By Michael W. Harris
This post is part of a series documenting the stories behind my pen collection. To see the first post in the series, with links to all the other posts, click here.
THE PENS
By Michael W. Harris
This post is part of a series documenting the stories behind my pen collection. To see the first post in the series, with links to all the other posts, click here.
THE PENS
By Michael W. Harris
Over the years, I have collected pretty much all the sorts of things that people collect at one point or another: baseball cards, coins, stamps, comics, various types of books, CDs, vinyl, DVDs, Blu-rays, and so on and so forth. And today, it has extended, in a “relatively” small way, into watches, knives, and bags.
However, knowing that I am both an obsessive collector and also a person of limited means, when my growing fountain pen obsession begin to accumulate at a rapid pace, I quickly moved to set limits on said collecting. But the new, shiny “acquisition phase” of any hobby is tricky. You are learning your tastes, what you might like to collect, and also just trying to learn about and experience all that you can while also having fun. Continue reading “The Refinement Phase: On Establishing a Pen Rotation and Stable “Collection””
