Will Platt shows us his Daily Carry Pens

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Known in fountain pen forums as fountainpenkid, William Platt lives in Connecticut. At 15 years of age, Will is a sophomore in high school and very much a card-carrying Fountain Pen Geek!

In his own words:

These five pens are my entire collection. I carry three to school, but I use the other two every day. I do not use a ballpoint pen, ever.

I’m not the only kid at my school who uses fountain pens. A friend of mine got a Cross ATX after he saw me using my M400. He uses that and a Franklin Covey fountain pen.

My Grail Pen would be a Pelikan 400 in Mother of Pearl OR a Conklin Nozac in Herringbone OR an OMAS Lucens OR…

Oh yeah… that’s a Fountain Pen Geek!

The Pens:

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Left to Right:

  • Pelikan M400 White Tortoise with Fine Nib
    Filled with Diamine Ancient Copper
  • Sheaffer Triumph Crest with Extra Fine Nib
    Filled with Diamine Kelly Green
  • Pelikan 400 (1950′s) with Extra Fine Semi-Flex Nib
    Filled with Diamine Asa Blue
  • Parker Vacumatic Major in Grey Pearl with Fine Nib
    Filled with Diamine Macassar
  • Aurora 88 (Vintage) with Semi-Flex Extra Fine Nib
    Serial Number: 539114
    Filled with Diamine Asa Blue

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  • quinden

    I think that one of those pens is worth about 200 more points than is advertised!

  • http://fpgeeks.com/ Dan Smith

    I love this Daily Carry! For only 5 pens, it’s a stunning collection. Those vintage 88′s are amazing (what the Parker 51 should have been) and Vacumatics are so much fun to hunt. Well done, Will!

  • http://fpgeeks.com/ Dan Smith

    The lot manager was being a major jerk and made Deb park her freshly washed car right next to some birds.

  • Brian Anderson

    A lot of nice standard pens in that lot!

  • http://www.facebook.com/fredpitts Fredric Pitts

    He quickly learned that he had made a major error by not sticking to his standard line.

  • Chris Seggerman

    I think one of those pens stands alone, like a lonely sentinel, never cresting the golden wave.

  • controls_freak

    Watchman Deluxe.

  • skyppere

    Will! That white tortoise is beautiful! Are you careful what kind of ink you use? Any fear of staining or is it pretty robust?

    • http://twitter.com/JustDaveyB David Brennan

      That is a good question. I am think of filling my M600 version with a syringe and then screwing the nib in to avoid any chance staining the section.

      • http://fpgeeks.com/ Dan Smith

        David, I heard that nib in your M600 is pretty wild?

    • http://www.facebook.com/will.platt.39 Will Platt

      I used Diamine Ancient copper, but now it is filled with Edelstein mandarin. Beautiful!

  • anaximander

    Kid’s got taste.

  • RagingDragon

    Is one of those pens impersonating a superior officer?

  • Maja

    Wow, another 15-year-old FPGeek with excellent taste in fountain pens!! (what is it about that age? LOL) Thanks for sharing your Daily Carry with us, Will!

  • Stiggy Ray Cyrus

    If’n you’re only gonna have five in the collection, it’d be hard to argue with any of those choices. Good work, Will.

  • Penfancy

    Excellent daily carry!