography and process reproduction the range of examples showing epigraphy and paleography has increased to a degree unthought of during the early days of the century. During 1932 B. L. Ullnan of the University of Chicago published Ancient Writing and Its Influence, which brings the history of the alphabet more up to date and includes some observations on the Sinai stones, which may eventually help to solve the riddle of the alphabet. Professor E. A. Lowe of Oxford wrote in The Legacy of the Middle Ages a chapter on “Handwriting” which deals with its growth before the time of Charlemagne. This is an excellent essay, which should be known by all serious students of calligraphy. James Wardrop of the Victoria and Albert Museum has also written on “Palatino and His Circle” in Signature, No. 14, 1952.

World origins and development of alphabets are also dealt with in great profusion by D. Diringer, a scholar in these matters. The French just before the war of 1939-1945 issued some newly discovered material in plates dealing with early specimens of the written small letter under the title of L’ Eicriture Latine by J. Mallon, which takes history back earlier than Maude Thompson’s great work.

Finally among the smaller and more recent publications comes the “King Penguin” on the subject of writing by Alfred Fairbank, which makes a rapid survey from the fourth to the twentieth centuries; and some beautiful photographic reproductions of the detailed work of twelfth-century artists taken from the Winchester Bible by Walter Oakshott.

From about the year 1930 writing and lettering had made such progress that it had become a subject in the training of Art Teachers and was taught by the immediate followers of the two who had given their lives to its cause. Lettering of Today, first volume, published in 1937, showed the work of some of these who had taken up the craft and were in their turn passing it on to the new generation.

As the art itself has progressed, so has the literature representing calligraphy. The aforementioned books are great historical references, but technical books that will walk you through the art of calligraphy are also available.



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Giorgio Armani is proud to announce the introduction of his new limited-edition collection of fine writing instruments: Giorgio Armani Pens. The first series is the “Regal” Collection: a style which is calculated and knowing, designed with a deliberate recovery of a formal elegance drawn from the past but projected into the present. The new Giorgio Armani writing instruments will be sold individually and in special-edition complete sets. The Giorgio Armani “Regal” Collection will be available from June 2008.

 

Giorgio Armani says “A handwritten note is today more than ever a sign of etiquette, elegance and sophistication. To carry an iconic pen is therefore a symbol of character and style.”

 

Available worldwide in Giorgio Armani boutiques and Tibaldi authorized pen dealers, each pen is detailed with Giorgio Armani’s “GA” initials on the end of the pen cap as well as on each fountain pen’s rhodium-and-ruthenium-plated solid 18K gold nib. Giorgio Armani “Regal” pens will be presented in rollerball, ballpoint, and traditional fountain models. Each writing instrument stately captures the essence of etiquette in the indelible art of writing by uniting the very best historical traditions and combining them with modern technological advancements in design.

 

Using only the highest quality materials to render a pen of superb craftsmanship, each Giorgio Armani “Regal” pen is hand turned by skilled artisans to imbue each barrel with a stunning one-of-a-kind rippled effect onto which nine layers of translucent enamel are carefully applied by hand. The brilliant finish guarantees a superlative feel when being drawn across fine parchment.

 

To help create this spectacular series of writing instruments, Giorgio Armani enlisted the support of heralded Italian pen maker Tibaldi. Founded in 1916, Tibaldi implements classical techniques used by the very first watchmakers in the 16th century and incorporates them into their numerous pen designs.

 

This collection will be limited to 199 numbered pieces of each writing instrument and presented in either a natural or ruthenium plated sterling silver trim. Giorgio Armani “Regal” pens will be available individually or as part of a deluxe package featuring ink, envelopes, and special Giorgio Armani letterhead set in a handcrafted black lacquered box. The series of Giorgio Armani “Regal” pens represent a renaissance in the romantic art of writing.

Retail price starts from 2,000 euros.

 



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Remy LeBeau asked:


They make words appear more appealing. They bring out the best in a book. They help you remember the things worth remembering. A highlighter can do all that on a piece of paper – now, imagine what it can do for your brand. A highlighter is one of the most sought-after office supplies.

Any company that handles paperwork would most likely have one handy in their desks. This underrated marketing tool even goes beyond the corporate world. The highlighter can be used at home and in school. Anyone — young or old — would find a highlighter rather useful for projects and everyday purposes. 

Among its more popular characteristics is cost-efficiency. Though relatively cheaper than most promotional items, the highlighter is also yet very effective. They can be easily distributed since they’re small and portable. They’re also fun and colorful. The neons have a unique way of bringing out your logo. Whatever style or color you choose, a highlighter can make your company more visible to the world.

The Waterman pen company is a world-renowned manufacturer of pens. It has been consistently producing quality pens since 1883. The Waterman Pen company was established in New York City by Lewis Edson Waterman, who holds the patent for the first practical fountain pen. The company’s trademark has always been quality and reliability – two factors that contributed to its catapult to fame.

Today, Waterman Pens are recognized as an elite fashion accessory. They continue to offer that uniquely stylish flair as it has over 120 years ago.  A Waterman pen is not just prized for its look, but also for the smooth writing experience it delivers.

As a promotional product, a Waterman pen can make a statement about your company. It shows that you truly value the recipient and you hold them in the highest regard. Choose from our exquisite Waterman pen collection to deliver that message today.

The next time you are planning to buy promotional items for your upcoming trade show or business event, I recommend you choose promotional pens as they are cheap, customizable and very useful for everyday activities.



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hamiltonbrewer asked:


Waterford Kilbarry Guilloche Amber Pens – Available at Hamilton and Brewer.

Known as the most prestigious hand-crafters of crystal in the world, Waterford’s reputation began in 1783 when two brothers, George and William Penrose, founded the Waterford Glass House in the ancient Viking city of Waterford. They began a tradition of making crystal in “as fine a quality as any in Europe…in the most elegant style.” Their distinctive, deep-cut patterns were brilliant, pure prisms for light.

Waterford designers use diamond-tipped tools to craft the beautiful elegance and precision of their products. Each of the writing instruments in the Waterford collection are named for specific locations within Ireland. Enjoy this gift of lasting value. Those same elegant cuts and memorable patterns may be seen in their lines of fine writing instruments. When you buy a Waterford, you have the result of 200 years of uncompromising standards in quality and craftsmanship.

Waterford Kilbarry Guilloche Amber Pens



The popular Kilbarry range is now offered with a luxurious gold trim and a warm Transparent Amber Lacquer finish that enhances the distinctive guilloche barrel pattern. Every Kilbarry Gold Amber Fountain pen features a gold-plated bi-color steel nib, is available in a comfortable medium size, and comes with a cartridge and a converter filling mechanism. The famous Waterford Star Pattern is cut into the top of each Waterford Kilbarry Gold Writing Instrument to signify the Waterford Writing Instruments Lifetime Warranty.

Rich amber lacquer and gilded accents are beautiful and lustrous with elegant contrast, and the “star pattern” on the top and clip evokes the elegantly sculpted patterns of its crystal forbearers. Named after the Waterford parish, Kilbarry, this robust and well-balanced instrument is accented with a handsome and distinctive guilloche pattern on the barrel. The fountain pen features a gold-plated, two-tone steel nib.



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Gareth Parkin asked:


Promotional highlighters are the trendsetters of a new writing style. The different varieties of promotional highlighter pens available today are capable of creating a stunning display of colours on the desktop and an overwhelming response from your customers. The highlighters are primarily used in offices. Therefore, they are mainly used as brand promotion articles during corporate events such as seminars, conferences, etc., where many employees and officials participate. The attractively coloured highlighters will create a curiosity among the crowd gathered at the venue, and for sure, they will grab them without delay.

If you think that the promotional highlighters are so typical a product that does not have much scope for creativity, you are wrong. Take a look at the collection of promotional highlighter pens available at www.ideasbynet.com. The highlighter pens are categorised under the main group ‘writing articles’. Under this section, you will see a great variety of highlighter pens available in all possible ink colours. More than their writing features, it is the design of these pens that catches your attention at once. The amazing collections such as the Pyramid Highlighter Pens, Duo Tropical Highlighter Pens, Bean Highlighter Pens, Petal Highlighter Pens, Rainbow Highlighter Pens, etc., create an enchanting display of colours.

The different shapes of the highlighter pens give an option to choose them according to different requirements. For example, the Highmark Highlighter Pens feature a long body that can carry the brand imprint on the roller body. On the other hand, the Petal Highlighter Pens feature five different colours of pens in the shape of semicircles. The pen caps or the central body of the pen can be imprinted with the brand name. The Pyramid Highlighter Pens feature a solid pyramid structure that can be printed with the brand name in different directions.

The promotional highlighters are the most attractive desktop gifts that you can give to your clients. They wear a distinct look and thus stand out from the other pens or writing articles. The specially shaped highlighter pens are a step ahead of the normal ones in their ability to catch the public eyes. The promotional highlighter pens available at Ideasbynet offer the best quality. You can use them as promo gifts during any of your promotional activity. The highlighter pens, when given along with other writing articles, will make a perfect gift set for office goers, students, etc. The graphic designers at Ideasbynet will decorate them as per your needs. They will add the desired brand imprint and your logo in the desired colour choices. To know the details of the services offered at Ideasbynet, please visit our website www.ideasbynet.com.



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Stephen Morgan asked:


In this, the first in a series of articles, we discuss the growth in the marketability of what used to be called Peoples Art and the marketability of everyday packaging materials.

In the past it would have been deemed as vulgar to display any form of branding of any goods on display within the house.

The very thought of guest actually seeing the fact that you were supplying them with Kellogg’s Cornflakes in the morning would have horrified most people. These sorts of facts were usually kept from most guests in middle class households that it was almost bizarre by today’s standards. Middle class households in most cases would have decantered the cornflakes into some sort of neutral container before putting them onto display before guests.

Nowadays it seems to be the complete reverse with designer logos on display on almost anything and the fact that a recognisable brand or logo cannot be seen almost devalues the item on display.

The legacy of this worship of almost anything brand worthy has been to provide a growing market in antique marketing and brand memorabilia. Antique Advertising material is now completely and highly collectable and would be enthusiast have an almost limitless playing field from which to start their collections from.

The whole genre started with Posters and these have moved on from adorning the walls of student establishments to being now extremely collectable in their own right. Antique Posters can now command extremely large sums of money depending on their condition and the content of the posters themselves.

Tins and packaging are now highly sort after items of material and who would have thought that Andy Warhol’s famous display of Tin Cans would have been the inspiration for legions of collectors over thirty years later.

Special promotion items such as ashtrays, fans, money boxes, puzzles and pens are also extremely popular subjects and have gone beyond the stage of just being the target of light fingered tourists on a holiday binge.

“Advertising antiques are works of art” says Robert Opie, Director of the Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising in Notting Hill in West London. “Commercial Art is the People’s art and it is fun to collect and display around the house”.

If you are looking to amass a particular brand or category, the secret it would appear, would be to look for something that’s longstanding so that you have a variety of objects to discover.

Some British Brands have been around for some time and well known examples would include Lyles Golden Syrup which has been in existence since 1883, HP Sauce (around since the 1870′s) and Typhoo Tea (around since 1905).

So the next time you see an old Tea Caddy or item of well used kitchen paraphernalia in your Grandmothers Kitchen then treat it with respect because in years to come you may find the family sitting on a veritable untapped goldmine.



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Jeff asked:


Based in Hamburg Germany, Mont Blanc International GmbH and their universally recognized “White Star” logo is a widely recognized manufacturer of fine writing instruments and fashion accessories. The company was founded in 1906 by a group of three men, a banker, a stationer and an engineer who banded together to combine their talents and resources to manufacture high quality affordable writing pens.

The Company is Founded

The company that they founded was originally named the “Simplo Filler Pen Co.” The very first pen that Simplo Filler manufactured in 1909 was the “Rouge Et Noir” and it is to this day highly coveted by collectors worldwide. In 1910 the company launched their second pen design called the Mont Blanc, which also was subsequently to become the succeeding name for the company.

Success Despite Early Challenges

The company was able to achieve some measure of success in spite of the challenges of World War One and the companies founder being forced to flee the country to avoid criminal charges relating to the theft of company funds. In 1934 again the company name was changed to Mont Blanc Simplo GmbH. Fast forward to 1977 when the company was acquired by Dunhill, at which time some fundamental marketing changes were implemented, including the complete elimination of their line of lower priced pens.

Mont Blanc Today

Today Mont Blanc is owned and operated by the “Richmond Group”, which is the parent company of easily recognized names in luxury accessories such as Cartier, Chloe and Van Cleef & Arpels among others. In fact, Mont Blanc now produces all of the components for Cartier pens. Mont Blanc is now a producer of standard run and highly coveted limited edition pens, which are confined to production numbers of tens of thousands.

A Unique Look and Style

Mont Blanc pens are recognized worldwide for their level of quality and style and they still make available classic fountain pens, which produce an elegant, easily recognizable unique form of script. Of course however, they also feature an extensive line of high end ball point pens and mechanical pencils as well. 

Highly Coveted By Collectors

Mont Blanc pens are also highly collectible and many of their antique classic models have proven to be more then worthy investments to avid collectors scattered around the globe. Mont Blanc has also pioneered the development of a technology that they refer to as “precious resin”. Mont Blanc pens made from this material have a unique sheen to them due to the embedding of glass fibers in the plastic during the injection molding process.

The Mont Blanc $200,000 Pen

Their pens and writing instruments easily run into the hundreds of dollars in price but it was the release of a limited edition of 149 diamond encrusted pens that really turned heads. Those special edition pens sold for $200,000 each and are highly coveted by collectors of fine writing instruments to this day.

360 Boutiques Around the Globe

What started out as a small group of men who got together to manufacture and sell simple high quality writing instruments has now grown into a business enterprise that owns and operates 360 boutiques world wide. Also, at the same time their simple and functional writing products have developed into fine high quality accessories which are coveted by discriminating wordsmiths and collectors around the globe.

 



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