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Collecting inkwells for many years. This has started as hobby, when I was working for large international companies as IT consultant. My job gave me opportunitity to visit many different countries and build one of the biggest inkwell collection in Russia.

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Well known Russian collector, a member of Russian Collectors society, Moscow local collectors club and International Society of Inkwell Collectors.

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For the last few years I have organized a number of various exhibitions based on my private collection. I also wrote various articles about antique inkwells (a history of inkwells, interesting stories about inkwells and their owners). 

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I have a Web site devoted to inkwells (in Russian) -->  https://www.leonidbelsky.ru 

In an age of technology where e-mail, texting, and Twitter have become ubiquitous, handwriting (previously known as penmanship) are considered archaic and irrelevant by young people. Once-commonplace tools,  inkwells become forgotten.......

My objectives are:

• Organizing educational exhibitions to engage young people and make young people interested in handwriting/inkwells/writting tools.  Interactive exibitions, where  the visitors not only can look on antique inkwells and writing tools, but also could try old fashioned handwriting using the reed and quill pens....

• Sharing my passion & knowledge of inkwells collecting and engage more people: my Web site  provides in-depth guide into the world of inkwells. Useful links & hints, Collector’s Guide, how to identify and research antiques....

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