Your Favorite Vintage Pens, and Why - include photos

[tytoalba]

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Hopefully I've attached the photo correctly : )
To enjoy a wide variety of vintage, I settled upon the idea of ringtops pens. My hand is small so they are comfortable for me.
Of course, they don't hold a lot of ink. But, the opportunity to enjoy many examples of vintage nibs was the inspiration. This has been the fascination, from stiff as a nail Parker Pastel, to the wonderful semi-, and full flexes, of Wahl, Waterman, Sheaffer, Morrison, Eclipse, and more, the little ringtops have been great fun to collect.

Also the variety of materials, from chased hard rubber, warm celluloid, silver overlay, and gold filled...
What are your favorite Vintage pens, and what about them fascinates you?

[Uncle Red]

Wow, I have too many favorites to list them all, here are a few

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This pen arrived yesterday

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[tytoalba]

Clean looking Greek Key! What are the others above? Waterman?

[jar]

My first pen IIRC, was one of my Grandfathers and he gave it to me for school.

[tytoalba]

Sheaffer?

[KrazyIvan]

Conway Stewart 226. It's just so flexy!



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[tytoalba]

wow that's a wet writer! or are you using a very fluid ink? (wondering if the writing in the line just above was the same pen?)

[Uncle Red]

Clean looking Greek Key! What are the others above? Waterman?

The ones above are Waterman 52 1/2V's with a 0552 1/2 V at the right side. The BCHR has a broad stub too.

[DanDeM]

This is the other extreme of tytoalba's ring top. An Eclipse Silver Filigree.



But the pen I keep going back to came in a few months ago...



A Moore Tuscan L-96

[fountainpenkid]

I would love to show you all but i can't post any more pictures for some reason...

[KrazyIvan]

wow that's a wet writer! or are you using a very fluid ink? (wondering if the writing in the line just above was the same pen?)

Yup, same pen. That is Waterman Mysterious Blue (Blue-Black).

[jar]

Yup, standard size vacfil,

[tytoalba]

wow that's a wet writer! or are you using a very fluid ink? (wondering if the writing in the line just above was the same pen?)

Yup, same pen. That is Waterman Mysterious Blue (Blue-Black).[/QUOTE]

wow, have never known Waterman to be So fluid.. this must be a new formula too?

[snedwos]

This, maybe? Although i don't own it... yet.


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[tytoalba]

I will readily ooh, and ahh over this one!

[KrazyIvan]

wow that's a wet writer! or are you using a very fluid ink? (wondering if the writing in the line just above was the same pen?)

Yup, same pen. That is Waterman Mysterious Blue (Blue-Black).

wow, have never known Waterman to be So fluid.. this must be a new formula too?

Every place I have read says that it is new packaging/labeling only. The ink is the same.

Here is another sample but please excuse my flex writing, I am still learning:


CS226 by IvanRomero, on Flickr

[tytoalba]

Ivan in my dreams I would be able to write as you do... just imagine how wonderful once you are familiar with the pen!
It's always exciting to see a good pen in the hands of someone who will do it justice.
It's always good to see a great vintage pen back in use!

[orfew]

Wow, some great looking pens in this thread.

[fountainpenkid]

This, maybe? Although i don't own it... yet.


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Sam, is it on the way?

[AltecGreen]

I tend to collect pens like this. A vintage Columbus 25