Faber Castell Basic - Carbon Fiber F
Hefty and well balanced
Faber Castell Basic - Carbon Fiber F
Hefty and well balanced
Unix is user-friendly ; it's just picky about who it's friends are -
Parker 75 Custom, with a burgundy barrel. The gold cap and dark red barrel echo the color scheme of what is (for now) my favorite among my pens, a Parker 51 Aero Demi, also Custom. Gold cap and red barrel seem to make a good combination for me.
Still, two examples may be enough. I am reluctant to make gold and red the obsessive focus of a sub-collection. Others would no doubt advise me, "Go for it."
I have always thought that the English Waterman's 515 is a very handsome fountain pen. Tragically the No 5 Waterman's nib fitted to this model is nearly always, in my experience a fine nail.
I recently bought a lovely example of the model in dark blue. Happily the "nail" had a longtitudinal crack thus making it scrap. Since 515 nibs are likely to be hard to find - plus the fact I don't want one anyway - it seemed to me that yet another Frankenpen was on the cards. However a No 5 nib??
Ha ha! It turned out that a No 5 Waterman's nib is exactly the same size as a Swan 3, and I happened to have a nice Swan 3 stub to hand.
Here is the result:
515 Frankenpen.jpg
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Franklin-Christoph 45 XLV Coco Pearl with #5 HPS SIG Fine nib.
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Yep, that's exactly where it is
Montblanc 90th Anniversary 146 Rose Gold
My capstone pen
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Nakaya Neo Standard Writer in Akatamenuri with a double broad nib stubbed by John Mottishaw from one of our members.
Next to the Portable Writer:
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This giant thing...DSCF0500.JPGDSCF0499.JPG
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A couple of nice Mabie Todds with classic flexible Swan nibs:
Two New Swans.jpg
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I forget where I left off but lately my collection has greatly expanded again. The most recent that come to mind are a black Sheaffer Balance OS, Montblanc Skywalker Platinum and black resin with F nib(the original model), and as of a couple nights ago, the Montblanc Boheme noir with a buttery smooth broad nib.
I've had a busy first week back after the SF pen show weekend, and I still have to do my annual show report. Here's a preview, 3 important pens (two new to me) from the show, bottom to top:
- Parker (Canadian) Vac in Burgundy, 1st gen lockdown from Stuart Hawkinson (he was kind enough to do a trade+$ for variant I didn't have), and it's got a nice stub nib.
- The lovely new Aurora 88 in matte black / rose gold from my bud Dan Smith, purchased while he was working on my other pens! (Lucky me: my wife was there, and simply said "Early birthday present").
- My 1937 Vac Shadow Wave, which is now my 1st ever Vac restoration on my own, courtesy Joel Hamilton's Vacumatic repair class.
It was a great show, lots and lots of fun. When I get a full report with pics done up, I'll post it.
Cheers,
Jon
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and that when Truth and Error have fair Play, the former is always an overmatch for the latter."
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Jon, two vintage Parkers and a modern Aurora? I'd think the brainwashing was working if you just had added a Safari or some KWZ ink to that haul.
Yeah, I know, Lamy is a four-letter word to you.
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Gosh, Jon, that Burgundy Vacumatic is pretty! I don't have a Parker Vacumatic in my collection yet--I'll be looking for one at the Dallas Pen Show.
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This very nice Vac, acquired at yesterday's Geeks meet at the Bierschenke. Thanks, Murfie- it writes like a dream!IMG_0800 (2).JPG
Some days, it's hardly worth chewing through the leather straps....
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One of these:
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