#permapoint

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This story begins with a bent nib Eberhard Faber Permapoint fountain pen in green brickwork celluloid c. 1941-1948 that was at best a parts pen. What can be learned from a bent nib pen?  It and a black one were sold with the thinking they were cheapies and not realizing they could tell a story. The pen shown is a 5 1/16 inch long lever fill pen with chrome or rhodium plated trim. The clip is stamped PERMAPOINT. The stainless steel nib is stamped E. FABER over MEDIUM over IRIDIUM over TIPPED over MADE IN over U. S. A. The barrel is stamped PERMAPOINT over EBERHARD FABER U. S. A. over U. S. PAT. 124,266. Curiosity about it led down a rabbit hole to find out more.

Read the story about these interesting pens here:

https://www.penhero.com/PenGallery/EberhardFaber/EberhardFaberPermapoint1941.htm

[syncallio]

Eberhard Faber was best known for their pencils (such as the original Blackwing) but for awhile they also made fountain pens.

The celluloid pattern on this pen is a variant of "snakeskin". The nib is steel and has pencil-like feedback. I've read that Permapoint nibs were replaceable like Esterbrook Re-New-Points, but this one apparently predates that feature.

I looked up the patent number on the pen and got this:

If you, like me, were wondering whether there was a connection between Eberhard Faber (American) and Graf von Faber-Castell (German), the answer is: not originally! But GvFC bought the brand a few years back. So it seemed natural to load a GvFC ink in this pen.

[susanelizabethjonesart]

And what’s inside?? Vintage fountain pens 🖋 from the 1930s and 1940s. What an amazing collection!! . . #vintagefountainpens #sheafferpen #penol #autopoint #wearever #parker #permapoint #venus #americanpencilcompany #everfill #leboeuf #helios #bayard #stylomine #luxor (at Franklin, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1Lhe2nGJ0/?igshid=6ctec7dpv5pz

[tradewus]

Ethereum Classic presenta un plan para mantener segura su Blockchain

Luego de dos ataques del 51% consecutivos a la Blockchain, Ethereum Classic Labs publicó un plan para aumentar la seguridad en la red. Finalmente los desarrolladores de Ethereum Classic (ETC), Ethereum Classic Labs, han anunciado un plan que promete proteger la Blockchain de los posibles ataques. El plan más esperado para Ethereum Classic Hace algunas semanas las cripto noticias más destacadas fueron los ataques del 51% que sufrió la Blockchain de Ethereum Classic. Y es que no fue uno solo, sino dos y con días de diferencia. Sí, el hacker logró robar aproximadamente $ 7,3 millones en criptomonedas luego de los dos ataques. Evidentemente se necesitaban tomar acciones y rápidas porque algo no estaba bien. En este sentido, el día de ayer Ethereum Classic Labs publicó en Medium el «Plan de Seguridad de Red«, el cual incluye varias modificaciones inmediatas, así como acciones que se deberán de ejecutar en el mediano y largo plazo. Por lo que, en el corto plazo, ETC Labs propone mantener un plan de «minería defensiva«, donde los mineros deben cooperar para mantener una tasa de hash más consistente, al tiempo que los desarrolladores supervisan la red para identificar anomalías. Asimismo, el equipo trabaja en un sistema de arbitraje, Permapoint, que evitaría las reorganizaciones en cadena causadas por ataques del 51%. No obstante, estas son las acciones que se pueden tomar en el corto plazo para mantener la Blockchain segura. Pero, podría no ser suficiente. En el largo plazo Read the full article

[penhero]

This is an Eberhard Faber Permapoint Yellow Band fountain pen in green brickwork or snakeskin celluloid c. 1943-1948. It’s a 5 1/16 inch long pen lever fill pen with chrome or rhodium plated trim. Eberhard Faber, named after John Eberhard Faber, was much more widely known as a pencil manufacturer, established in Manhattan, New York City in 1861 and moved to Brooklyn in 1872 after a fire. It appears from advertising that the company made fountain pens from the late 1930s to the mid 1950s. The clip is stamped PERMAPOINT. The stainless steel nib is stamped E. FABER over MEDIUM over IRIDIUM over TIPPED over MADE IN over U. S. A. and was originally gold plated. The barrel is stamped PERMAPOINT over EBERHARD FABER U. S. A. over U. S. PAT. 124,266. The patent is for the “ornamental” Yellow Band on the cap and barrel end. These pens were made in solid black and green, red and brown “pearl” brickwork celluloid. Gold plated trim models were also made. Nibs available were fine, medium and broad. Matching pencils and pen and pencil sets were offered. #pencollecting #fountainpen #eberhardfaber #permapoint #snakeskin #brickwork #celluloid #penhero https://www.instagram.com/p/CLVB_ljDQgU/?igshid=pcrp2ejne80h

[susanelizabethjonesart]

And what’s inside?? Vintage fountain pens 🖋 from the 1930s and 1940s. What an amazing collection!! . . #vintagefountainpens #sheafferpen #penol #autopoint #wearever #parker #permapoint #venus #americanpencilcompany #everfill #leboeuf #helios #bayard #stylomine #luxor https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz1LZ4Cnvyg/?igshid=8szsb1ia63c3