took wednesday off since the weather was nice, and headed to a small town an hour or so away that has a decent collection of antique stores. i don't usually buy much - prices are, well... antique store prices. but once in a while you find something you either just have to have, or the price is reasonable (because the person doesn't really know what they have).
it's also interesting because you can tell where my current focus is when i head out there by what i've bought. in the past couple of years, it's been tools mostly. this round was something different.
behold:
the Art Deco Swivodex Zephyr Glass Inkwell, with unspillable swivelling base. (mine didn't include the pen, but i've included the image so you get a better sense of it.)
Zephyr American Corp "Swivodex"Trade mark pats. Pending New York , N.Y.
The price wasn't a steal (it was pretty much the averageof the price I see online for these - $65 CDN)
i also ran across a fountain pen - i'd never heard of the brand, so i walked away, only to spend 3 hours of extra driving to go back the next day ;P
the Globetrotter, by Elysee - slim pen in bright steel with a map of the world applied in 24k gold plate, fine nib in 14k gold, 1992-c1997.
The company had a short history, but I have yet to read a bad review about these pens - so far i'm very impressed by how nice it is to write with, although perhaps a little slimmer than I'm used to (slightly larger diameter than a pencil or bic stick pen).
1925 Paul Dummert begins making jewelry in Pforzheim, Germany
1980 Élysée brand is created
1991 Staedtler acquires Élysée
2000 Élysée ceases production
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