Remember I said that ‘heritage’ was a trend to watch? Well, alongside last week’s Esterbrook JR, here’s another example of that trend in action: the Perfecta, by a reborn Tibaldi.
Tibaldi, like many Italian brands, has bounced around ownership and rebooted its portfolio numerous times over the decades. But the important thing is that the… Continue reading
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Heritage? Handle with care…
When the Estie was launched a couple of years ago as ‘America’s original, reborn’, there was really nothing about it that evoked the ‘original’ Esterbrook pens. Although the Esterbrook name was displayed proudly, the emphasis was very much on the ‘reborn’ part of the slogan.
From the first time I handled… Continue reading
I like Montblancs. And not just through brand snobbery. I enjoy the classic designs like the 149, as well as many of the various special and limited editions (though they’re often well beyond my budget). Of my core collection of 20 pens, I now count three Montblancs: the retractable Heritage 1912, the Diplomat 149 in… Continue reading