Well we didn't get to make it into the pen shop when we wanted, but we made it in a week later. It's our new favourite shop. "T. Sharp & Co", located on the corner of Barrack and Hay St in Perth. A tobacconist and pen specialist, amongst other things. The people there really know their stuff. They were able to make a rough estimate of what the Mont Blanc pen is and when it was from, and gave me some leads to chase up. I also picked up a convertor for the Rotring pen, which makes that much more convenient to use.

Very friendly staff (I swear I know the husband of the owner from somewhere), who really know their stuff, and are very easy to talk to.

/me plays with pens...

So, there was going to be a post about the recent US media frenzy about video games leading to violence, but it just got too long to actually finish adequately. Maybe I'll come back some other time and finish it off. Or perhaps not. That would then make two unposted blog entries...