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Taken for 'The Sunday Challenge' (and Esther): "Brown"

Call me old fashioned, but I still use a fountain pen as I like the quality of the writing it produces, and this is the elephant ink blotter that I use to dry the ink. The background is a puzzle box I bought in Japan, to open it you have to slide eight hidden panels around 60 times in the correct sequence.

There's a PiP of the guy who makes the veneer for the box, a true craftsman.

Jean Pierre Marcello, ColRam, PhLB - Luc Boonen, Chrissy and 11 other people have particularly liked this photo


13 comments - The latest ones
 Gabi Lombardo
Gabi Lombardo club
a beautiful and well presented souvenir!
2 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Your box is a treasure, hope you don't loose the user's manual...
2 years ago.
 Amelia
Amelia club
How nice to use a fountain pen and a blotter. I think my writing would improve greatly of I did that.
2 years ago.
 Esther
Esther club
What a wonderful blotter. I've never seen an elephant one before.
2 years ago.
 Clickity Click
Clickity Click
wow what a treasure you have with that box! Love the elephant ink blotter. We still have some nice fountain pens and ink in the desk, should really try them now and then. It might be a challenge though. My hands tend to tremble at times and that could make a mess of it all. Do like the look of things written with a fountain pen. Great job stoker!

Be Well - Be Happy - Laugh Often
2 years ago.
 Jan
Jan
How wonderful, both! I love Japanese anything, especially the food. Would like to go back some time
2 years ago.
 Ghislaine
Ghislaine club
Belle réalisation.
:)
2 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Amazing elephant blotter, love the idea of the puzzle, and it makes a terrific background
2 years ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club
The coolest blotter I have ever seen (and I'm old enough to have seen a lot of them).
2 years ago.
 Chrissy
Chrissy club
Box und Elefant passen aber hervorragend zusammen. Als würden sie zusammen gehören
2 years ago.
 Nautilus
Nautilus
de très jolis objets !
2 years ago.
 PhLB - Luc Boonen
PhLB - Luc Boonen club
excellent story and I like the blotter very much
2 years ago.
 Jean Pierre Marcello
Jean Pierre Marcello club
superbe, beaucoup de recherche.
2 years ago.

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