King C. Gillette's Signature - Which one of you guys is going to buy this?

[DirtDiver]

Meh, i have a few of his razors. I don't need his signature.

A few?!?! LOL

 

[luvmysuper]

Looks like he wrote that with a TWSBI.

 

[Gary H]

This guy needs to run down to Las Vegas and hit Rick up over at the Pawn Stars set. I bet Rick would tell him " It's not gonna happen".

 

[MrLara]

Looks like he wrote that with a TWSBI.

what's a TWSBI.

didn't see it in the abbreviations wiki.

 

[SocalRick]

Even if that is the market value for this guy's signature, which I'm sure it isn't, how does the seller justify charging $19 for shipping of a 3x5 card that can fit in a #10 business envelope???

The nerve of some people.

 

[mattdenicola]

Even if that is the market value for this guy's signature, which I'm sure it isn't, how does the seller justify charging $19 for shipping of a 3x5 card that can fit in a #10 business envelope???

It's expedited shipping, so ... you know ...

 

[The Dean]

Even if that is the market value for this guy's signature, which I'm sure it isn't, how does the seller justify charging $19 for shipping of a 3x5 card that can fit in a #10 business envelope???

The nerve of some people.

He could have charged an additional "Handling" charge. Maybe he didn't think of it.

 

[The Dean]

what's a TWSBI.

didn't see it in the abbreviations wiki.

I had to Google it:

http://www.twsbi.com/

I guess you don't hang at the Nib forum, either.

 

[XTrooper]

I have heard this story, too. What troubles me about it is, I remember getting my processed checks back from my bank, back in the 1970's. I'm not suggesting this story isn't true, just wondering if you could get the cash and the sig, if you put your mind to it.

Yes, you, the writer of the check, got it back with your bank statement, not the person cashing the check.

 

[The Dean]

Yes, you, the writer of the check, got it back with your bank statement, not the person cashing the check.

D'oh! Of course. I'm going to play the "I'm sick" card one last time.

Unless I say something else really stupid later on tonight. Or maybe tomorrow.

 

[dpm802]

I had to Google it:

http://www.twsbi.com/

I guess you don't hang at the Nib forum, either.

I had to Google it, also. I kept seeing this appearing in the title of threads in the NIB Forum, and I had no idea what it meant. I took a guess and thought it might stand for "The World's Second Best Ink" but no, that's not even close.

 

[The Dean]

I had to Google it, also. I kept seeing this appearing in the title of threads in the NIB Forum, and I had no idea what it meant. I took a guess and thought it might stand for "The World's Second Best Ink" but no, that's not even close.

That might be better than the actual reason for their name:

TWSBI's name stands for the phrase "Hall of Three Cultures" or "San Wen Tong" in Chinese. The character "Wen" translates into language and culture. The phrase "San Wen Tong" also brings to mind the Hall of the Three Rare Treasures created by Emperor Qianlong as a memorial to three great masterpieces of Chinese calligraphy. The initials of the phrase "San Wen Tong" was reversed and thus turned into "TWS". The last letters "Bi" was added with its literal meaning of "writing instruments". Thus combining the two segments, creating TWSBI.

Sure. That makes perfect sense. They look like nice pens, though.