Mabie Todd is one of those vintage pen manufacturers that everyone’s heard of, but I confess I’ve never used one, or even held one. A Google suggests that it started as an American company in NYC pre-1900, but became established as a quintessentially British brand that persisted until the 1950s, long after the American operations… Continue reading
Tag: blackbird
I’ve gone a bit mad with ink purchases (and review samples) in the past few weeks.
You’ll no doubt have seen the Pure Pens roundup.
Well, I now have samples of six beautiful new Blackbird inks from British maker Mabie Todd. Here’s a sneak peek:
I can tell you now that a couple of these… Continue reading