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Hi folks, I wanted to add a shout out for Quill Stilografiche in Turin. Whenever I'm in Italy I like to explore the local pen shops, flea markets and any local manufacturers. In Turin I went to the Aurora factory (another post), picked up a few Aurora at the Saturday Balon, and found the lovely Quill. The picture below shows Patrizia, who was able to help me find an Aurora 88K pencil (not easy to find) and a lovely striated blue Novum with the flip up lever on the tail, as well as an NOS Auretta. (Sorry Patrizia, not a great picture!). She was great fun to deal with, enormously knowledgeable, and very helpful. She asked a collector friend to bring in a few pens for my second visit and I was able to handle some rare and very valuable celluloid Aurora. It was a fantastic treat. In the store they have a great range of modern pens as well as a few trays of older pens in great restored condition. A particular favourite was a silver Vac OS for a very reasonable price given its condition. Overall, Quill is very much recommended. They are easy to get in touch with through their website (https://www.quillstilografiche.com) and speak excellent English for those of us who are still learning Italian (Che bella lingua, ma i preposizioni!). It's so important that we work together to keep shops like Quill Stilografiche in business, and such a wonderful way to build the collection! Hope this is useful to folks, Ralf

Turin Penshow - Saturday, November 9 2019 Hotel NH Santo StefanoVia Porta Palatina 19 TorinoTorino - ITALY11:00am - 19:00pm http://www.pennamania.it/turinpenshow/ PRICES: € 90.00 for the 180x70cm table € 80.00 for the 180x50cm table . To reserve a table 180 x 70 or 180x50, book by Sunday 27 October 2019. Contact: info@pennamania.it To book two or more tables, contact: info@pennamania.it for price request. For special request, contact: info@pennamania.it EXHIBITORS: . Set up in the Basilica Room at Hotel NH Santo Stefano . Set up start by 10:00am TURIN PENSHOW EVENTS: In addition to the classic exhibition, for the 2019 edition of Turin Penshow returns the table of writing test with some upgrade... . Historical table (writing with quill pens, calamus, nibs) . Vintage table (vintage pens, different brands) . Contemporary table (by Edelberg brand) . Kids table OTHER EVENTS OF TURIN PENSHOW: . Demonstration with Calligraphy teacher. . Entrerprise calligraphy fountain pen for Copperplate and Spencerian handwriting style . New Asterope pen, enjoy with the prototypes of the re-born early capless pen of the history . Web Interview Corner, all collector can leave a web interview at the Pennamania youtube Channel . Foolish Magazine, the new magazine about fountain pen and calligraphy HOTEL ACCOMMODATION: Special price for overnight stay at the NH Santo Stefano hotel at the following link: https://www.nh-hotels.it/event/associazione-pennamania The convention is valid for the period from Friday 8 November to Sunday 10 November Check in from 3.00 pm on the day of arrival. Check out by 12.00 am on the day of departure http://www.pennamania.it/tps/2019/santostefano1.png

I recently purchased this pen from a person in Italy; she said it was a custom made celluloid pen (no brand) from the 2000's, but I was wondering if someone can recognize the nib manufacturer. The pen was made in Turin (Settimo Torinese, to be precise). Thanks for your help.

A video has been posted on the Aurora Pens channel that makes for interesting viewing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKsuKi8Z1KY I was surprised to hear that Europe comprises just 20% of Aurora's market, with the rest of their output going to the East and to America. Posting the link here as well, in case of gremlins. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKsuKi8Z1KY