Kevin Connolly Collection
Before there were text messages, emails and the like, there was ink. People actually at one time sat down and wrote correspondence to each other. There weren’t any initials like LOL in use and definitely there weren’t any happy faces. Can you imagine that? The item above is from before that time.
This is an ink blotter from the 1930′s. It was used to absorb the excess ink from your fountain pen. I can only imagine people from today trying to handle and use one of these. Do a search for “fountain pen” on the web in case you don’t know what they are. I won’t even go into why we don’t even teach penmanship anymore.
This blotter advertised that Hardeen was available to hire. The funny thing here is that Houdini’s name is twice the size of Hardeen’s, not to mentioned three times to Hardeen’s two. You can’t blame Harry for this one.
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Ah penmanship … something else I liked and was good at. I still do calligraphy although not as much these days.
The only person I’ve seen using a fountain pen in recent years was my doctor but I’ve always coveted one. Have to get it before they become even more scarce than hen’s teeth.
Ah! All you have to do is buy the Houdini fountain pen for about $400US and you’ll be in Houdini Heaven!
I’ll be able to sit there writing “Houdini” over and over. Then I can put them on eBay and try my luck.
Try a pencil first. That’s the preferred medium to start off with to make bogus signatures of any kind. You can always erase your mistakes!