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Pen Repair by Jim Marshall and Laurence Oldfield is a great practical guide for repairing collectable pens and pencils. Lies flat for easy viewing.

The Moleskine notebook has been put to the test and has delivered a very encouraging result. Washing machine = still legible on the Moleskine paper.

Our first limited edition poster is titled, The First Half-Century of American Fountain Pens.

Who We Are
Please scroll down for images and information on each member of the CFP team...

Check out our employee favorite pen picks!

Here are the Nibsters:
Back Row - David, John, Diana, and Jonella
Front Row - Matt, Miss Q, and Danielle (slowly disappearing)

John Mottishaw in his nib repair workshop

The Nibster is John Mottishaw. A "lapsed metal sculptor" with an art and metals background, John left a career in academia, and fine arts, to start his own business in 1992. He has specialized in nib re-tipping; repairing, and customizing, fountain pen nibs for the past 15 years. He stays in touch with the art world through his wife, Barrie Mottishaw, a well known landscape painter.

Jonella Hubbard, seen with MIchael Blake and Deanne Stillman

Jonella Hubbard joined the team in May 2007 as office manager. After a decade in finance, this USC grad shifted gears to join the fountain pen world. While she brings a grounded business sense to the workshop, there is also an air of mystery. Mystery novels that is. She is working on a manuscript featuring amateur sleuth, Ivy Miller. This photo shows Jonella with her hero, author Michael Blake, and author Deanne Stillman.

Matt Liberman joined the nibsters in November 2009. Before joining John Mottishaw's Classic Fountain Pens Nib Works, Matt did stints at both Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium and Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, where he was awarded "Oompa Loompa of the Month" for five consecutive months in 2003. He currently resides in Los Angeles and sometimes writes.

When not immersed in the world of quality fountain pens, David Lewison is a writer and actor whose one-act plays and monologues have been produced at theater companies throughout the United States and Canada. You can find out what he's been up to recently at www.davidlewison.com.

Sarah Swen has been involved with nibs.com for over ten years helping at pen shows, doing the website maintenance, advertising, and some pen repair. She is a graphic designer and painter. Knitting and making just about anything is another one of her joys. Find out more about her at www.sarahswen.com.

E-mail: info@nibs.com Telephone: 323-655-2641