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      LONDON PEN SHOW 2020

      LONDON PEN SHOW 2020

      This year Esterbrook will attend the London Spring Pen Show. This will be the first year Esterbrook will be crossing the pond and attending the show. We will have a full set of inked pens in all the nib sizes to test out and find just the write nib and pen for your writing style. This is a 1 day show on March 8th, 2020 from 10am – 4pm.

      The LONDON WRITING EQUIPMENT SHOW (LWES) is the longest established show in the UK and perhaps the largest writing equipment show in Europe.

      London Holiday inn (Bloomsbury),

      Coram Street, London WC1N 1HT

      See the full show details HERE

      THE PEANUTS, CHARLES SCHULTZ AND HIS TRUSTED ESTERBROOK

      THE PEANUTS, CHARLES SCHULTZ AND HIS TRUSTED ESTERBROOK

      Peanuts and Esterbrook a mainstay of Americana

      Since 1966, Charles M. Schulzs most earnest Peanut character, Linus has been waiting for the Great Pumpkin. Peanuts fans take delight in watching him with Charlie Brown’s sister, Sally, hoping to see the Great Pumpkin rise on Halloween and fly around the pumpkin patch to bring candy and toys to all sincere and believing children. For decades, Linus and the rest of the Peanuts gang were drawn by the deft hand of Schulz, exclusively using his trusty Esterbrook fountain pen. In fact, so dedicated to Esterbrook was Schulz, that when his beloved Radio 914 nib was discontinued, he bought the rest up, using them in his drawings until his last comic strip was published in 2000. Twenty years later, we are all still enchanted by these iconic characters known the world over. And while their appeal is universal, the Peanuts and Esterbrook are a mainstay of Americana in the 1950’s and 1960’s and their story still captivates today.  Fans are still celebrating Halloween with the Peanuts, and many of them still honor Schulz by drawing his characters with an Esterbrook pen. Here, all the gang comes to life in the pumpkin patch using the Esterbrook Estie. Happy Halloween!

      Thank you to Vanessa Langton for sharing her artwork.

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      Schulz Family Intellectual Property Trust. Courtesy the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center. The cast of Peanuts. ©️ Peanuts

      HAPPY FOUNTAIN PEN DAY FROM ALL OF US AT ESTERBROOK TO YOU!

      HAPPY FOUNTAIN PEN DAY FROM ALL OF US AT ESTERBROOK TO YOU!

      Happy Fountain Pen Day from all of us at Esterbrook to you!

      Nine years of Fountain Pen Day is cause for celebration! Started in 2012 by Cary Yeager, Fountain Pen Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday in November. It is a celebratory day for fountain pen enthusiasts to embrace, promote and share the use of fountain pens.
      Though this year’s first Friday in November may look a little bit different (Zoom Fountain Pen Day meetups all over the globe!) the sentiment is still the same.
      To celebrate Fountain Pen Day 2020, we wanted to create something special. Our writing community loves washi tape, so we decided to make our own!
      We’ve commemorated our most popular Estie’s: Evergreen, Honeycomb, Lilac and Maraschino in washi tape, complete with the Fountain Pen Day logo! It can be used in your journals, planners and notebooks, for making ephemera, letter writing and any other way it sparks your creativity.

      Available while supplies last.

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      ESTERBROOK CELEBRATES FOUNTAIN PEN DAY 2020

      ESTERBROOK CELEBRATES FOUNTAIN PEN DAY 2020

      Esterbrook celebrates Fountain Pen Day 2020

      Started in 2012 by Cary Yeager, Fountain Pen Day is celebrated annually on the first Friday in November. It is a celebratory day for fountain pen enthusiasts to embrace, promote and share the use of fountain pens. 

      To celebrate Fountain Pen Day 2020, we wanted to create something special. Our writing community loves to stamp, so we decided to make our own! 

      To create the stamp, we combined a vintage Esterbrook logo with our Esterbrook Eternity symbol. The stamp is our way of expressing the past meeting the future, our dedication to the writing community and the diversity of Esterbrook enthusiasts across the globe. It can be used in your journals, planners and notebooks, for making ephemera, letter writing and any other way it sparks your creativity.

      As a thank you for being a part of the writing community, our limited-edition Fountain Pen Day 2020 stamp is a gift with purchase with any Esterbrook pen while supplies last. 

      WHAT MAKES FOR A GOOD THANK YOU CARD?

      WHAT MAKES FOR A GOOD THANK YOU CARD?

      We have so much to be grateful for in 2020. Our 100+ years young brand, reached across the globe through our partners and retailers and because of them, we met all of you. Reflecting on our year got us thinking about expressing thanks, specifically through the time-honored tradition of sending thank you cards. 

      Sending thank you cards goes back to ancient times, when the Chinese and Egyptians were writing notes on papyrus as tokens of good luck. In the 1400’s Europeans began a tradition of sending notes socially. These notes were delivered by hand and this tradition carried on through the turn of the century. In the 1800’s this practice made its way to the US. Louis Prang, a lithographer, is credited with introducing greeting cards and thank you notes to America in 1958. The same year, Richard Esterbrook established the Esterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Company. 

      We love this coincidence: thank you notes and Esterbrook found themselves in fashion at the same time!

      What makes for a good thank you card?

      -Authentic messages are the most meaningful to the recipient. This means that the words don’t have to be perfect for the sentiment to be. As long as the note is heartfelt it will translate.

      -Handwriting matters! This isn’t to say that your penmanship has to be perfect, most people’s aren’t, but taking your time and writing the card neatly makes an impression. We have a few things that might help you out in this department!

      -Know your audience.

      If you are sending thanks in a business situation, formality might be required. For example, you might need to include a Mr. or Ms. in the mix. With family and friends, you can loosen up your language. After all, your Grandma might find it strange when you send her a thank you note and address her as Mrs. 

      -Don’t forget the purpose of the note.

      Say thank you right up front. The thank you can be in your second sentence, but that’s about as low on the priority list as it should go. For example, you could start this way:

      Dear Richard,

      I am so touched by your generosity. Thank you so much for remembering my birthday and for the beautiful fountain pen.

      -Be specific about the gift or gesture.

      In relation to our example above, you might continue this way:

      I am planning on journaling much more this year and having such a nice pen will definitely encourage that. I love the color you chose so much. Green is my favorite. How did you know?

      -Don’t forget the future aka don’t say thanks and bye!

      Thank you notes should include some mention of what might come next. 

      For example, I can’t wait to tell you how much I’m enjoying the pen when we see each other at Hayden’s engagement party next month (this is assuming that Hayden’s engagement party is not on Zoom!)

      -Say it again.

      Your note should end where it began, expressing your gratitude.

      Finish your note by saying thank you once more. To conclude our example, you might write. I was so surprised that you celebrated my birthday with such a magnificent gift. Thank you so much, again.

      -Sign off appropriately.

      If the note is business related, love is off the table, but if it is a close friend or family member, share the love. Warmly and best, are great choices for those you don’t know as well or when addressing a boss, colleague or future employer. Otherwise, how you sign off should reflect the relationship you share with the recipient of your note.

      A few more tips:

      -When in doubt, send a note. 

      If you think a gesture, interaction or gift suggests sending a thank you note, it probably does.  

      -Don’t procrastinate. 

      Send the note as soon as you can. Show the same care that the person you’re sending it to did. Letting them know how thankful you are in a timely manner will emphasize how grateful you are. Having said that, better late than never. Don’t let time passing be the reason to not send a note.

      -Don’t send a text. 

      It’s easier, but it doesn’t really count. Put pen to paper and stamp to envelope. Sometimes it will mean as much to the receiver as the gift meant to you. No emoji can replace that.

      -Be real. 

      Your note should be sincere, but not over the top (unless someone gifted you the Peacock Estie. Then you can effuse endlessly about your love for it without your sincerity coming into question.)

      -Spell-check. 

      Your fourth-grade teacher will thank you. Make sure to check your spelling before sending your note. This is yet another way to show your care is commensurate with the thoughtfulness extended to you.

      Now, let’s put it all together.

      If we were writing our own thank you note, it might go something like this.

      Dear Esterbrook clients and enthusiasts,

      You have been so inspiring to us in a year full of twists and turns. Thank you so much for your purchases, enthusiasm and trust in us in 2020. We are so grateful for your appreciation of our writing instruments and your continued support of our team which allows us to do what we love to do. We have lots of surprises and new additions for the new year and we look forward to sharing them with you in the coming months. We want to wish you a happy 2021 and thank you again for your support in 2020.

      Many thanks,

      Team Esterbrook